Here’s an inspirational story and video about Mike Hanson, who is an avid outdoorsman, GPS user, and happens to be blind. Despite his disability, Mike plans on hiking the entire Appalachian Trail solo only with the help of his GPS to guide him.
That’s right; he plans on hiking the entire 2,174 mile Appalachian Trail solo [...]
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Just a few land surveying photographs and images from the USGS I thought were interesting. I hope you enjoy them, too.
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Over the weekend I listened to a few podcast; some funny, some news oriented and a few with business and marketing topics. Marketing is often misunderstood, or overlooked altogether, by many professional land surveyors, engineers and designers. So, when I find something to help you understand a subject, like marketing in this case, I’ll share [...]
Here are a few quick links to the Professional Land Surveyor Forum. At the Forum you’ll find a few new topics of discussion and a new Winter Olympics 2010 Board, too.
If you’re a surveyor who has mining experience, or have worked on underground tunnel projects, then maybe you can help out a fellow surveyor with [...]
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Today I created a new discussion board on the Professional Land Surveyor Forum called, “AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors“. My hope is that a more full depth discussion of the subject can take place there.
If you have not visited the Professional Land Surveyor Source EricColburn.com, Professional Land Surveyor Forum, I invite you to do [...]
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Just a quick note about the Professional Land Surveyor Newsletters. If you already subscribe you no doubt have noticed that I’ve added a few new features to these weekly newsletters, which I hope helps you to broaden your knowledge of other professionals and specifically helps you to navigate the social media sites making a few [...]
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NCEES, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors, has approved the following list of calculators for use in the April and October 2010 exam administrations:
USGS Director McNutt a Leader in U.S. Delegation at International Conference
Free, easily accessible U.S. satellite data enables any citizen, scientist, or analyst who can use the information to contribute to a shared vision of the challenges facing our planet.
That’s the message the newly-appointed director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Dr. Marcia McNutt, plans to deliver [...]
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EDMAP: Training the Next Generation of Geoscientists
Geologic maps record the distribution of rock and soil materials at Earth’s surface and help decision makers identify and protect valuable resources, avoid risks from natural hazards, and make wise land use choices.
Randy Orndorff, Associate Program Coordinator for the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, talks about the grant [...]
National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Land Cover Data?
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.
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