Land Surveyor Blogs

Travel safety. It’s a real concern, given the nature of the world today. And yet, we love it, and we continue to transport ourselves around the world for those new experiences.

There are some things we cannot control, no matter where we are. A pickpocket may target us; we might eat in a “questionable” place, drink the water, and end up with some serious intestinal issues; we might even be the victim of a more serious crime. Those of us who travel a lot or for long periods of time to think about s

As we know a typical GPS setup needs a base and rover. The Base is setup in the known control point and the rover used for the surveys. Leica GS 15 GPS is taken as example in this post. It can be set up in 3 different methods for the GPS Surveying. They are

1. Setting up with internal antenna
2. Setting up with external Radio or antenna
3. Setting up with GSM modem

It will be described briefly how above mentioned system works.

1.Setting up with internal antenna

In this method the small “L” shaped antenna is fi

[NEW] AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Field to Finish Webinar Dec. 29, 2016

Register: Click Here
When: December 29, 2016 1PM-4PM (EST)
Where: Online (Watch Live or Recorded Webinar Later)
Cost: $297 Regular Price+processing fee
By: Eric Colburn, Professional Land Surveyor and Geo-Business Innovator

AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Field to Finish Webinar Description

In this comprehensive webinar for land surveyors and designers you will see and learn how to setup and use AutoCAD Civil 3D as a Field to Finish solution.

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You can learn something new every single day about surveying or how-to survey inside this community.  

In fact, your journey starts here with our Surveying Tutorials Collection, which grows everyday.  You can check out videos tagged 'tutorial' or you can just bookmark this story and jump straight from the collection.  Share your tutorials to help this collection grow for surveyors everywhere!

Watch how Tersus GPS RTK works on Arducopter in Loiter Mode. Great work from Michael Oborne and his Ardupilot Dev Team in Australia and thanks for the sharing.

Stay tuned. The latest Precis-BX316 RTK board which supports GPS L1L2/BDS B1B2/GLONASS G1G2 and with GPS L1L2 heading mode is coming soon. One of the spotlights is camera shuttle synchronization feature, which is the good news for aerial users. Want to get more? Drop us a line to [email protected].

Welcome to the Precis-BX305 Quick Start Guide. Here you will find instructions for how to use the Precis-BX305 RTK board in some simple steps with illustration. Of course, more details of its application could be found in Precis-BX305 User Guide.

We are also glad to share with you that Tersus GNSS Center V1.0, which is the official configuration software for all Precis RTK boards is available now. It is a PC tool to help users configure the RTK board and visualize running status. The Quick Start

This was originally a paper I wrote for my Systems Thinking in Sustainability class which i believe converted nicely into a post.    It discusses the role of the land surveyor and the sustainability expert to society.  The general lack of public awareness about these important roles and how they are similar.  I value your feedback.  

Link to Post on Linkedin Pulse

In Other News

Below is a link to the first of four different whitepapers on the current state of land surveying technology, and how CDIS (first published in Professional Surveyor several years ago) will replace CAD as the core engine for surveying in the future.  Previously only SiteComp (Land Innovation) adopted CDIS, but its user interfaces, graphic output, and tagged intelligence did not take full advantage of it's potential.

The link to the whitepaper is:

www.rhsdplanning.com/POBintroduction.pdf

Future white

Surveying with Cameras: Enhancing Occupational Safety of Field Crews

While surveying is often enjoyable and rewarding work, the conditions and sites where we do our land surveying work often are full of life-threatening hazards. Maintaining your safety or your field crew’s safety as they work in and along dangerous roads, on busy construction sites or at hazardous industrial facilities is paramount. Using conventional land surveying techniques and tools to ensure the occupational safety of field

I just figured out a couple of cool things about the new toolbar on the site and wanted to share these tricks with you all. Of course, you can always simply click any of the apps in the tool bar to open them, but if you'd like to collaborate with other surveyors viewing the same page, here are a few tips on how to do so.

How to open the Surveyor Chat Room from the Address Bar

Surveyor Chat Room App is launchable chat room which takes advantage of our integrated member system. This Chat Room featur

THE NEW POB

The new point of beginning for land surveys is orbiting the earth at 5,000 miles an hour 12 ½ thousand miles up in the stratosphere.  That’s correct and I suppose I owe my fellow professional land surveyors an apology for my participation in the changes we have been going through the last 20 years (see the POB cover article attached).  The fact of the matter is the PLS’s of this country have had our exclusive provenances invaded by all manor of non-surveyor professionals and others. 

GPS  SURVEY

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based positioning system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS satellites circle the earth twice a day in a very precise orbit and transmit signal information to earth. GPS receivers take this information and use triangulation to calculate the exact position of them. GPS receiver compares the time a signal was transmitted by a satellite with the time it was received. The time di

Land Surveyors United Turns 6 Years Old Today!

It is with great joy that I write you all today, letting you know that Land Surveyors United has survived 6 years, as of today.  We sure have come a LOOONG way, together!  It is YOU that makes Land Surveyors United so special and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your contributions and participation in the network. I know it hasn't been easy learning how to use social media to communicate within this industry and I truly appreciate

Today, LSU Justin added something to the network (down in the Surveyor Apps bar on site) which may seriously change the game a little bit.  It is a Virtual Surveyors Conference/ Chat Room that can be used anytime for discussing anything you like with your friends and associates here on Land Surveyors United.

How Does the Surveyors Conference Chat Room Work?

Basically, the more connections (friend/associates) you have on Land Surveyors United, the more people you will have available to chat wit

Will indicate that a member who's photo, video or blog post you are looking at is online or not.

Will be the indicator for featured members on the front page and in the member pages to let others know if they are are online and available for support or chat.

In order to chate

The plain fact in this recesion is that consumer shopping habits have changed - They are fearfull and reluctant to spend money. There is so much uncertainty with their jobs, and the economy as a whole, who could blame them? In today’s tough economic times it is imperative to know, and understand why, your customers are, or are not, buying your services.

3 Strategies for Getting Frugal Consumers' to Buy

• Make it easy for your customers to find you and your services. With slow times, it’s a great tim