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Tag: Distance
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AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Coordinate Systems Refresher Video
In this oldie but goodie video, I show you how to set up coordinate systems in AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawings & Survey Databases. If you’re new to AutoCAD Civil 3D, properly setting up your Drawing and Survey Databases is the most important thing you need to do. While this video shows you how to set up…
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Traverse PC Announces the Release of TPC Desktop 2011 with Geodetics and Cadastral PLSS
Traverse PC Release of TPC Desktop 2011 Ships August 31, 2011 Traverse PC has announced the release of TPC Desktop 2011 with Geodetics and Cadastral PLSS. Their product ships at the end of this month, August 31, 2011. TPC Takes the “Scary out of Geodetics” TPC Desktop 2011 promises to tackle the “scary of geodetics head on with our new Distance and Direction types.”…
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Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series
Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series LIVERMORE, Calif. – November 8, 2010 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) introduces its new generation of robotic total stations, the QS Series (Quick Station). The QS Series – featuring the X-TRAC 8 prism tracking technology – is designed to “provide unprecedented power and speed to…
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Professional Land Surveyor Forum Update-Land Surveying Problems
Professional Land Surveyor Forum Update – Land Surveying Problems Recently, I added a new discussion board on the Free Professional Land Surveyor Forum called Land Surveying Problems. From time to time I’ll be posting land surveying problems that I think are interesting, and hopefully, challenging. Feel free to post your challenging land surveying problems, too.…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Topcon DL-500 Digital Level Series With First ‘Wave-and-Read’ Technology
Professional Land Surveyor News: Topcon DL-500 Digital Level Series With First ‘Wave-and-Read’ Technology Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announced this week that they’ve released their new DL-500 digital levels series, which uses digital ‘Wave-and-Read’ Technology for the very first time. Of course we’ve had optical ‘Wave-and-Read’ technology for eons – it’s called an instrument person looking…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: GeoTagging is Illegal in China
Professional Land Surveyor News: GeoTagging is Illegal in China Today I found this interesting article by Expert Reviews, which reveals that the Communist China Government has made GeoTagging illegal. This is a fascinating story and union of two unlikely pairings – a camera review and surveying in China. It seems that Expert Reviews was, well, doing an…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: LandXML Data Imperial Units Settings
This is the third of five 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. [s2Member-PayPal-Button sp=”1″ ids=”4301″ exp=”72″ desc=”3.99 LandXML Data Imperial Units Settings AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks” ps=”paypal” lc=”” cc=”USD” dg=”0″…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Survey Database Units and Zone Settings
This is the second of five 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 second of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, “Survey Database Units and Zone Settings“,…
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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…