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Staying On Top!

An extremely exciting announcement goes out today about the new way that activity and discussions on Land Surveyors United works.  When on the main page of the network, you will now see something somewhat similar to a feature we had in the past (which i had hacked to run inside the network for years hoping to encourage Ning to integrate) but today it works quite differently.  When you update your status from this box, you will instantly see your status posted in real time witho

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On Being a News Maker

Surveying is not dead and you are the proof.

1198849519?profile=originalI happen to believe that surveyors need to know what is going on in the minds of other surveyors.  For far too long, the media and publications surrounding surveying (although not all intentionally) have done a great disservice to the everyday surveyor by placing everyone at opposite ends of the field. One day I just decided that this could not continue. I became hellbent on the idea that if we restructured the agenda of support and open the channels

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When We Are All Dead

When We Are All Dead...will Surveying be with us?

1198849426?profile=originalWhen we are all long gone from this earthly plain, there will still be droves of ambitious new surveyors entering the industry, many without even the slightest clue about the origin of ideas, reasoning behind practice or history of method. Those surveyors will most likely find themselves Googling their questions and concerns only to find your brilliant solution on our network, having been answered years before by some dead guy who really knew wha

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I Am Going To Tell You How to Future-Proof Your Surveying Business
If you have, you are among the whopping 3% of business owners in the world who has claimed their business on the Google maps and in Google Local Search. Just run a quick search for Land Surveyors in your local area and see where you fall in the search results. If you haven't yet claimed your business you will be missing out on a LOT of business over the next 24 months. I want to help you out with making this claim if you haven't y

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How to Convert PDFs to Read On Your Data Collector

Convert manuals for reading in the field, surveyorsA few months back, I discovered something that could be extremely useful to the common land surveyor on the street (or in the woods)- another "Cool New Thing," if you will. What if I told you that there is a way for you to read PDF (Portable Document Format) documents on your data collector without having to load resource hogging software such as Adobe Reader and without having to visit your email to download attachments? Well, that is exactly what i figured! Using free software called eBooktoIm
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