Professional Land Surveyor Links This Week

Professional Land Surveyor Links This Week:

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  Surveying: It’s official: Mt. Rainier is still as tall as we thought | KOMO News |

  komonews.com — An expedition used new GPS technology to fine-tune measurements of our area’s largest mountain and confirmed Mt. Rainier is indeed 14,411 feet tall. more…

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  Surveying: High cost in land survey to blame for farmers’ poverty

  thecitizen.co.tz — Tanzania News: By Anthony Kayanda, Kigoma High cost in land survey has been termed as an impediment to farmers’ economic development in the country. Speaking during a meeting with agricultural stakeholders in Kigoma on Thursday, the chairman of Kanyovu Cooperative Union of coffee farmers from Kigoma and Kasulu districts, Mr Yahaya Mahwisa, said most farmers in the country could not afford the cost and are therefore left out from the current means of raising capital. more…

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  Other: GIS, RPLS, geospatial, land surveying, profession | GPS World

  gpsworld.com — This is a question that has been tossed around a lot in the past few years. I hear it both from GIS folks and from land surveyors. Are you a professional? What constitutes a professional? Do you refer to yourself as a professional? If so, why? more…

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  AutoCAD: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 for Land Surveyors: Curve Calculator

  youtube.com — This video shows how to find and use the Curve Calculator in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 and is brought to you by http://www.EricColburn.com Professional Land Surveyor Source. more…

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  News: The Government’s New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS – TIME

  time.com — A controversial ruling could turn America into the sort of totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell more…

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  Business: Leadership Caffeine-Give Your People Room to Run | Management Excellence

  artpetty.com — Gaining compliance is not leading. Any two-bit despot can gain compliance by inducing fear through excessive oversight. more…

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  News: WK Dickson Secures Geomatics Work with the United States Coast Guard Fort Macon Base

  wkdickson.com — WK Dickson’s past experience with stormwater projects, topographic surveys and knowledge of the local Atlantic Beach area have uniquely qualified our team for this win. WK Dickson will be serving as a subconsultant to Michael Baker Jr., Inc. for this project…. more…

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  Surveying: LiDAR 101: NYC LiDAR Workshop

  uvm.edu — The New York City LiDAR acquisition this past spring received quite a bit of press. In early August the New York City Urban Field Station and the Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability organized a workshop to introduce various city agencies to LiDAR in hopes of finding the best way to capitalize on this investment and to educate the end user community…. more…

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  Other: Why Google Maps might send you to the wrong address | Brownsville Herald

  brownsvilleherald.com — Follow directions on Google Maps to Port Isabel Junior High School near South Padre Island, and you will end up in front of an office building on the wrong street. Search for Sam’s Club in north Brownsville, and the program will pinpoint… more…