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Professional Land Surveyor News: USGS Offers $500,000 in Grants to Map the Nation

September 19, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Professional Land Surveyor News: USGS Offers $500,000 in Grants to Map the Nation
—Applications due Nov. 12, 2009—
The U.S. Geological Survey will award up to $500,000 in grants and cooperative agreements for universities to help produce geologic maps for the nation.
Interested professors can apply online to the EDMAP grant program under funding opportunity No. 10HQPA0004. Applications are [...]

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Professional Land Surveyor News: USGS Offers $500,000 in Grants to Map the Nation

September 18, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

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China’s Xinjiang Bans Classified Topography Map Trading

September 13, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

As reported by China’s Xinhua, there is now a ban on topographic map trading, both online and offline, of classified topographic maps in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This is according to said northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region authorities in a joint notice according to local officials.
” topography map entitled “classified”, published during the Culture Revolution [...]

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Finding the Description Key Sets

September 12, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I’m going to show you how to find the Description Key Sets. Yesterday this issue came up as a few of you were busily learning to use, or just trying to use, AutoCAD Civil 3D and couldn’t find the old Description Key Sets file.
Unlike in [...]

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Google Apps and the iPhone 3GS for the Professional Land Surveyor

September 12, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Last week I started using a couple of new technologies and tools, Google Apps and the Apple iPhone, which I will be writing about in future posts after an evaluation period. I did, however, want to share with you a little about these new (to me) additions to my tool chest.
Google Apps, Helping Businesses Work [...]

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Topcons IP-S2 3D Laser and Digital Imagery Mobile Mapping System for GIS Data Collection

September 12, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Topcons new fully Integrated 3D Laser and Digital Imagery Mobile Mapping System for GIS data collection, the IP-S2.
IP-S2 features:

High definition mobile 3D mapping
Dual frequency GNSS tracking
High Accuracy 6-Axis IMU Integration
Odometry inputs from on-board vehicle CAN bus or wheel encoders
Supports multiple laser scanner models for operator and application flexibility

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NOS Participates In International Geodesy Meeting In Argentina

September 12, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

From August 29 to September 5, representatives from NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) participated in the
International Association of Geodesy (IAG) meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. NGS presentations addressed many issues in geodesy and spatial coordinate reference systems.
The meeting also presented an opportunity to highlight NGS’s new Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum [...]

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Landsat 5 Fully Operational After Brief Interruption

September 11, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Landsat 5, the quarter-century-old satellite workhorse, is back in its traces.
When the historically reliable earth observation satellite began tumbling in space on the morning of August 13, engineers from the USGS Landsat Flight Operations Team immediately started processes to protect the satellite and to restore capability.
The spacecraft was stabilized quickly and recovery operations initiated. During [...]

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American Land Title Association (ALTA) Policy Licensing Initiative to Strengthen Industry

September 9, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

American Land Title Association (ALTA) Policy Licensing Initiative to Strengthen Industry
September 8, 2009
In a move aimed at strengthening the land title industry by protecting the association’s top industry product, the American Land Title Association has launched an initiative to license the use of its uniform title insurance policy forms.
“ALTA’s uniform policy forms have become the [...]

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New Leica ScanStation C10 Gives Surveyors a Competitive Edge with High-Definition Laser Scanning

September 8, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

New Leica ScanStation C10 Gives Surveyors a Competitive Edge with High-Definition Laser Scanning
September 1, 2009 — Leica Geosystems introduced today its fastest and most versatile laser scanning system, the Leica ScanStation C10. This new High-Definition Surveying™ (HDS™) scanner is designed to increase surveying productivity and accuracy in both routine surveys and large, complex projects.
The Leica [...]

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