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National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Land Cover Data?

August 26, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Learn about land cover data in this interview with Nate Herold from the NOAA Coastal Services Center. The discussion highlights the difference between land cover and land use, how land cover data is collected, and some of the many applications of land cover data.
Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS [...]


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And Now IntelliCAD For $65

August 19, 2009 in CAD, IntelliCAD

Close on the heels of Alibre’s $99 offer, an ITC member, CMS Inc., has decided to offer IntelliCAD for $64.98. This is the price of IntelliCAD Standard which they normaly sell for $129.95. CMS has also slashed the price of the Professional version by half. IntelliCAD Professional that used to sell for $289.95 and is now available for $149.98. These prices are labelled as a “Specia [...]
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Professional Land Surveyor Journal August 17, 2009

August 19, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

A day at the beach.
It has been very difficult times for my family and I for the past two years. Recession, the complete stoppage of work, financial burdens, health issues, you name it and times have been tough. Significant losses of income, Lyme disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Swine Flu all have taken their toll on [...]


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The Economy, Cash For Clunkers and a Turning Tide?

August 19, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

A turning tide?
Only time will tell for certain, but the economy finally seems to be making a turnaround. People and companies, I think, have adjusted to the financial and business realities of recession, made adjustments, and now are ready to move forward. Not surprisingly, because consumer spending makes up nearly 70% of the U.S. economy, [...]


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Professional Land Surveyor Demands Pay From Bibb County, Georgia for County Line Survey

August 11, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

The story stays the same …

I’m not going to go into much discussion about this story, which you can read for yourself by following the link at the bottom of this post. The only thing I would like to add is how familiar this story will probably be to most of you. It seems that [...]


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Vermont Puts Land Surveying Maps Online

August 11, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

I think that one area of concern for Professional Land Surveyors, Lawyers, Title Examiners and land owners, alike, is the historical journey they take in researching land records. And no, I’m not talking about the thrill of diving into old records and land surveying maps and plats, which I certainly do enjoy, but instead, I’m [...]


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Professional Website Package for Professional Land Surveyors

August 7, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

In the past years it has become more commonplace for surveying companies to have their own website. What has surprised me, though, is how many land surveyors I come across that still don’t have a website (or one that’s rather clunky) and don’t have email addresses that match their company brand.
There’s no reason to have [...]


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Autodesk 2010 Certification Now Available for Design Professionals

August 6, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Autodesk 2010 Certification Now Available for Design Professionals
Certified Associate and Certified Professional exams now available for newest versions of AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit Architecture, and AutoCAD Civil 3D Software
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Autodesk, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADSK), today announced that design and engineering professionals can become Autodesk Certified in AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk [...]


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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Image Edit and Frames

July 29, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

More AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Help!
I get more questions about AutoCAD Civil 3D than I do on any other subject. The complexity of the program coupled with the myriad of settings required to make it a useful piece of surveying and design software results in it being very tricky to set up and use.
I’ve begun [...]


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Study: Economic Value of NOAA’s Geodetic Services at $2.4 Billion

July 29, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Proposed Modernization Program to Net Additional $522 Million

The NOAA-managed National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the official U.S. government source for precise latitude, longitude and elevation measurements, provides more than $2.4 billion in potential annual benefits to the U.S. economy, according to a new independent study. Refining and modernizing the system for measuring elevation has [...]


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