There's a new tool worth checking out for GIS in your Browser. Ā DropchopĀ is a browser based GIS built with Mapbox and Turf.js. It allows you to perform quite sophisticated spatial queries on mapped data without a server and in your choice of interne
Read moreā¦I just stumbled across a nice resource list for land surveying students and thought I'd share.
Line of SightĀ was another very popular interactive map this week which seemed to cover some familiar ground. There are already a number of maps which allow you to track the real-time position of satellites orbiting the Earth. However the futuristic
Read moreā¦Many surveyors are experimenting with surveying using aerial drones these days, but we of course must be careful where we fly. Mapbox has published a No Fly Zones map compiled from Federal Aviation data as a starting point to building your own No Fly
Read moreā¦Hey Surveyors,
Here is a tool i ran across which may be useful to you. Ā Attached is an Excel spreadsheet using Calculus to solve those difficult curves. Ā Enjoy!
Read moreā¦If you want smaller file sizes try this: Saving an Excel file as an .XLSB will shrink the size by half or 75%.
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Flush Bracket | These are rectangular metal plates affixed to triangulation pillars, walls, buildings etc. If they are not affixed to a triangulation pillar they are often referred to as |
Everyone Needs Books and Supplies... and Also Cash
If you are a surveying student and have not signed up for Amazon Student, you are missing out on cash. Ā Sign up with your .edu email address and instantly earn five bucks. Ā Share the invite and get
Read moreā¦Solve Geometrical Shapes with Just Google Search
Here is a tip which could also easily fall into the Formulas that Work groupĀ for solving geometric shape equations using just Google Search. Ā With google search you can solve for geometrical shapes suc
Read moreā¦Esri's New ecological land units world map is some piece of work!
Dive into ...
āThis map provides, for the first time, a web-based, GIS-ready, global ecophysiographic data product for land ma
Read moreā¦If you are a fan of browsing and downloading Landsat data and satellite imagery, you'll love Libra!
LibraĀ provides a really neat and easy to use interface for sorting and downloading from more than 275 Terabytes of open Landsat imagery. There are no
Read moreā¦A Microsoft Excel Application for
Automatically Building Historical Geography GIS Maps
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Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski
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Transactions in GIS, 17:1, 148-157, 2012
The ability to visualize location and time information on satellite-generated maps
Read moreā¦Application Name: AZ-Droid
Description:Ā Records, saves and plots the direction (azimuth)your phone is facing in.
Publisherās website: None
Cost:Ā Free
Version/date reviewed:Ā v.1.1.0Ā /Ā 7-6-11
Phone/OS:Ā Droid X / Android 2.3
Read moreā¦This is a nifty tip for being able to find your laptop or data collector if it is ever stolen. Ā Install Dropbox!
You can even install it on many web enabled data collectors!
Ok, this is probably one of the cooler Ā features of Dropbox, but if you shou
Read moreā¦Take a look at this guys..Imagine a day, when Facebook, Twitter, Land Surveyors United or even internet and cellular communication is blocked in your country due to some reason. We have seen this happen. How do then people communicate and spread thei
Read moreā¦A member in Ohio wrote and asked me if I could dig up some sample questions from the Ohio Land Surveyors Exam so i figured I'd post my findings. Ā The answers are attached at the bottom. Ā The 2-hour, Ohio-specific principles and practice of surveying
Read moreā¦Google Maps is one of most powerful map services on the web. Customizing the map can be easily done using map styles API control. But it requires one to understand javascript programming a bit.Try this brand new Google Map Builder, a tool to easily c
Read moreā¦Note of important and interesting factoid from NSPS:
Read moreā¦You may be aware that the initial version of the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys were adopted in 1962 by the American Title Association (now American Land Title Associa
Working with CAD doesn't have to break the bank. Ā Here are at least 4 Free alternatives to AutoCAD for working with CAD objects and drawings.
QCADĀ is THE application you should use if youāre looking to create technical drawings be it f
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