Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Location

  • Focus on Blurred Lines

    Surveyors and Various Geo-Groups are part of Something Bigger – Time to Look Around… Guest Post By: Gavin Schrock, PLS – Associate Editor Professional Surveyor Magazine Blurred Lines The notion that the lines are blurred between the many fields and disciplines driving the geospatial world was particularly evident at the March 2014 CONEXPO, drawing over…

  • New Leica Digicat 600i and 650i For Safe and Fast Location of Underground Services

    New Leica Digicat 600i and 650i For Safe and Fast Location of Underground Services

    New Leica Digicat 600i and 650i for safe and fast location of underground services (Heerbrugg, 28th February 2012) – Leica Geosystems is delighted to announce the latest editions to their cable locator family, the Leica Digicat 600i and 650i series, accompanied with Logicat software, set to revolutionize underground cable location. Building on the success of previous models,…

  • Knowing Your Numbers-Land Surveying Field Metrics for Success

    A while back, I wrote Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success, an article on the importance of developing your own set of metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure your success, or failure, which is something we all need to understand. In this Premium Membership post I expand on that theme; specifically how to use land surveying…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: First China-Made Unmanned Aerial Photography Systems Delivered

    Professional Land Surveyor News: First China-Made Unmanned Aerial Photography Systems Delivered People’s Daily Online reports that on April 15 the first batch of 17 light, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial photography systems was delivered in Beijing, China to the surveying and mapping departments of 16 provinces and municipalities. Chinese surveying and mapping departments have…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: GeoEye Receives U.S. Government Contract Award for New Web Mapping Service

    Professional Land Surveyor News: GeoEye Receives U.S. Government Contract Award for New Web Mapping Service GeoEye, Inc., announced this week that it has signed a modification to a contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide Web mapping services under the NGA’s Rapid Delivery of Online GEOINT (RDOG) program. This contract modification was made…

  • 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…