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The following link will take you to a Professional Land Surveyor / Geographic Information System (GIS) article published in GPSWORLD online entitled, “Get It Surveyed (GIS)”.
It’s frustrating as heck trying to learn how to setup and use AutoCAD Civil 3D and also get projects completed. You’re not a professional student; you’re a Professional Land Surveyor, Engineer, Designer, etc.
Whatever you are, you’re trying to get the job done right and earn a living!
Depending on what’s in your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing, [...]
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In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question:
Are You A Certified Survey Technician (CST) Or Interested In The CST Program?
Last week I was at a meeting for the New England Section of ACSM where the topic of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Certified Survey Technician (CST) program was discussed. What [...]
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 [...]
Earlier this week a young gentleman called looking for a survey. He just purchased a house and wasn’t really sure of what he was asking for, as is father-in-law, supposedly a “builder”, had told him what he needed. Long story short, what he was asking for wasn’t entirely what he needed.
Unfortunately, I had already quoted [...]
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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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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:
I don’t have a magic crystal ball to tell what’s going to happen when this recession, now being commonly called the “Great Recession”, ends. Of course, on many levels there will be improvements in business, employment, and the economy in general. But reflecting on past recessions I’ve had the misfortune of living through, and from [...]
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I’m preparing a new feature for this site and in that process I started thinking about what it is that Professional Land Surveyors want. As a profession we cover a lot of the territory ranging from being employees, or managers, to business owners.
With that in mind, I kept thinking about what I, as a Professional [...]
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HP 33s Land Surveying Package for the FLS PLS Exam by Chotkeh & HP 33s Calculator
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A great tool for engineers, surveyors, college students, scientists and medical professionals.
More than 100 built-in functions.
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Rubber side grips for a comfortable hold.
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33s Scientific Calculator, 15-Digit LCDA great tool for engineers, surveyors, college students, scientists and [...]



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