an early Gunter’s scale
photograph: Museum of the History of Science – Broad Street, Oxford

MEANING  of according to Gunter: correctly; reliably (synonym: according to Cocker)

ORIGIN

Edmund Gunter (1581-1626) was an English mathematician who improved or invented several instruments which bear his name:
– Gunter’s chain: a chain of 4 poles’ length used in land-surveying;
– Gunter’s quadrant: an apparatus for finding the hour of the day, the azimuth, etc.;
– Gunter’s scale, also called Gu

Yesterday, we introduced a new way to show your pride as a Land Surveyors United Member by adding a frame to your profile photo...i must say it is really taking off!

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NeoRTK is an intelligent GNSS RTK suite that provides Land Surveyors with the feature-rich technologies for survey-grade applications. Two versions, the Rover Kit and the Base Kit, ensure high precision and stability signal reception at field.

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Do you still not have an invitation to INTERGEO? From 26-28 September, you will find us in Berlin in the exhibition hall at booth C4-060. We have prepared your personal online voucher code for a day pass that will enable you to visit the trade fair free of charge. Why not send an email to arrange an appointment for a personal discussion?Action Now!

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If you are looking for a quick way to drill into the most popular content in the community, where to find the group for your location or the support forum for the type of surveying equipment you use, take a look at this:

Land Surveyor Community Mega Guide

We are SO Pleased to announce that Today we accepted our 12,000th land surveyor to the community!! Just a quick note to express gratitude for all of the wonderful land surveyors who follow and contribute to this page and to Land Surveyors United Community http://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles

Surveying will NEVER DIE!!

For too many project development managers, the land surveying portion of the construction process is just a necessary evil—something that they must take care of before the real work can begin. However, if you use the right technology, the land surveying process can be a source of real business value for the project as a whole. By getting the project off on the right foot with high-quality land surveying services, you can set the foundation for a project that gets completed on time and within bud

There is a box or drawer full of old plats, blueprints and survey drawings that are collecting dust somewhere at your surveying company.  Why not scan them into a file archive and monetize them?  Imagine being able to sell access to those old surveys, retain the rights and permissions and make money twice with them.  This is exactly what America's Building Records is providing the construction industry- the ability to do just that.  Land Surveyors United recently partnered with ABR and would lik

Not only are land surveyors expected to hold degrees or certificates in Land Surveying Management, Surveying Technology, Geomatics, or other similar disciplines, most states and governing bodies have continuing education requirements as well. This means school is nearly always a concern for land surveyors.

Here’s where things can get complicated. Land surveying jobs often involve lots of travel, sometimes to remote locations. It’s difficult for degreed land surveyors and other surveying crew mem

Tersus GNSS Inc. (“Tersus”), a leading GNSS manufacturing company announces its launch of a new generation GNSS RTK system with multi technology integrated for surveyors, the NeoRTK System.

NeoRTK System is a high-performing GNSS RTK system applied with multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS engine and various communication protocols which aim at providing high performance and stable signal reception satisfying surveyors’ demands. With high-end GNSS antenna inside, NeoRTK can speed up the T

If you are a surveyor currently seeking employment, you probably already know that we work hard behind the scenes in order to help you find those jobs.   Our previous jobs board at helped over 300 surveyors find work per year, but as things change and software is phased out, so to we must change.  So we've built a new and improved site here at http://jobs.landsurveyorsunited.org   Notice the only difference is a change from .com to .org  and the jobs board is now FREE to post to.

The New Glob

Below is an email thread that happened over the last couple of days related survey pricing and a request that came in from a potential client. I wanted to share it with surveyors and other potential clients for a number of reasons.

One is so that surveyors know they’re not alone out there. We all have gotten calls and comments like this. So, don’t get upset or offended when you do. Unfortunately our profession hasn’t had or developed the professional reputation that we would desire. Folks stil

Unlike most of the previous years, Survey Earth in a Day happens on a workday this year.  In previous years, surveyors needed to borrow RTK equipment for the weekend, but this year, we hope everyone will participate.

For Those Who Are New To Our Community

This research aimed to analyze double meridian distance for a closed traverse area in developing a land title for a proposed gymnasium in Qassim University. Total station, theodolite, leveling rod and steel tape plays an important role in measuring elevations, bearings, and distances of the boundaries of a lot. A contour map is necessary to determine the traces of level surfaces of successive elevation. This will enable to identify the type of contour map and type of contour lines necessary for

Surveyors Are United!  We are Stronger than Ever Before

I have a few announcements and some new cool things for you to check out over the weekend, but first, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new members on Land Surveyors United.  We appreciate you joining us in our mission to bridge the gaps between surveyors and to strengthen the profession.  If you have not yet introduced yourself, please tell us a bit more about your relationship to surveying here.  

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A manual of land surveying; comprising an elementary course of practice with instruments and a treatise upon the survey of public and private lands

ESTABLISHED 1845 
W. & L. E. GURLEY, TROY, N. Y.   

MANUFACTURERS OF   Civil Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments      

All Instruments Sent to the Purchaser Adjusted  and Ready for Use. 

Send for Full Illus-  trated Price List and Circular.     

A MANUAL     LAND SURVEYING     COMPRISING     

AN ELEMENTARY COURSE OF PRACTICE  WITH INSTRUMENTS     

Tersus GNSS Launches New Precis-BX306 RTK Board

Tersus GNSS Inc (“Tersus”), a leading GNSS RTK manufacturing company launched its brand new GNSS RTK Board, the Precis-BX306 to market in April. A series of other new products and accessories were also showcased.

The launch of Precis-BX306 aims at facilitating the applciations which need centimeter positioning accuracy and dynamic operation mode, enforcing effective observation data logging and management, and popularizing thhe adoption of high preci

For Recruiters

Last week a member who is currently seeking employment asked me how they could get in touch with a recruiter to find employment.  It dawned on me that although I had developed ways for recruiters to find job seekers, I had never added a category for recruiters.  So, today I changed that.   If you are a recruiter, simply visit Your Profile Settings and change the answer to the first question "I am here because I am...." to Recruiter.   Once enough of you have made this change, I wi

Kevin Dennehy, in his latest article [Hovering in High Performance UAS-based LiDAR Space] of Inside Unmanned Systems, Apr-May issue, mentioned that, “LiDAR USA has developed a lightweight LiDAR specifically for unmanned aircraft that is capable of getting centimeter-level results”. Tersus is contributing a small portion of effort with our GNSS RTK receivers to support LiDAR to achieve more high precision possibilities. Take a look at the article to learn a little bit more of us. http://insideunm