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Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup January 1, 2012

January 1, 2012 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Business Videos, Carlson, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Land Surveying Videos, Links, News, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Trimble, Videos

Happy New Year 2012!

Happy New Year 2012! Credit: Creativity103 (flickr).

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4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence

December 27, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Practices, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Marketing, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Social Media Networking

4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence

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I was speaking with a fellow professional land surveyor about a property survey he is conducting for land next to a property I recently surveyed, when he said, “Later, I’ve got to ask you what is your secret?”

Are you struggling to build a successful web presence for your professional land surveying business?

The “secret” he wanted to know, was how I’ve developed such a large web presence. What he really wanted to know is my “secret” for getting such successful search results for my land surveying business and personal brand. At first, I was a little taken aback, as I really didn’t want to divulge any “trade secrets” (such as they are) but in reality, there are four basic ingredients a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence.

In this Professional Land Surveyor Premium Post (signup here) I’ll share my “secret” 4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence.

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Autodesk Labs Project Photofly-Create 3D Models from Photographs Using the Web

August 22, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Links, Pictures, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

Over on Google+ this morning, Autodesk’s Shaan Hurley, Autodesk Technology Evangelist, posted, “Great list of free software for students. Back to School with Cool FREE Autodesk Software“, linking to his Autodesk Between the Lines blog.

His post, Back to School with Cool FREE Software, lists examples of free software available in the Autodesk Student Community along with several other free software from Autodesk, like Project Photofly.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors Course

May 18, 2011 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Course: AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors

New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Course: AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors (C3D-201)

New AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors Course Available on the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center

In this online 8-week course, AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors, you will learn how to setup and use AutoCAD Civil 3D for basic land surveying tasks.

Learn AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveying While Still Being Productive!

This AutoCAD Civil 3D Setup for Land Surveyors Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center course is presented online in a weekly format, served in bite-sized portions (letting you learn while still being productive), covering the following subject matter: Read the rest of this entry →

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

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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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New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC): AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings

May 20, 2010 in Associate Membership, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, News, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Surveying Software

New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Course: AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings

New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Course: AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings

New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Course: AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings

Yesterday I announced the new online Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) I’ve created for professional land surveyors, AutoCAD Civil 3D users, and designers.

Today I want to let you know about the first available course called AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings. Here’s a little information about this online course:

C3D-101: AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings

This course discusses the processes and procedures to setup your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing Basic Unit Settings to eliminate mistakes due to inappropriate and inconsistent settings.

Specific AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings covered in this course are:

  1. Units and Zone Settings.
  2. Survey Database and Survey Database Zone Settings.
  3. LandXML Data Imperial Units Settings.
  4. Angle Format Settings.
  5. Drawing Scale Settings.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials. This course cost $19.00.

For full access to this course you’ll need to take a minute to create a new account for yourself on the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) if it is your first time.

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Announcing the New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC)!

May 19, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, News, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Home Page

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Announcing the New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC)!

I’m happy to announce today a new feature here on EricColburn.com being the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC). This is an online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) I’ve created for professional land surveyors, AutoCAD Civil 3D users, and designers. Using an advanced Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS), platform the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center provides a reliable solution to support its users’ individual learning requirements.

The Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is an advanced system for delivering learning materials to students via the web. This learning center includes assessment, student tracking, collaboration, and communication tools. The PLSLC can be accessed online to support students’ learning 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This convenient and flexible site enables me to teach those who cannot regularly visit a campus, seminars, or events due to geographic or time restrictions, e.g. those on distance learning courses, doing evening classes, or workers studying part-time.

Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Benefits:

  1. A reliable solution to support your individual learning requirements.
  2. Includes assessment, student tracking, collaboration, and communication tools.
  3. Can be accessed online to support your learning 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  4. Self-paced E-Learning that is convenient and flexible to use.

Right now there is only one online course available, C3D-101: AutoCAD Civil 3D Basic Units Settings, but I’m currently creating more online courses and will soon be adding them to the PLSLC. I will also be creating several free online PLS Learning Center courses which will allow you to experience the PLSLC E-Learning environment and community at no cost. Hopefully, these free courses will also be helpful to those of you out of work or on a tight budget.

Get a Course Accepted for Continuing Education and Save 25% Off Your Next Course Fee.

If you have taken a course and are successful at getting that Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) course accepted for your State’s mandatory Continuing Education (CE) requirements or Professional Development Hour (PDH ) certified, let me know and I’ll refund 25% off the fee for the next course you take (First come first serve.  Maximum of one 25% refund per approved course per person).

Instructors Wanted – Create, Share and Earn.

Also, if you are interested in becoming an instructor on the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) and create your own courses, then please contact me and we’ll discuss how we can work together and any possible revenue sharing. This could be a fantastic way for you to share your skills and knowledge with our professional land surveyor community.

Visit the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) Today.

You can visit the Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC) right now by clicking on the Learn page tab at the top of this site or by following this link »» http://ericcolburn.com/learn/

Professional Land Surveyor News: GeoEye Receives U.S. Government Contract Award for New Web Mapping Service

April 22, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, GIS, Land Surveying, News, Surveying Software

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Professional Land Surveyor News: GeoEye Receives U.S. Government Contract Award for New Web Mapping Service

GeoEye, Inc., announced this week that it has signed a modification to a contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide Web mapping services under the NGA’s Rapid Delivery of Online GEOINT (RDOG) program. This contract modification was made so that GeoEye can provide for Rapid Delivery of High-Resolution Commercial Satellite Imagery to Department of Defense Users.

GeoEye reports that this Web hosting and dissemination contract modification is in addition to ongoing production work being done under the RDOG contract originally awarded in June 2009 and under GeoEye’s Service Level Agreement with the NGA.

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O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference: Jack Dangermond, “Realizing Spatial Intelligence on the GeoWeb”

June 17, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, GIS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Surveying Software, Technology Videos, Videos

ESRI president Jack Dangermond video at the 2009 Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose, California, talking about Realizing Spatial Intelligence on the GeoWeb. Covered in his talk is:

  • GeoWeb.
  • WebGIS
  • Cartographic Knowledge
  • Geographic Knowledge Created in GIS Environments.
  • Data and Web Services.
  • Sharing of Geographic Knowledge.
  • Spatially Integrated Thinking to a Broader Society
  • Leveraging Investments Developing Basemaps.
  • Leveraging Investments Developing Thematic Datasets.
  • Leveraging Investments Developing other Spatial Assets.

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Business Video-Social Media Marketing – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars

April 15, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Social Media Marketing – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars Step 9 of 9 Steps.

Business Video-Content Management – 9 Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollars

April 8, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Content Management – 9 Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollars Step 8 of 9 Steps.

Business Video-Measuring Success – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars During Recession

April 1, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Measuring Success – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars During Recession Step 7 of 9 Steps.

Business Video-Content Marketing – Nine Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollars

March 25, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Content Marketing – Nine Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollars Step 6 of 9 Steps.

Business Video-Word of Mouth – Nine Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollars

March 18, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Word of Mouth – Nine Ways to Maximize Your Marketing Dollars Step 5 of 9 Steps.

Business Video-Search Engine Optimization – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars

February 25, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Search Engine Optimization – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars Step 2 of 9 Steps.

Business Video-Using the Web – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars

February 18, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Videos, Land Surveying, Technology Videos, Videos

Using the Web – Nine Ways to Maximize Marketing Dollars Part 1 of 9.

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