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Month: January 2010
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Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31
Good Morning! Sunday Video: Beautiful Butterflies http://bit.ly/BeautifulButterflies RT @EcoInteractive (via @EcoFamilyTravel) # A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabian Proverb # Listening to A VerySpatial Podcast. # Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24 http://ow.ly/16puaL # Check out this video on YouTube by Sold For Less: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..tube_gdata # Quantity Surveying Technician…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Introduces DPS Mobile Data Transfer for Digital Pen Solutions
Trimble Introduces DPS Mobile Data Transfer for Digital Pen Solutions Trimble DPS Mobile Software for the BlackBerry Smartphone Streamlines the Transfer of Field Report Data to the Office; Accelerates Projects for the Construction Contractor ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 26, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today announced remote data transfer capabilities for its family of Trimble Digital Pen…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Are You Passionate About Your Profession?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Are You Passionate About Your Profession? Even in the best of times you can lose a little passion for your profession. It happens to the best of us. I’m very passionate about my profession, land surveying, and have been for nearly 26 years now.…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: New Monitoring Solutions from Trimble Combines Both GNSS and Optical Technologies to Monitor Dams, Bridges, Buildings and More
Monitor Movement in Real Time with New Trimble 4D Control Software SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today a new version of its Trimble® 4D Control software, the core of Trimble monitoring solutions, that combines Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and optical technologies for real-time deformation monitoring applications. The software is ideal…
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RealtorsTV: National Association of Realtors Video-Existing Home Sales Down But Prices Rise
RealtorsTV: National Association of Realtors-Existing Home Sales Down But Prices Rise
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Professional Land Surveyor News: National Association of Realtors Reports December Existing-Home Sales Down but Prices Rise; 2009 Sales Up
December Existing-Home Sales Down but Prices Rise; 2009 Sales Up Washington, January 25, 2010 After a rising surge from September through November, existing-home sales fell as expected in December after first-time buyers rushed to complete sales before the original November deadline for the tax credit. However, prices rose from December 2008 and annual sales improved…
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Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24
Civil 3D – AUGI World Jan/Feb: It’s that time again. The Jan/Feb issue of AUGI World Magazine is out. Check (cont) http://tl.gd/42qfu # NPR: Conan O’Brien’s Ratings Soar Amid Leno Flap-More at http://npr.org/122659736 # Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17 http://ow.ly/16mgSv # Researching the National Society of Professional Land Surveyors Certified Survey…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Retired British Quantity Surveyor and Wife Say Pirates Set ‘Deadline’ for Execution
Retired British Quantity Surveyor and Wife Say Pirates Set ‘Deadline’ for Execution. British couple kidnapped by pirates while sailing off the east coast of Africa fear that they could be killed within days, the Times of London reported. A retired quantity surveyor Paul Chandler and his wife Rachel Chandler sailing from Seychelles to Tanzania in…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Prior Version Alignment Spiral Hotfix
There is an update available for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 from Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D & AutoCAD Civil Services & Support. This update and Hotfix is for users who installed AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Update 2 and then open a previous version of Civil 3D which contains an alignment with a spiral curve. The Hotfix corrects the…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Create A Surface From A Point Group
In today’s AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks I’ll will show you how to Create a Surface From a Point Group. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to how to create a Surface in AutoCAD Civil 3D which is a task you will no doubt use often in your professional land surveying practice.…
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EricColburn.com The Professional Land Surveyor Source Is Optomized For Mobile Devices Like The iPhone
This site Is Optomized For Mobile Devices Like The iPhone I’m using a mobile device (iPhone) more and more everyday and I know that many of you are too, so here’s a quick update to let you know that this site is now optimized for mobile devices. If you visited this site before using your…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Geospatial Consortium Implements Land Registry System in Anhui Province, China
Geospatial Consortium Implements Land Registry System in Anhui Province, China BEIJING, CHINA — International Land Systems (ILS), Inc. with the Anhui Agricultural Commission held a commencement meeting for the China Rural Land Certification and Registration Program, a technical assistance pilot project funded by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). The project aims to…
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China launches Satellites To Build Its Own GPS
Yesterday, January 18, 2009, Reuters India reported from Beijing, China that over the past weekend China launched the third BeiDou (Big Dipper) or Compass satellite in an effort to build its own global satellite positioning (GPS) system. This latest satellite is part of a proposed constellation of 35 Chinese GPS satellites to be in orbit by the year…
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Coast Guard Announces Publication of Notice of Intention to Terminate the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) Signal
Coast Guard announces publication of notice of intention to terminate the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) signal WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Director of Prevention Policy announced Thursday publication in the Federal Register of plans to cease broadcasting the North American Loran-C signal Feb. 8. As a result of technological advancements during the…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Are You A Certified Survey Technician (CST) Or Interested In The CST Program?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Are You A Certified Survey Technician (CST) Or Interested In The CST Program? Last week I was at a meeting for the New England Section of ACSM where the topic of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Certified Survey Technician (CST) program was…
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Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17
NYTimes: Banks Prepare for Bigger Bonuses, and Public’s Wrath http://s.nyt.com/u/A_f # Stashing Carbon Dioxide In Rocks-More at http://npr.org/122362619 # Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10 http://ow.ly/16j6Ch # Taking a few minutes to plan for the week ahead. Looking forward to a great week and want to hit the road running. # 20…
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Professional Land Surveyor News-Trimble Introduces New Additions to its Optical Total Station Portfolio
Trimble Introduces New Additions to its Optical Total Station Portfolio SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today a wide range of new additions to its innovative portfolio of optical survey systems, giving surveyors a comprehensive selection of solutions for surveying and engineering applications. “Surveying firms require flexible and integrated solutions to stay…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Does Your Company Share Its Financial Data?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Does Your Company Share Its Financial Data? Is your firm one that has an open book policy and readily shares the financial health of the business? Or, perhaps, if they do share financial data, maybe it’s only a small portion or sanitized version or…
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Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10
#Day3 Lazyday Sunday. Snow shoveling. # Going Organic Helps A Small Dairy Stay Afloat-More at http://npr.org/122119570 # Worried Consumers Continue To Shun Credit-More at http://npr.org/120184254 # NYTimes: Americans Doing More, Buying Less, a Poll Finds http://s.nyt.com/u/Ana # For no particular reason – NYTimes: How to Train the Aging Brain http://s.nyt.com/u/A78 # Russia Plans to Divert…
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Professional Land Surveyor News-The European Commission Awards Major Contracts To Make Galileo Operational Early 2014
Brussels, 7 January 2010 Commission awards major contracts to make Galileo operational early 2014 The European Commission announced today the award of three of the six contracts for the procurement of Galileo’s initial operational capability. The contract for the system support services is awarded to ThalesAleniaSpace of Italy , that for a first order of…