Last week I wrote an article outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know.
Because these are important settings I’ll write an AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks article weekly about each of those five settings.
The first of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, [...]
Topcon names Smith director of GNSS product management
LIVERMORE, Calif. – March 4, 2010 – Fraser Smith, a geomatics engineer with extensive experience in GNSS product research and development (R&D), has been named director of GNSS product management for Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS).
Smith, former R&D manager for Point, Inc., will report to Mark Hornstra, senior vice [...]
MAPPS Seeks Legislation in Congress to Authorize “Imagery for the Nation” “Making America Prosperous (MAP) Act” Would Create National Geospatial Image Maps
A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as “Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress, MAPPS announced today.
“‘Map it once, use it many times’ is not only [...]
March 9, 2010
Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution
LONDON, – OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2010 – Applanix introduced today the latest LANDMark™ Marine mobile mapping solution. LANDMark Marine enables the creation of seamless models of near shore environments by providing a highly accurate georeferenced point cloud which integrates with equivalent multibeam sonar data.
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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Trimble Acquires LET Systems to Expand its Utilities
Solutions for Smart Grid Outage and Incident Management
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 5, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired privately-held LET Systems based in Cork, Ireland. LET Systems is an internationally recognized leader in incident and outage management system (OMS) solutions for utilities. The acquisition is [...]
FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again
The other day I told you FEMA announced that the eLOMA process was temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA would not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA).
This was because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other programs such as extension of the current highway bill and funding for [...]
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Leica Geosystems Launches SmartNet North America
1 March 2010
(Norcross, GA., 1 March 2010) – Leica Geosystems, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of SmartNet North America. SmartNet is a subscription based service offering GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout North America with Leica Geosystems directly operating, managing, and maintaining all segments of the network. From the [...]
FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Temporarily Unavailable
Yesterday, as a registered user of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mapping Information Platform (MIP), I received an email notice that the eLOMA process is temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA will not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA).
Because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other programs such [...]
The U.S. Air Force chose Raytheon to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System (GPS), called the Advanced Control Segment (OCX), which will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.
February 25, 2010
The U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for a contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning [...]



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