Tag: Height
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Video of Height Modernization Survey of Missouri Ceremony at the MO State Fair
Here’s a video and some links about the Height Modernization Survey of Missouri. From portions of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Press Release (see link below): “ROLLA, MO, AUG. 27, 2010 – Professional land surveyors representing private firms from across the state contributed approximately $150,000 of professional services to the citizens of Missouri when they…
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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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China and Nepal Agree to Disagree on Height of Mount Everest
China and Nepal Agree to Disagree on Height of Mount Everest I came across an interesting article at the end of last week about how China and Nepal agreed to disagree on the exact height of Mount Everest. The Nepalese and Chinese governments negotiated last week to solve the 150 year old question, but in…
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Global Climate Change: Sea Level Viewer
Global Climate Change: Sea Level ViewerGlobal Climate Change: Sea Level Viewer. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology video showing how satellites can measure sea surface height. The NASA video identifies sea level changes associated with a recent view (June 2008), Large El Niño (November 1997), Hurricane Katrina (August 2005), Indian Ocean Tsunami (December 2004) and…