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Autodesk University 2012: What if? -Carl Bass on new Products and Services from Autodesk Video

November 29, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Members, News, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

Autodesk University 2012 What if-Carl Bass on new Products and Services

Autodesk University 2012 What if-Carl Bass on new Products and Services

Autodesk University 2012: What if? -Carl Bass on new Products and Services from Autodesk Video

“During AU Virtual 2012 General Session broadcasting , Carl Bass showcased projects and services that will be available in the next year. Carl explained the Autodesk position regarding the cloud technology, integrate in the Autodesk product portfolio.”
Professional Land Surveyor Source: CadRelations outube channel

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Data Shortcuts Hotfix

August 15, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Topics, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Links, Members, News, Surveying Software

Civil 3D Help

Civil 3D Help

Hotfix – AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Data Shortcuts

Autodesk has released a hotfix for an issue with Data Shortcuts when using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012.

From the Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D Services & Support:

In a continued effort to improve product quality and stability we are releasing this hotfix for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 all languages. This hotfix will address the following issues:

  • This hotfix resolves an issue were a user is asked to save a drawing before creating a Data Shortcut, then saves the drawing, retries to create the Data Shortcut but is again prompted to save the drawing.

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup March 4, 2012

March 4, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Leica, Links, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

Granite Bound Reset

Granite Bound Reset

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New Leica Digicat 600i and 650i For Safe and Fast Location of Underground Services

February 28, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Leica, News

Leica Digicat 600i and 650i

Leica Digicat 600i and 650i

New Leica Digicat 600i and 650i for safe and fast location of underground services

(Heerbrugg, 28th February 2012) - Leica Geosystems is delighted to announce the latest editions to their cable locator family, the Leica Digicat 600i and 650i series, accompanied with Logicat software, set to revolutionize underground cable location.

Building on the success of previous models, the new Leica Digicat 600i and 650i with their unique data capture and onboard memory function supports operations management initiatives to increase on site safety by detecting cables and identify operator training needs.

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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 26, 2012

February 26, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Carlson, Continuing Education, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Hemisphere GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying 911, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Links, News, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Topcon, Videos

AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Convert A 3D Polyline To A 2D Polyline Video

AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Convert A 3D Polyline To A 2D Polyline Video

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Eric D. Colburn, PLS Now Offering Virtual Consultation Services With Easy Online Appointment Scheduling

February 16, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, News, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

Virtual Consultation Services With Easy Online Appointment Scheduling

Virtual Consultation Services With Easy Online Appointment Scheduling

Professional & Business Virtual Consulting Easily Ordered with our 24/7 Online Scheduler

Virtual Appointments With Eric D. Colburn, PLS, For Business & Professional Consultation Via SkypeGoogle+ Hangout or Telephone.

I’m announcing two new services designed to enhance and simplify how you work with me. As my consulting business grows, I’ve been working on the challenges of providing remote consultations and coordinating meeting schedules that often span time zones and sometimes countries. These two new services, Virtual Consultation and Online Appointment Scheduling, combine the best technology has to offer for easy online appointment scheduling and easy access for you to consult with me, regardless of place.

Virtual Consultation Services Let Us Meet Anytime, Anywhere!

The first of the two new services I’m offering is Virtual Consulting Services that let us meet anywhere, anytime! You choose how we meet to solve your professional and business problems; like meeting by:

  • Skype
  • Google+ Hangout
  • Telephone

You can easily select from one, two, three, four, or eight-hour Virtual Consultation sessions to meet your needs. Whether you’re experiencing problems of a technical nature, problems in your professional practice, or just looking to improve your business strategy and grow your business – Let’s get together to make it happen!

Virtual Consultation

Easy Online Appointment Scheduling

The second of the two new services is easy online appointment scheduling. With online appointment scheduling, you can see when I’m available and make your own appointments. Online scheduler is like having my own virtual receptionist, which saves time, stops phone tag – even sends reminders!

It’s as Easy as 1-2-3

It’s easy – you choose from our list of services, see available appointment times, and make an appointment by filling out a short form. You can choose one service at a time and even book multiple services in the same appointment. Payment is securely accepted by PayPal. Once I accept the appointment, you get a confirmation email and a reminder email later on.

Before our meeting, I’ll gather information about your needs via email, so that we’re both fully ready for our Virtual Consultation. You’ll share with me what problems you’d like to overcome and I’ll have solutions.

After your Virtual Consultation, I’ll prepare a written report outlining what we covered, and my recommendations. Additionally, after our meeting, I’ll contact you to follow-up on your success.

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Land Surveying “Without All The Bells and Whistles”-Strategies For Price Objections

September 13, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

Price Objections, Money Hand Photo By Neubie, Flickr

Strategies for Price Objections

What I’d like to talk about with you today is not a new occurrence, by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s happening more often now than, let’s say, during the “boom” years.

What I’m talking about is when a prospective client request a quote for land surveying services, and then when presented with the cost they respond with price objections.

They’re convinced that you’ve overestimated what their needs are, and what is needed (in their minds) to survey their land.

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Leica Geosystems Introduces SpiderWeb v4.0–Value Added Web Services for GNSS Networks

August 25, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Leica, Leica, News, Surveying Software

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News-Leica Geosystems Introduces SpiderWeb v4.0–Value Added Web Services for GNSS Networks

(Heerbrugg, 18. August 2010) Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce Leica SpiderWeb v4.0 as part of the new reference station software update that also includes Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 and Leica SpiderQC v4.0. SpiderWeb v4.0 features an all-new Business Center web portal combined for SpiderWeb and GNSS Spider Network RTK Services and the unique Coordinate Computation Service has been further enhanced.

Leica SpiderWeb is a software solution for the convenient presentation of GNSS network and data over the internet. It provides efficient and secure access to data for post processing. Value added services assist with the convenient distribution and use of GNSS data sets from individual stations or networks to users through standard web browsers.

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Professional Land Surveyor Marketing-What Are Your Customers Buying Motives

August 3, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Practices, Land Surveying, Marketing, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

Crystal BallWhat Are Your Customers Buying Motives

Have you ever thought about your customer’s buying motives? If you’re working on marketing land surveying services, either for an ongoing concern or for a new business you’re planning on starting, then this is a key question to ask yourself. More important, is to know the answer!

To answer the question of what is motivating, or will motivate, customers to by your land surveying services it’s also helpful to answer the following questions:

  • What are the reasons that your customers buy from you?
  • Why do they need your services and products?

I would also look into answering these questions, too:

  • Are groups of customers motivated for different reasons?
  • What are the fluctuations and changes in customers buying motives? If so, why and when do these fluctuations and changes occur?

There are many concepts and ideas to master in developing a marketing plan for your professional land surveying company. But first, I think, is to answer the above questions to understand exactly what are your customers buying motives.

Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Survey and API Hotfix

June 28, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Land Surveying, Links, News, Surveying Software

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Survey and API Hotfix

Autodesk has announced an update / hotfix for it’s AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 product line. According to Autodesk, this update / hotfix address the following:

In a continued effort to improve, we are releasing this hotfix for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 that addresses a number of survey, and some addition non-survey related issues.

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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-What Is Your Land Surveying Products And Services Pricing Strategy?

April 14, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveys

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY

In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question:

What Is Your Land Surveying Products And Services Pricing Strategy?

I’m writing a series of articles on pricing land surveying products and services and I’m looking for your input. Let me know what your pricing strategy is, if you indeed have one, do you adjust it, and how often? Also, what method do you use in calculating your fees? Do you use a system like cost plus, or do you figure your prices strictly by value, for example?

Share with us what has worked best for you, or what has just plain failed? Examples of both, success and failure, can be great teaching tools and learning opportunities.

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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Are you Satisfied With Autodesk’s Services & Support?

March 18, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Land Surveying, Surveying Software, Surveys

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY

In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question:

Are you Satisfied With Autodesk’s Services & Support?

Autodesk Services and Support includes their knowledge base, documentation, and online help, in addition to your submitted support request if you are enrolled in the Autodesk subscription software maintenance and support program.

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Top 6 Business Mistakes Made by Professional Land Surveyors

March 13, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying

Here’s a list of the top 6 business mistakes made by professional land surveyors. Of course, you or I have never made these mistakes!

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NGS Geodetic Tool Kit-Geodetic Tools for the Professional Land Surveyor

February 14, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business

The NGS Geodetic Tool Kit is a great online resource with over 25 interactive geodetic computation tools. Many professional land surveyors who use GPS may be familiar with OPUS, however, the other programs deserve your attention as they may be the answer to your geodetic surveying computation questions.

NGS Geodetic Tool Kit NGS homepage NOAA homepage

on-line interactive computation of geodetic values

DEFLEC99
DYNAMIC_HT
G99SSS
GEOID99
GEOID03
GEOID06
USGG2003
HTDP
IGLD85
Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D
LVL_DH
Magnetic Declination
NADCON
NAVD 88 Modelled Gravity
Online Adjustment User Services
Online Adjustment Utilities User Services
OPUS
State Plane Coordinates
Surface Gravity Prediction
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations
U.S. National Grid
Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates
VERTCON
XYZ Coordinate Conversion
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