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AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Insert Geo-Referenced Images Video

February 29, 2012 in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos by EricColburn

AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Insert Geo-Referenced Images Video

AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Insert Geo-Referenced Images

This AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video shows you how to insert geo-referenced images, like aerial photographs or orthophotos.

AutoCAD Civil 3D, being built on Map 3D, allows you to easily use Geographic Information System (GIS) data into your land surveying, design and engineering projects.

All you need is a geo-referenced image with a corresponding World File. The World File contains coordinate values identifying the location, scale, and rotation of the geo-reference image.

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New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket

February 8, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, GIS, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Surveying Software, Trimble by EricColburn

New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2012—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new generation of GNSS devices for GIS field applications—the Trimble® Juno® 3B and 3D handhelds. With the new Trimble Juno series, mobile workforces ranging from public utilities to municipalities are empowered with rugged, integrated GNSS handhelds that are optimized for everyday field work such as asset management, data collection and inspections.

The Trimble Juno series provides a complete, integrated package of positioning, imaging and communications for flexibility. Two versions are available. The Juno 3B has an integrated GPS, a 5 MP autofocus camera and Windows Mobile software. The Juno 3D includes all of the features of the Juno 3B plus 3G wireless technology, which allows users to transfer data faster and stay connected to the office with an integrated mobile phone.

“The new Juno series is the latest innovation from Trimble for the GIS community,” said Daniel Wallace, general manager of Trimble’s GIS Data Collection Division. “Re-designed from the ground up, these handhelds will help users get more out of the field and into their GIS.”

Designed for GIS Workflows

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NGS Developing GIS Tools and Datasets for Display and Analysis of Survey Data

January 25, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, GIS, GPS, Land Surveying, News, NGS, NOAA, Surveying Software by EricColburn

NGS Developing GIS Tools and Datasets for Display and Analysis of Survey Data

NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is in the process of developing new Geographic Information System (GIS) software tools for display and analysis of NGS survey data.

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup January 22, 2012

January 22, 2012 in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Continuing Education, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Links, LizardTech, News, Orthophotos, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Remote Sensing, Sokkia, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos by EricColburn

Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup:

Professional Land Surveyor Archive – Last 3 weeks:

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LizardTech Releases Free GeoViewer Application for iPad

January 19, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, News, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

LizardTech

MrSID files now viewable on mobile devices for consumers

SEATTLE, Wash. – January 18, 2012 - LizardTech^®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of a free GeoViewer application for iPad designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays.

The free GeoViewer application enables users to view data stored on the iPad. GeoViewer supports MrSID® and JPEG 2000 formats, and includes measurement functionality as well as geolocation support. It’s also user friendly, with intuitive tools for band selection and coordinate display.

“The free GeoViewer application for iPad is going to make a lot of our customers happy, as it’s been something that has been frequently requested in the recent months,” said Jon Skiffington, director of product management. “Now our customers will be able to view a variety of formats like MrSID and JPEG 2000, as well as vector files. It’s easy to use, fast and efficient.“

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Tags: Application, Business, Celartem, Free, Geospatial, GeoViewer, GIS, iPad, JPEG 2000, Land, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Business, Land Surveying Software, LizardTech, Mapping, Maps, MrSID, News, News Release, Press Release, Professional, Professional Land Surveying, Professional Land Surveyor, Professional Land Surveyor Source, Releases, Software, Survey, Surveyor, Surveyors, Surveys, Technology
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Premier Conference for Surveyors, Engineers, and Mapping Professionals Returns to San Diego

January 18, 2012 in Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

Professional Land Surveyor News

The Survey Summit to Focus on New and Emerging Technologies

January 18, 2012

Redlands, California— For the second consecutive year, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) will join forces with Esri to host the premier event in the surveying industry. The Survey Summit will take place July 21–24, 2012, in San Diego, California, sharing its final two days with the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC).

The Survey Summit will serve as the ideal forum for not only ACSM members and land surveyors but also anyone interested in GIS technology and will showcase emerging technologies such as lidar and 3D scanning.

“The Survey Summit is specifically designed to provide opportunities unavailable at state survey conferences,” says Brent Jones, Esri’s surveying, cadastral, and land records industry manager. “Conference content will address pressing issues common to all surveyors—opportunities for new work, emerging markets, and implications of technology on the profession, among many others. The summit is the place for surveyors and ACSM members to engage in new markets and discover new business opportunities.”

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Esri ELA Supports Maryland’s Nationally Recognized GIS Program

January 9, 2012 in Business, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software by EricColburn

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ArcGIS Software Empowers Agencies to Deliver Transparency and Accountability

January 4, 2012

Redlands, California—The State of Maryland has acquired an Esri enterprise license agreement (ELA) that provides unlimited access to ArcGIS software to staff in its agencies. Under Governor Martin O’Malley’s leadership, the state uses GIS for much of its work including groundbreaking transparency and accountability initiatives such as StateStat, GreenPrint, and PlanMaryland. Now, access to the software will extend to all corners of state government.

“The drive for this came down from the top,” said Kenny Miller, deputy geographic information officer, State of Maryland. “Governor O’Malley is such a tremendous supporter of using GIS technology to improve decision making and transparency that he wanted all the agencies to have access so they can adopt GIS in their business missions.”

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Esri Releases National Geographic World Basemap

January 5, 2012 in Business, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software by EricColburn

Highly Detailed Basemap Accessible via ArcGIS Online

This section of the National Geographic World Map shows Europe at a small scale.

January 4, 2012

Redlands, California—In cooperation with National Geographic, Esri released the National Geographic World Map. Esri and National Geographic collaborated to produce a distinctive basemap that reflects National Geographic’s cartographic design, typographic style, and map policies. Designed to be aesthetically pleasing, the National Geographic World Map is for users who want to display minimal data on a vibrant, highly detailed background. The map is currently available at ArcGIS Online in the basemap gallery.

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The National Land Survey of Finland Opens Topographic Datasets 1 May 2012 For Free Use

January 5, 2012 in Business, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

The National Land Survey of Finland Opens Topographic Datasets 1 May 2012 For Free Use

Visualisation of an elevation model based on laser scanning data.

The Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry issued a decree on 21 December 2011 on the fees of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS). The decree prescribes that the NLS will open its topographic datasets to the public on 1 May 2012 to be used freely and free of charge.

“From 1 of May 2012, digital maps portraying the terrain and topography can be used free of charge even for commercial purposes. It is important for us that our high-quality datasets are widely used,” says Antti Kosonen, Director of the Information Service Centre at the NLS.

Basic maps and laser scanning data for free

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GeoEye Wins Multi-year, Multi-million Dollar Russian Contract

January 4, 2012 in Business, GeoEye, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Laser Scanning, News, Orthophotos, Remote Sensing, Surveying Software by EricColburn

GeoEye and ScanEx to Provide High-resolution Satellite Data for Russia’s Countrywide Cadastral Project

GeoEye - Elevating Insight.

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced that it is working with its Russian partner, ScanEx Research and Development Center, to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite imagery to the Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr).

Russia, the world’s largest country, covers more than one-ninth of the Earth’s land mass and spans nine time zones. To efficiently administer the property rights and data across this vast landscape and make this information accessible, Rosreestr is creating a countrywide base map of land properties in the Russian Federation. The base map will have multiple data layers including orthorectified high-resolution imagery, cadastral information (for example, type of ownership, permits, licenses, rights, restrictions, transactions and taxation) and extensive topographic features (natural features representing boundaries). The Russian government will host the completed base map on their portal for viewing by federal and regional government agencies and the public via Web services.

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ArcGIS Online Overview Video

December 30, 2011 in Business, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos by EricColburn

ESRI ArcGIS Online

Create, find, use, and share maps, applications, and tools with everyone.

Watch this ESRI ArcGIS Online Overview Video

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Esri Press Book Presents Latest Crime Mapping and Analysis Methods

November 15, 2011 in Books, Business, Continuing Education, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software by EricColburn

Esri Press Book Presents Latest Crime Mapping and Analysis Methods

This workbook is designed for both classroom instruction and self-study.

November 15, 2011

Redlands, California—GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, the new workbook from Esri Press, combines step-by-step tutorials with independent exercises to teach readers the skills needed to apply mapping and analysis to police work.

Designed for both classroom instruction and self-study, the book includes a 180-day trial version of ArcGIS 10 for Desktop software and real crime data obtained from the Pittsburgh Police Bureau and the Allegheny County 911 Center in Pennsylvania. An instructor resource DVD is available from Esri Press by request.

“GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis is an invaluable resource to those in law enforcement who are involved in crime mapping and analysis,” says Lew Nelson, Esri’s director of global law enforcement solutions. “It provides practical exercises that are beneficial to both novice and experienced GIS specialists.”

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Tags: Analysis, ArcGIS 10, Book, Business, Continuing Education, Crime, Crime Mapping, Education, ESRI, ESRI Press, Geospatial, GIS, GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, Kristen S. Kurland, Land, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Business, Land Surveying Software, Latest, Mapping, Maps, Methods, News, News Release, Press, Press Book, Press Release, Professional, Professional Land Surveying, Professional Land Surveyor, Professional Land Surveyor Source, Self-Study, Surveying, Surveyor, Surveyors, Surveys, Technology, Tutorial, Wilpen L. Gorr
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GeoDesign Summit Promotes Practical Applications

October 12, 2011 in Business, Continuing Education, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software by EricColburn

Environmental scientist and environmental attorney Braden Allenby will keynote the third annual GeoDesign Summit.

Redlands, California—GIS and design professionals, academics, and developers will gather at Esri headquarters in Redlands, California, January 5–6, 2012, for the third annual GeoDesign Summit. The event is open to anyone interested in the field of GeoDesign, which integrates GIS-based spatial analysis into the design process. This year’s theme, GeoDesign in Practice, reflects a focus on successful GeoDesign projects and new GeoDesign tools that will define future technologies.

“Attendees will leave the summit with new ideas, tools, and workflows, enabling them to do design work in GIS with greater efficiency and effectiveness,” said Shannon McElvaney, project manager of GeoDesign services at Esri.

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Tags: Applications, Business, Continuing Education, Design, Environment, ESRI, GeoDesign, GeoDesign Summit, Geospatial, GIS, Land, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Business, Land Surveying Software, Lightning Talks, Map Gallery, News, Practical, Professional, Professional Land Surveyor, Professional Land Surveyor Source, Promotes, Summit, Surveyor, Technology
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New Esri Basemap Highlights Thematic Content

October 6, 2011 in Business, ESRI, Geomatics, GIS, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software by EricColburn

Free Light Gray Canvas Basemap Service Now Available

User data shown on top of Light Gray Canvas map is easier to distinguish compared to user data displayed on busier maps

October 6, 2011

User data shown on top of Light Gray Canvas map is easier to distinguish compared to user data displayed on busier maps

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Tags: ArcGIS, ArcGIS Explorer Online, Basmap, Business, Content, ESRI, Geospatial, GIS, Highlights, Land, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Business, Land Surveying Software, Light Gray Canvas, Mapping, Maps, New, News, News Release, Overlays, Press Release, Professional, Professional Land Surveying, Professional Land Surveyor, Professional Land Surveyor Source, Surveying, Surveyor, Technology, Thematic
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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup September 25, 2011

September 25, 2011 in Business, ClearEdge3D, Geomatics, GIS, GNSS, GPS, Hemisphere GPS, Javad GNSS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Leica, Links, Locata, News, NOAA, PCI Geomatics, Surveying Software, Topcon by EricColburn

Updates & Upgrades

In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup, I want to explain a few site upgrades in addition to this week’s summary.

If you are a regular visitor here, you’ve no doubt noticed a new look. You also might have found some of the site features updated, too. What’s happening, simply is that we are performing a major upgrade to the site software. It, no doubt, will take us some time to make every necessary update and upgrade, but we will try to keep the inconveniences to a minimum. All will be soon in order.

But there’s more: Seeing as we were already upgrading the site software, we decided this was the time to improve the site look and function, too. So, don’t be surprised to see a new look and layout rolling out this week. When all is said and done, we’re confident you will find the new updates, upgrades, and look well worth a few hiccups while we make these improvements.