Eric Colburn, PLS

Year: 2011

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup September 25, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup September 25, 2011

    Updates & Upgrades In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup, I want to explain a few site upgrades in addition to this week’s summary. If you are a regular visitor here, you’ve no doubt noticed a new look. You also might have found some of the site features updated, too. What’s happening, simply is…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25

    Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25

    Eric Colburn #FollowFriday List is out! http://t.co/V7DA0NzD ? Top stories today via @bluegrassmuseum # Geomatics Today is out! http://t.co/fCJbGsWn # The Autocad Civil 3D Daily is out! http://t.co/a1n5PurV ? Top stories today via @pchurchill @wkfd @civil3d_jedi @johnevansdesign # The Professional Land Surveyor Daily is out! http://t.co/ZTVbmqbD ? Top stories today via @achillida @formbysurveys @woolpert @surveyor_fl…

  • ClearEdge3D Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant for Automated Feature Extraction Research

    ClearEdge3D Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant for Automated Feature Extraction Research

    Funding will greatly improve the company’s feature extraction technology; goal is to virtually eliminate manual modeling of facilities, buildings and entire cities Herndon, Virginia — September 21, 2011 — ClearEdge3D today announced that it has won a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop its technology in the rapidly evolving field of…

  • Hexagon Enters Into Exclusive Partnership with Locata Corporation for a Completely New Positioning Technology

    Hexagon Enters Into Exclusive Partnership with Locata Corporation for a Completely New Positioning Technology

    Hexagon has entered into an exclusive industry partnership with Locata Corporation Pty Ltd to integrate the revolutionary Locata positioning technology with Hexagon’s positioning receivers. This collaboration will leverage each company’s expertise to create the world’s first combined GPS-Locata positioning receiver. For the first time customers will have access to a tightly integrated solution providing high-precision…

  • Javad GNNS Announces LightSquared Compensation and Integration

    Javad GNNS Announces LightSquared Compensation and Integration

    Javad GNSS Forward Looking or Industry Shill? Javad GNSS, Inc. has announced that its GPS receivers can now compensate for and integrate with the controversial LightSquared network. As has been widely reported, the LightSquared network will emit radio interference which may render useless existing GPS receivers, particularly high-precision units typically used by land surveyors. Does…

  • LightSquared in the News Roundup

    LightSquared in the News Roundup

    Here’s a roundup of LightSquared related news links recently posted on Ericcolburn.com, The Professional Land Surveyor Source: LightSquared in the News Republicans Ask White House for Records of Falcone Contacts – Bloomberg LightSquared Promises Tech Fix To ‘Save’ GPS | Fox News LightSquared | Darrell Issa | House Oversight Investigation | The Daily Caller White…

  • NOAA Office of Coast Survey Charts to Provide More Info Faster

    Revolutionary Change in NOAA Nautical Chart Production Means More Products, Faster, for Maritime Use NOAA’s development of a new navigational chart processing system, designed to meet the changing needs of the maritime community, moves into initial limited production on September 21. The new system, which slims down the current map production process while it beefs…

  • NOAA’s VDatum a Free Unlimited Access Web-Based GIS Software Tool

    NOAA Vertical Datum Transformation tool NOAA’s just-completed first edition VDatum tool will allow users to combine and transform geospatial data from different sources onto a single vertical  reference surface, removing the largest obstacle GIS users face when creating products that enable safe navigation and serve other vital purposes for coastal communities. The Vertical Datum Transformation tool, known…

  • Locata Passes Critical U.S. Air Force Ground-Based Positioning System Design Review Milestone

    Locata Passes Critical Design Review Milestone for U.S. Air Force Ground-Based Positioning System Locata Prototypes a System for Centimeter-Accurate Positioning Over Large Areas When GPS Is Completely Denied IRVINE, CA and CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire – Sep 8, 2011) – Locata Corporation today announced it has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) contract phase for a Locata network…

  • GAO Reports NOAA and NASA Improvements Needed for GOES Satellite Coverage Gap

    The following information is taken from the “Highlights” page of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the GAO’s study and evaluation of how ready NOAA and NASA are for a possible satellite coverage gap from April to October 2015. This potential gap in satellite coverage is attributable to contract delays and the probable failing…

  • Topcon Announces MR-1 Modular GNSS Receiver

    LIVERMORE, Calif.–Monday, September 19, 2011 Compact, advanced technology, rugged design, simple integration Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announces the release of the MR-1, a rugged, compact GNSS modular receiver with advanced technology. “The new MR-1 receiver is a ruggedized GNSS platform that delivers Topcon’s G3 and VISOR™ technologies in a compact and easy to integrate package,”…

  • PCI Geomatics Releases Next Generation of Flagship Geomatica Software Suite

    Automation. Performance. Innovation. Geomatica 2012 enables geospatial professionals to solve real-world problems faster and more cost-effectively. RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada—September 15, 2011: PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces the release of Geomatica 2012; the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop image processing software featuring tools…