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A Few Important Community Announcements
If building a Global Community of Land Surveyors were simple, there would be more than one. We are now in day 6 after moving to new community platform. Our small team is working around the clock- albeit unpaid- in our goal to get everything from the old site updated and snapped into place inside the new…
Hello everyone,
We are finally turning the page for our community and moving to a much better, more organized and user friendly platform. We have outgrown the old platform. This is a note to let you all know that over the next 3 days, we will be migrating all of the content on the existing platform to the new and improved Land Surveyors United community with much greater functionality, mobile responsiveness and much more. If you experience glitches or…
No Youtube Channel? No Problem!
Use Our New Youtube Uploader for Teams!
Over the years, more than a few Land Surveyors have written in to ask what to do with their videos when they do not have a Youtube Channel. You can of course upload your videos…
Announced earlier today on the NSPS Newsletter The latest Get Kids Into Survey! Forestry and Civil posters are now available through NSPS! Posters can be ordered at www.getkidsintosurvey.com.
Contact Trish Milburn if you have any questions or would like larger…
Let me make this simple for you. For all of the land surveyors seeking employment inside the community, I am going to show you how to embed your resume inside your profile in 2 quick steps (add a 3rd step if you have a Linkedin Profile- but will work with any resume). This will…
Our Excel Group for Land Surveyors is on fire with helpful Excel Spreadsheets shared by your fellow land surveyors from around the planet! Tell us which one is most helpful for you below in the comments or tell the group what type of spreadsheet application you need!…
On this day in 1998, my life changed. While working as a land surveyor out in the Charleston Tea Farm (then overgrown for over 30 years and not surveyed since the 50s).
Ravenel, South CarolinaI can remember the day as if it were…
It has been another great year spent with all of you.. 2019 is sure to be our most exciting year yet as we will be finally migrating to our new and improved platform, we will be hosting Survey Earth in a Day twice per year (on both solstices) and we will be hosting a new podcast /interview platform for all of you to be involved with. we hope that you will invite your crew members and…
We are going into the New Year Strong with over 50,000 Land Surveyors following the @landsurveyorsunited page... our potential is limitless!!…
During the course of 2018, we have added quite a few new tools & mini communities for you to utilize for making your Land Surveying Company better for the coming year. All you have to do is use them.
Our goal is to help you dramatically and dynamically improve your company for the new year!
For Finding Talent - The International Surveying Jobs Board…
Job Posting – GIS Network Mapping, December 2018
WNL Development Solutions (WNL) is a Canadian-based consulting firm focused on internationally funded development projects in West Africa, with expertise in infrastructure development and institutional reform.
We are currently recruiting a Team Leader/GIS Water Network Mapping Expert for an internationally funded project in Nigeria.
Title: Team Leader/GIS Water Network Mapping Expert
Location: Nigeria
Status: Full-time,…
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.
Let's work together to compile a comprehensive list of stuff surveyors carry around…
A webinar recording of SmarterCAD capabilities
Tune into Today to America's Web Radio for a special NSPS Radio Hour with Executive Director of NSPS - The National Society of Professional Surveyors, Curt Sumner with guest Justin Farrow, Creator of Land Surveyors United community.…
Take Advantage of SECTION 179 TAX BENEFITS
Advanced Geodetic Surveys has put together a handy equipment cost calculator for you in order to help educate land surveyors on the tremendous savings that are available by purchasing equipment before December 31st. …
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.
Here are the current Top 100 Land Surveying blogs based on Search Engine Ranking and Social Shares..…
The End of an Era for a Special Land Surveyor Community
We received some genuinely sad news this week as POB begins the shutdown of the original RPLS network, started by pre-social media pioneer Mark Deal. The RPLS Network began in the 1990's with Deal's vision of a land surveyor community meant to bring together land surveyors across the nation in order to share tips and insights into land surveying. Countless hours…
