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Tag: 2010
New Professional Land Surveyor Learning Center (PLSLC): 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…
The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 2
An Introduction and Welcome to The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast. Contact Me If You Are Interested in Supporting This Podcast And Be A Sponsor. Twitter Tweepout Facebook Fanaticus Focus Linkedin Land Surveyor Lookout Professional Land Surveyor News University of Maine Proposed Survey Engineering Technology (SVT) Program Budget Cuts Professional Land Surveyor Marketing Tips
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Drawing Scale Settings
This is the fifth AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks expanding upon a previous article I wrote outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. The fifth of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, “Drawing Scale Settings“, which is explained in today’s AutoCAD…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Posts $319 Million In First Quarter Revenue
Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Posts $319.0 Million In First Quarter Revenue On April 29th, Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced that for the first quarter, which ended on April 2, 2010, its revenue increased approximately 10% when compared to the first quarter of 2009. The total revenue reported by Trimble for the first quarter of 2010 is $319.0…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Geo-Plus VisionPlus 2010 Land Surveying Software Released
Professional Land Surveyor News: Geo-Plus VisionPlus 2010 Land Surveying Software Released Geo-Plus has announced the release of its Geo-Plus VisionPlus 2010 land surveying software. Founded in 1987, Geo-Plus has gone from it’s initial software, named Geoplus, and made refinements in response to the land surveying software marketplace to produce their new and improved VisionPlus geomatics software. Geo-Plus…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble to Offer More Acres of Sub-Inch Accuracy with VRS Now Ag Service
Trimble to Offer More Acres of Sub-Inch Accuracy with VRS Now Ag Service SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 24, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the launch of Trimble® VRS Now™ Ag service for farmers in nine U.S. states—Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Nebraska. Additionally, European growers can receive correction services in…
Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety
FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety March 15, 2010 As one of the snowiest winter seasons in many years yields to warmer weather and the promise of rain and snowmelt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s FloodSmart Campaign and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they are again working together during Flood…
Professional Land Surveyor News: NEW European LiDAR and Mobile Mapping Conference
NEW European LiDAR and Mobile Mapping Conference The European LiDAR Mapping Forum [ELMF10], to be held in The Hague from November 30 – December 1, 2010 is a two-day technical conference focussing on the use of airborne, bathymetric and terrestrial LiDAR with a particular focus on mobile mapping to support transport, urban modelling and asset…
5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know
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…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Census Bureau Launches Online Mapping Tool Showing 2000 Census Participation Rates
Census Bureau Launches Online Mapping Tool Showing 2000 Census Participation Rates to Help Communities Prepare for 2010 Census With mail-out of the 2010 Census forms less than one month away, the Census Bureau today unveiled a new online mapping tool that allows communities nationwide to prepare for the 2010 Census by seeing how well they…
AutoCAD Civil 3D Yearly Subscription and Release Cycle-A Few Thoughts
I just finished reading an interesting post on another Civil 3D blog concerning the one year release cycle and Autodesk subscription plan as it relates to Civil 3D users. In large part, the post and conversation centered around: backwards compatibility, reliability and cost, among other things. What I Said I left a comment, too, which…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Bentley Delivers New 3D City GIS Information Modeling Software to Enhance Design and Operation of Intelligent Cities
18 February 2010 Leveraging Its Leadership in Information Modeling, Bentley Advances GIS for 3D Cities by Releasing V8i (SELECTseries 1) Versions of Bentley Map, Bentley Descartes, Bentley Geospatial Server, and Bentley Geo Web Publisher EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our…
The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 1
An Introduction and Welcome to The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast. Contact Me If You Are Interested in Supporting This Podcast And Be A Sponsor. Twitter Tweepout Facebook Fanaticus Focus Linkedin Land Surveyor Lookout Professional Land Surveyor News In Memory of Three Professional Land Surveyors A Short Discussion of, Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers To Persuasion and…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Builder Confidence Improves in February
Builder Confidence Improves in February February 16, 2010 – Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose two points to 17 in February as favorable home buying conditions and signs of healing in the job market helped boost the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. “Continued…
Professional Land Surveyor Forum Updates
Here are a few quick links to the Professional Land Surveyor Forum. At the Forum you’ll find a few new topics of discussion and a new Winter Olympics 2010 Board, too. If you’re a surveyor who has mining experience, or have worked on underground tunnel projects, then maybe you can help out a fellow surveyor…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Introduces Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution for Capturing Interior Spaces in 2D and 3D Visualization Models
Trimble Introduces Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution for Capturing Interior Spaces in 2D and 3D Visualization Models Delivers Rapid, Easy and High-productivity Indoor Mapping HOUSTON, Feb. 8, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today an indoor mobile mapping solution for facilities management. Using innovative technologies, the solution produces fast and accurate maps allowing users to translate their…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Leica Geosystems and MicroSurvey Extend Software Partnership
Leica Geosystems and MicroSurvey Extend Software Partnership (Houston, 8 February 2010) Based on rapid growth of High-Definition Surveying™ (HDS™) in civil/survey mapping applications, Leica Geosystems, the market leader in laser scanning products, and MicroSurvey Software Inc., a leader in mapping software, announced plans at SPAR 2010 for Leica Geosystems to resell MicroSurvey’s new PointCloud CAD mapping…
Professional Land Surveyor News: Eagle Point Software Corporation Releases New AutoCAD Civil 3D Add-on for Surveyors
Eagle Point Software Corporation Releases New AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Add-on for Surveyors DUBUQUE, Iowa, February 9, 2009 – Eagle Point Software Corporation releases Surveyors’ Companion, an AutoCAD® Civil 3D® add-on product that allows surveyors to comfortably and productively move to AutoCAD Civil 3D with simplified COGO routines and user interface. “Having used Eagle Point civil/survey…
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…
5 Nice Features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Parcels
5 Nice Features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Parcels I was recently working on converting an older AutoCAD drawing to an AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 drawing in order to modify a parcel and add a few new parcels to it. Also recently, I’ve been writing a soon to be released article about whether or not…