Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Map

USGS The National Map Corps Crowd-Sourcing the Nation: Now a National Effort

Crowd-Sourcing the Nation: Now a National Effort The USGS continues to expand its crowd-sourcing of geographic data and is seeking volunteers nation-wide to contribute structures information The mapping crowd-sourcing program, known as The National Map Corps (TNMCorps), encourages citizens to collect structures data by adding new features, removing obsolete points, and correcting existing data for The National Map database. Structures being mapped in…

August 23, 2013
Surveyor’s Saturday Serendipity: USGS National Atlas Streamer

In this week’s Surveyor’s Saturday Serendipity I’d like to introduce you to a new mapping service from the USGS, part of the National Atlas, called Streamer. Navigate America’s Major Rivers Without Getting Wet

July 20, 2013
National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Online Map of Corbin’s New LiDAR Evaluation Site Available

Online Map of Corbin’s New LiDAR Evaluation Site Available In December, a permanent airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) test and evaluation site was installed at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Instrumentation & Methodologies Branch facility located in Corbin, Virginia.

January 18, 2013
NOAA Releases NGS Data Explorer Map Application

NOAA Releases NGS Data Explorer Map Application This week, NOAA released a new web application to allow users to view National Geodetic Survey (NGS) geodetic control across the United States and its territories using Google Maps.

October 25, 2012
NGS Enabling Historical “T-Sheets” to be Accurately and Efficiently Geo-referenced

NGS Enabling Historical “T-Sheets” to be Accurately and Efficiently Geo-referenced Historical Topographic Sheets (“T-Sheets”) produced by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey are referenced to various horizontal datums in use over the two hundred years since the first Survey of the Coast in 1816. To use these maps to document coastal change, a conversion has…

October 24, 2012
AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Trim Image to a Surface Border Video

AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Trim Image to a Surface Border This AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video shows you how to trim an image, like a geo-referenced aerial photograph or orthophoto, to a Civil 3D Border.

March 9, 2012
AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Insert Geo-Referenced Images Video

AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Insert Geo-Referenced Images This AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land Surveyors Video shows you how to insert geo-referenced images, like aerial photographs or orthophotos. AutoCAD Civil 3D, being built on Map 3D, allows you to easily use Geographic Information System (GIS) data into your land surveying, design and engineering projects. All you…

February 29, 2012
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 27, 2011

Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Update 1 Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 20, 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20 Leica Viva GNSS Video Geographic and Land Information Society Board Votes to Continue GLIS as a Separate Organization Trimble Offers Custom Topographic, Aerial and Hybrid Map Prints…

November 27, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup November 20, 2011

Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20 Leica Viva GNSS Video Geographic and Land Information Society Board Votes to Continue GLIS as a Separate Organization Trimble Offers Custom Topographic, Aerial and Hybrid Map Prints Esri Press Book Presents Latest Crime Mapping and Analysis Methods NSPS and ACSM Action…

November 20, 2011
Trimble Offers Custom Topographic, Aerial and Hybrid Map Prints

Trimble Offers Custom Topographic, Aerial and Hybrid Map Prints

November 16, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 30, 2011

Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-30 Atlas Machinery Supply Ltd. Expands into the Construction Market with Leica Geosystems Canada Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 23, 2011 Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-23 NASA and Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth Gatewing X100…

October 30, 2011
NASA and Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft. The map, known as a global digital elevation model, was created from images collected by the Japanese Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or…

October 22, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup September 18, 2011

Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18 USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection Now Online Sokkia Releases NET-AX Series of Automated Total Stations for 3D Monitoring LightSquared Video to Debunk Several GPS Interference Myths-Facts or Propaganda? Defense Department Seeks to Protect GPS Operations Against LightSquared Network House Aviation Subcommittee…

September 18, 2011
USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection Now Online

Examining Our Past: Historical Map Collection Now Online Nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online. The Historical Topographic Map Collection includes published U.S. maps of all scales and editions, and are offered as a georeferenced digital download or as…

September 17, 2011
OPUS Soon To Have A New Look

Yesterday, I was using the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) Online Positioning User Service (OPUS), where there was a bright green notice at the top of the OPUS page that said, “OPUS will feature a new look-and-feel on or about 03/01/2011”. In researching this impending change to the look of OPUS, I found the following notice on…

February 22, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor News-Carlson Software’s 2011 Office Product Release

Professional Land Surveyor News-Carlson Software’s 2011 Office Product Release Hundreds of Improvements to Speed Work and Increase AccuracyHighlight Carlson Software’s 2011 Office Product Release MAYSVILLE, Ky., U.S.A. (September 30, 2010) — Carlson Software, a leading producer of software for land development professionals in the surveying, civil engineering, construction and mining industries, has released its 2011…

September 30, 2010
Vienna City Hall (Rathaus) Based on LIDAR Data, Orthophoto, Terrestial Images and Cadastral Map

Here’s a cool video of the Vienna City Hall (Rathaus) based on LIDAR data, Orthophoto, Terrestial images and Cadastral map. Nice music, too!

August 23, 2010
Professional Land Surveyor News-European Environment Agency and Esri Put Map Service in Cloud

Professional Land Surveyor News-European Environment Agency and Esri Put Map Service in Cloud August 17, 2010 Redlands, California—The European Environment Agency (EEA) and Esri have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement supports the design and development of ways to share and access essential geographic environmental data provided by the agency’s 38 European member countries.…

August 17, 2010
Amy Jaynes, CST Wins First Place in the “Utility” Category of the International Right of Way Association’s Annual Surveying and Mapping Competition

Amy Jaynes, CST, Wins First Place in the “Utility” Category of the International Right of Way Association’s Annual Surveying and Mapping Competition Amy Jaynes, CST I, a senior survey CAD technician with McKim & Creed, has won first place in the “Utility” category of the International Right of Way Association’s Annual Surveying and Mapping Competition. This…

May 20, 2010
Professional Land Surveyor News: MAPPS Seeks Legislation in Congress to Authorize “Imagery For The Nation”

MAPPS Seeks Legislation in Congress to Authorize “Imagery for the Nation” “Making America Prosperous (MAP) Act” Would Create National Geospatial Image Maps A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as “Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress, MAPPS announced today. “‘Map it once, use it many times’ is…

March 9, 2010