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House Small Business Committee Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal

November 2, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News

Committee Members Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal Until Federal Tests Reveal No GPS Interference

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

“LightSquared’s waiver should not be approved until federal tests reveal there will be no interference and unexpected consequences for small businesses.”

Washington, Oct 28 - WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today along with eight members of the Committee sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski requesting that the FCC not proceed with LightSquared’s waiver until federal testing ascertains that there will be no interference with all types of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices. The Committee also requests the FCC to report their action plan regarding the proposal to the Committee. Full text of the letter is available here.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: The Schneider Corporation Taps Michael Miller for Director of Land Surveying at Charlotte Office

November 18, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, News

INDIANAPOLIS and CHARLOTTE, N.C. – (November 17, 2009) – The Schneider Corporation (http://www.schneidercorp.com), providers of creative engineering solutions for land, infrastructure and facilities projects that help increase revenue, lower costs and mitigate risk, announced that Michael S. Miller has joined its Charlotte, N.C. office as director of land surveying. Schneider’s Charlotte office services more than 170 clients in North Carolina and the mid-east region, including Carmel Contractors, City of Charlotte, Crosland, DR Horton Homes, Duke Energy and Shiel Sexton. Schneider’s work in the Charlotte office focuses on environmental, energy and infrastructure projects.

Miller is an experienced land surveyor. He has been involved in many well-known projects throughout the region, including site work construction staking for Concord Mills Mall, design survey for multiple projects at University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and design survey and construction survey for Piedmont Town Center and associated road improvements.

“Mike’s projects speak for themselves. He is a respected professional and will make a great addition to our Charlotte office,” said Scott Lawson, vice president of survey at The Schneider Corporation.

Miller joined Schneider from ESP Associates, Fort Mill, S.C., where he managed a staff of survey crews and technicians. As the department manager, he also was responsible for proposal generation, invoicing and managing project reports. He also spent several years as a professional land surveyor at Lucas Forman, Charlotte, N.C.

Miller serves as the vice president of the Mecklenburg Surveyors Association. He earned his bachelor’s degree in commercial design from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.

About The Schneider Corporation

The Schneider Corporation is a full-service national engineering firm, which applies professional expertise, sophisticated technology and unparalleled business practices to the areas of Engineering, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Surveying. Customers include both private and public organizations in industries including energy, commercial, corporate, federal, state & local government, academic, and residential. Breadth of services includes geotechnical engineering, GIS, site development, architecture, environmental engineering, municipal engineering, transportation, landscape architecture, and construction management services. For more information about Schneider, please visit www.schneidercorp.com.

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The Schneider Corporation

Ten Geospatial Organizations Endorse IFTN

July 28, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, GIS, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software

Ten Geospatial Organizations Endorse IFTN

Professional Land Surveyor Source: National States Geographic Information Council

Professional Land Surveyor Source: National States Geographic Information Council

The leadership of ten geospatial organizations has jointly agreed to support a simple resolution in support of a national digital imagery program:

Be it resolved that the undersigned geospatial organizations support the funding and establishment of an operational program consistent with Imagery for the Nation (IFTN) within the US government with the responsibility for acquisition of high resolution digital imagery over the United States.

The leadership of these organizations met in a conference call on July 22 to discuss the resolution and voted via e-mail over the following day in order to have a position in place for the July 23 Congressional oversight hearing on Federal Geospatial Data Management.

The following organizations agreed to support the resolution:

Imagery for the Nation (IFTN) is a NSGIC initiative to support the development of a sustainable and flexible digital imagery program that meets the needs of local, state, regional, tribal and federal agencies.

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American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)

Autodesk Helps States Spend Stimulus Dollars Video on NECN.com

June 3, 2009 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, News, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

Here is a video I found on NECN.com about how Autodesk and Autodesk 3-D design software, like AutoCAD Civil 3D, is benefiting from the Federal Stimulus plan to put Americans back to work improving our nation’s highways.

In this video, Autodesk manager Richard Humphrey talks about accountability and transparency as a requirement of the stimulus plan and how Autodesk tools, like AutoCAD Civil 3D, help to achieve that by pre-planning and using virtual reality like design reviews prior to commencing construction activities, eliminating potential issues and reducing overall construction costs.

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