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Chartered Surveyors - putting out the good word..

Mike Clough

Graham Ellis, Associate Director at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), presented athe recent INNSA, and giving land surveyors a good wrap... well done..

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Here are a bundle of land surveying/GPS pdf documents and ebooks that I have found around the web for various methods of connectivity with a variety of cell phones using dial up connections, etc.

Visit this page in the network!

Bookmark this post as this document shelf will automatically update when I find and add new documents.
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GEO Ambassador

 

For those of you who are looking for land surveying jobs in the United States, I have spent my Saturday building something which will make your job hunt MUCH easier.  It was an idea that I had and could not rest until it was complete.  So here it is....my gift to you, All available land surveying jobs broken down by state for all 50 states!

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What is This I am Looking At?

What you are looking at is a proof of concept.  First, I have created a custom Yahoo pipe which pulls in queries from all of

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GEO Ambassador

Land Survey Lite Software Community Review

Land Surveyors United is now working with the developers of a new program called "Land Survey Lite," which is ideal for Professional Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers who need an economical software solution. It also provides a low-cost way for Architects to communicate their data to the Engineer.

Download for Free and Submit Community Reviews
If you'd like to participate in a community review of Land Survey Lite, simply download the program for free at the bottom of this post (30 day trail), wit
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New with my Nikon NPR 362

Hello everyoneI need your help. I am a student new with the total station. I just purchased my Nikon NPR 362, which I am not familiar yet with it and the onboard software. I need your help in connecting it to my PC and have them communicate or recognize each other. I am using Trimble Data Transfer free software and a Keyspan USB-RS232 port adapter. I have a simple AutoCAD 5 point file I would like to upload to my Nikon.What are the Step by Step procedure on connecting them together and uploading
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Mr.CAD® Professional Edition...

Es una herramienta facilitadora que le permite crear los documentos de construcción de una forma simple y rápida. Cubre una amplia gama de disciplinas en el plano, que van desde la Ingeniería Civil hasta la Arquitectura. Es un juego coordinado de menús, iconos, rutinas, y programación que lo ayudarán a preparar su dibujo y agilizar su trabajo. Este contiene mecanismos para crear planos de Site, Mensura, Topografía, Grading, Sistemas de Alcantarillado Pluvial y Sani

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help with Civil 3D and importing Lat and Long points

I need help. Can any one guide me on importing points collected from a GPS unit.What format should my Excel file be in or should I use a .txt file? Right now my Excel file is a .CSV and it only has 3 columns: point number, latitude, longitude looks like: 2 45.33353745 -122.7635515Also how to set up the import Point File format in Civil 3D?What should the drawing settings be as far as the zone and available coordinate system?Thanks
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Survey Legend
Mentorship for Land Surveyors United Members Because the public knows more about Bigfoot than they do about Land Surveyors... Our Mentorship Hub has been completely redesigned and we even threw in an explanation for why we are using Bigfoot as our Mentorship Guides... A BIG Thank you goes out to those who have been helping spot bugs and work out the kinks...  The apps have been updated and fixed with a new onboarding process which helps everyone know where everyone else is coming from...
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Survey Legend

International Land Surveyors Week 2018 (June 17-23) is for Land Surveyors in any country on earth to celebrate the value of professional land surveyors in society.

International Surveyors Week 2018

This is our 4th year celebrating the surveying profession worldwide on this week and it is slowly changing the industry into a more open and connected situation for surveyors all around the world. Just ask yourself a couple of questions.  Have you recently noticed all of the surveying magazines and forum websites pushing the idea

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Multiple pages were filled with calculations and important drafting details in the architectural field. After CAD technology has been invented, Architectural CAD drafting technology has improved by leaps and bounds where bigger work systems replaced the smaller ones. 

The architecture, engineering and construction industry has a big influence from the digital drafting technology and has brought amazing results in the architectural drafting industry.  The constant demand in the architectural world

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Land Surveyor

Land Surveyors United copycats

copycat.pngAs a Land Surveyor I have spent much time contemplating my profession. I have sought to engage Land Surveyors across the world in order to deepen my understanding of what constitutes good practice and good principle. The theory behind Land Surveying always was my focus.

I joined and posted to websites that I thought were dedicated to the purposes I mentioned above. I was very active at some of these sites and participated in many debates dealing with the business and practice of Land Surveying. T

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6 weeks in the swamp ...

We've finally finished 6 weeks of cutting line in the central Florida swamps for a 100+ acre tract that had almost no open areas. I've been unemployed for 6 months when an old employer called me up and offered me a field position again ... I've been getting soft in the office as a manager for about 5-6 years and he wanted me to head a crew up and go line-cutting. I needed the money badly and jumped on the chance to get back out into the field with gusto. Man how 5 years of sitting on your butt c
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Land Surveyor

Where will You Be on June 21 @Noon?

Getting Prepared for Survey Earth in a Day 3D

Survey Earth in a Day 3D is a global surveying event, which is open for any professional specializing in the use of survey grade GNSS equipment, and/or the analysis of the resultant data. Our only requirement is that measurements be made with survey grade GNSS equipment at noon on June 21. In order to give us a rough idea of where everyone will be making GNSS observations, first, double click and find the location where you will be gathering GNSS data from @n

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Survey Legend

Some things relevant to land surveying change very quickly, such as technology, shortages in the workforce, etc..  We can look to blogs authored by land surveyors to help guide us through those changes. 

Top 100 Land Surveying Blogs

Here are the current Top 100 Land Surveying blogs based on Search Engine Ranking and Social Shares..

Do you author a land surveying blog? Tell us about it below!
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Land Surveyor
...an article entitled, "Why Trying to Be Perfect Won't Help You Achieve Your Goals (And What Will)".   So I am now trying living by John C. Maxwell's quote, "Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward"...In these times, it is important to connect, innovate, hustle, adapt, and motivate.  That is, we need to lift ourselves and those around us up and strive for a better future...If you have any questions or leads, feel free to reach out!
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Survey Legend

Facebook May Be a Ticking Time Bomb for Land Surveyors

With everything that is happening with the big tech giants this week, a lot of people are thinking about the sustainability of platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp.  Quite a few that I have talked with are concerned not only with the future of their own personal data but also the questionable practices being used to monetize each and every aspect of our lives.  I just wanted to share with you just one conversation that I had today

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Survey Legend
What to have in the work truck- we need your feedback!
 This is a globally crowdsourced compendium of gadgets for the land surveyor to be published after first of the year.
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Let's work together to compile a comprehensive list of stuff surveyors carry around with them other than instruments- like for survival!   This will be for surveyors just entering the field to be prepared for work!  Not only will the final result be published as an ebook for our members, it will also give us a little insight
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