New Spreadsheet Tool: Excel to HTML Converter

So I have been working with a lot of spreadsheet data lately while preparing for International Surveyors Week and Survey Earth in a Day 3D.  While doing so, i made a little tool for converting Excel Data into HTML Code, for embedding and simpler sift

200+ Fresh New Available Surveying Jobs May 2014

For those looking for work in surveying, this list of available Surveying Jobs should help you get started!

Mapping Where To Retire and Not Die

An article in American Surveyor Magazine called Uncertain Future indicates retirement in the near future for many land surveyors in the United States.

It turns out that the average age of a land surveyor in the United States is 54.

So when I ran a

DIY Convert Phone a Projector for Less Than $5.00

Be A Hit at the Next Chapter Meeting with This Trick!

Turn Your Phone into a Projector for Less than 5 Dollars

Basically, you start by cutting a hole out of one side of the shoebox to match your magnifying glass and taping the glass on the box. Th

Jamaican Slave Revolt Mapped

Perhaps some of you have surveyed the properties showcased in this map of the Jamaican Slave Revolts of 1760s.  if so, we'd love to know about your experiences on these sites.

Tacky's Rebellion, was an uprising of black African slaves that occurred

Where to Find Surveying Textbooks For Free

Save Money On School By Downloading Free Textbooks

Over the years, I have been able to save a ton of money by finding and downloading electronic versions (PDF) versions of my text books online.  I figure if it works for me, it has to work for you. Be

Topography of Tweets Map

Sometimes a map is not enough. What if instead of just showing roads and boundaries, it was a 3D model you could manipulate and explore?

The mountain ranges you see here are not natural geography but the landscape of Tweets — billions of them, visua

Best Practices and Uses for Digital Signatures

Best Practices and Uses for Digital Signatures for Land Surveyors

Hi Jim,

Glad you started this group.  Jobber posted some ways to go paperless a while back in the toolbox forum, but I hope to expand my knowledge.  Wondering if you might be willing

Adding Tables and Spreadsheets

This is just a quick tip to show you how to add a table or spreadsheet to your Survey Company website using a Google Gadget

A gadget to create a table from a spreadsheet and add interactive controls to manipulate the data it displays.

Are You Promoting Survey Earth in a Day in the Classroom?

Getting Creative in the Classroom

Professors and GeoEducators who train in surveying and /or geomatics could easily use the Survey Earth in a Day 2.0 event on June 21st @noon as an opportunity to excite students about surveying and geography, spark c

Two Useful Google Satellite Imagery Tricks

Google Satellite Imagery Tricks For Surveyors

For those of you who are dabbling or working hard with aerial imagery and Google Earth, here are a couple of tricks that I have learned along the way.

Finding the capture date of Satellite Images

If you

Find Historic Maps of North Carolina

Where to Find Historic Maps of North Carolina

The Historic Overlay Maps project includes the Compleat Map of North-Carolina from 1770, the First Actual Survey of North Carolina from 1808 and an 1884 Map of the Cherokee Nation. The collection also in

KML to RSS Converter

KML to RSS Converter on Yahoo Pipes

I have been building a converter tool on Yahoo! Pipes called KML to RSS Converter, which can be found here. It will allow you to enter any public KML or KMZ file's URL and convert the file to an RSS feed, which can

Investigation of Embezzled GLONASS Funds

The Russian Federal Security Service is investigation the embezzlement of billions of rubles from the construction of the GLONASS center in Korolyov, a town outside Moscow, Izvestia daily reports.

According to information shared by the Russian Legal