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Elevations with GPS

The Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors offers a seminar titled Elevations with GPS on September 8, 2012.  This Saturday seminar will start at 9 and will last until noon.  The presenter is Phil Stevenson.

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Perhaps we need to rethink the title the next time this comes up because some of what I plan to illustrate is the use of GLONASS with GPS.  Perhaps we should call this Elevations with GNSS.

We will do our best to avoid Greek letters and calculations and focus on m

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Transit of Venus

Scott,

 

It is all about Surveyors in the old days and Astronomy to determine the observer's position on earth to view the Transit of Venus like Captain James Cook did in 1769 in Tahiti and the use of modern technology doing the same thing these days using spherical Trig and Geometry for GPS. Also to bring these facts to students at schools to attract them to our career prospects. The Transit won't apper for another 11 years.

 

Nick de Weger Phone & Fax +61 7 3715 6625 Hm Mob 0413 239 717 Relive the

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Dear Real-World: Meet Land Surveyors United

So much to cover in such a small space! A LOT has happened over the past couple of weeks on the network, but here are a few highlights and announcements for you to chew on over the weekend. 

Micro-Updates:

~ Blog Posts/ Articles have been replaced as Surveying Stories- pull your uploaded photos and videos into a story post and tell us a tale of something spectacular! + Add a Story

~Spain Surveyors Group has a new leader! Stop by and say hello to Pedro J. Ortiz.  Be prepared to learn a lot!

Membe

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Keep your hands to yourself!!!

I do a lot of work down in Miami so one day I have my total station setup on the sidewalk on the return of a intersection.I have the truck parked ten feet away well some guy pulled up jumped out and took the eqiupment while I was standing right there.They got off with it but I got there plates number .Then yesterday Im doing a job in Miami and some one took my gps while I was looking right at him .Everyone watch your equipment times are tough right now some the word is out to get survey equipmen

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Technics Group Blog

The Technics Group is an amalgamation of Sitechnics (founded in 1989) and Subtechnics (founded in 1999) created by Graham Mills. 

Technics covers a wide variety of sectors in land surveying and utility mapping. Mainly operating in the UK, the company have taken on projects as far a field as India and the Middle East. With our team of around 35 employees, Technics take on over 650 diverse projects a year.

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Our blog is written at Technics HQ in Guildford, Surrey and is used to document the companies

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Happy International Surveyors Week 2012

Happy International Surveyors Week 2012

1198854813?profile=originalWhen I started building Land Surveyors United back in 2007, I never imagined that this project could become so enlightening. Every single day that I wake up on this earth, I am greeted by passionate and driven land surveyors from virtually every location on earth, sharing their experiences and finding solutions to their problems on the network.  Together with RLS Scott Warner of Wisconsin, a set of dedicated calendar days have been determined which will fo

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Survey Earth in a Day is Happening in a BIG Way

Survey Earth in a Day EventWe're excited to have the support of American Congress of Surveying and Mapping in its last days.  In the newest issue of the ACSM Bulletin, you will find a nice editorial about Survey Earth in a Day event, happening at NOON in all areas of the world on June 20th, the summer solstice.

What Makes this Event Special?

A geospatial event of this magnitude has never before been attempted, ever.

There has never been an event in history which geospatial p

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By now, you may have all read about
Survey Earth in a Day Project on Land Surveyors United Network. What you may not know yet is how this project fits within the larger idea of unifying the geospatial industry across the globe. What I am about to layout for you is a bold ambition which has never before been tried in the surveying industry, so let's first understand how Survey Earth in a Day fits within the calendar of International Land Surveying Events.

HEADS UP!! Survey Earth in a Day featur

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200 yr old Surveyor

 John Veatch has had a lot of experience surveying near the Gulf Coast. Unfortunately the John Veatches of the world have a pension for being 20 years ahead of their time.   If you’re a history buff you might enjoy this.

 

John Veatch came from a preacher’s family, growing up in Indiana and Kentucky.

His father was also a member of the Indiana legislature. He received a good education with background in medicine, geology, and botany. In 1829 at the age of 21 he traveled south to New Orleans where h

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Fellow "Survey the Earth in a Day" surveyors: When you pick points to log, consider going to Google Earth first, find a visible pin pointed intersection that you can see plainly from the aerial, then log it so that Google Earth can use our work to adjust their aerial photos to fit more precisely rather than our standard survey markers that are not visible on their photos. That way everyone benefits!!! Also submit all your logged "points" with all the data that can be used for the SAGES. Search o

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Gary W. Breisch Already done: PointName, Lat, Lon, Elevation, Description, horizontal datum, Vertical Datum, comments = BR2,36.120600°,-96.145774°,670.22,AluminumCapMonument in gravel drive circle at gbreisch.com, WGS84, NAVD88 feet = survey accurate monument point at gbreisch.com office site.Datum, comments =GBR2,36.120600°,-96.145774°,670.22,AluminumCapMonument in gravel drive circle at gbreisch.com, WGS84, NAVD88 feet, = survey accurate monument point at gbreisch.com office site.

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1198854811?profile=originalAs you’ve probably noticed, we’ve made some big changes to Land Surveyors United, offering new ways to explore, engage with the network from any mobile device and be found in our upcoming global directory, which means new ways for all of your work to be discovered. Literally thousands of geospatial professionals are now using Land Surveyors United in new ways! Our traffic has doubled this month again and this means your reputation online has terrific visibility.

 

 

 

 

 

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The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here! Please allow me to introduce the all new Land Surveyors United Mobile Version of the Network (in Beta)! You can access the mobile version from any and all mobile devices here:

http://landsurveyorsunited.com/m

Made for Android, Iphone, Tablets, Ipad, Blackberry and virtually all devices known to man!

This new mobile versionhas many unique features not available in previous version or even the Iphone version. Let's take a look at some of these

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25+ year old Tack Ball

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This is a 25+ year old Tack Ball, it was done and flattened when handed to me in 2005. Surveyor John E Wade, Jr PLS said it was lost under a tool box when installed in a new 1989 truck..it was at least 5 years old then,maybe 1984. It's funny the things we hang on to.

Do you have any old tack balls laying around that you'd like to share???  Let's see them!

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Basic Tool Right Angle

 

Right Angle

Right angle is also olden basic tool made of wood,mild steel sheet,stainless steel with cast iron handle used for various engineering works.actualay  it used every where in engineering  field.especialy  for inner or outer corner checking .it made on right angle (90°)triangle rule that at every step of 1198854809?profile=originalangle is as at right position. by measurement a famous rule called 3,4,5 here 3 is perpendicular 4 is base and 5 is hyputios.in our field if any surveyor does not know about right angle

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