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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This Professional Land Surveyor Survey Party is brought to you by EricColburn.com – Professional Land Surveyor Source – showing a few pictures I snapped while carrying out land surveying field work somewhat recently.
Most of these pictures were taken within the last few weeks, which you might be able to tell by the snow and/or stark cold [...]
The following news story is a very interesting article I found about Professional Land Surveyors participating in an Auburn University-sponsored workshop, “Locating the Ellicott Mounds Along the Alabama/ Florida Boundary”:
Andalusia starting point for ‘mound hunt’
Professional surveyors look for centuries-old markers of Alabama-Florida line
By Justin Schuver (Contact) | Andalusia Star-News
Published Friday, December 4, 2009
More than 35 professional [...]
Here are a few of the many fantastic and interesting photographs submitted on the Professional Land Surveyor Facebook Group. Visit our group to see all of the other wonderful photographs and to submit your favorite land surveying pictures, too!
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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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For fun here are a few Independence Day videos and images. Happy 4th of July everyone!
Earth Science Week 2009 Photography Contest. “How Climate Shapes My World”
The American Geological Institute (AGI) is sponsoring a photography contest to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. The photography theme for this year is: “How Climate Shapes My World.”
The photography contest is open to interested [...]
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I came across this newspaper article from the New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, August 10, 1902. The title of this pictorial is “PICTURESQUE AU SABLE CHASM, NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN, IS ABOUT TO BE SURVEYED FOR A STATE PARK (Photographs by Katherine E. McClellan.)”.
The five captions to the photographs are:
THE ELEPHANT’S HEAD.
CROSSING TO DEVILS OVEN.
THE [...]
In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat — stunning aerial photographs in his series “The Earth From Above,” personal interviews from around the globe featured in his web project “6 billion Others,” and his soon-to-be-released movie, “Home,” which documents human impact on the environment through [...]
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