Tag: Maps
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Cadcorp Software National UK Web Mapping for Education Sector
National web mapping for the higher and further education sector Inspiring learning – Cadcorp software enables greater sharing of map data to UK education sector Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp and the EDINA National Data Centre have announced that the latest version of the EDINA Digimap service has gone live.…
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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…
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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…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 Upgrade is Ready for Download
This morning I was quite happy to see an email in my inbox from Autodesk telling me that my AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 upgrade is available for me to download! One of the benefits of being an Autodesk Subscription Customer is being able to download your upgrades as soon as they become available. While Autodesk touts…
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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…
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Professional Land Surveyor News-PPI Adds New Topcon Precision Mobile 3D Mapping and Survey System
Professional Land Surveyor News-PPI Adds New Topcon Precision Mobile 3D Mapping and Survey System. Here’s some recent news about one company, the PPI Group, that is using cutting edge surveying and mapping solutions for infrastructure and mapping projects. To do this they are using Topcon’s vehicle-mounted, mobile 3D precision mobile mapping and survey system, the Topcon…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Newest NOAA Geostationary Satellite Reaches Orbit
Here’s a news article from earlier this month that I missed, but thought was interesting. Besides, the picture of the rocket taking off is pretty cool, too! Newest NOAA Geostationary Satellite Reaches Orbit GOES-P has improved severe weather, solar storm detection capabilities March 4, 2010 NOAA and NASA officials announced a new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite…
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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…
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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…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Garmin Licenses Intermap’s High Quality 3D Terrain Models
Garmin Licenses Intermap’s High Quality 3D Terrain Models Monday, March 15, 2010 Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Garmin Ltd., a global leader in satellite navigation. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Intermap will furnish accurate 3D elevation data for the…
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Get It Surveyed (GIS)?
Humor? Insight? Snarky? You be the judge. The following link will take you to a Professional Land Surveyor / Geographic Information System (GIS) article published in GPSWORLD online entitled, “Get It Surveyed (GIS)”.
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Topcon Names Fraser Smith Director of GNSS Product Management
Topcon names Smith director of GNSS product management LIVERMORE, Calif. – March 4, 2010 – Fraser Smith, a geomatics engineer with extensive experience in GNSS product research and development (R&D), has been named director of GNSS product management for Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS). Smith, former R&D manager for Point, Inc., will report to Mark Hornstra,…
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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…
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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…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution
March 9, 2010 Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution LONDON, – OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2010 – Applanix introduced today the latest LANDMark™ Marine mobile mapping solution. LANDMark Marine enables the creation of seamless models of near shore environments by providing a highly accurate georeferenced point cloud which integrates with equivalent multibeam sonar data.
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Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again
FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again The other day I told you FEMA announced that the eLOMA process was temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA would not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). This was because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other programs such as extension of the current highway bill and…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Temporarily Unavailable
FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Temporarily Unavailable Yesterday, as a registered user of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mapping Information Platform (MIP), I received an email notice that the eLOMA process is temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA will not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). Because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other…
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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…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: Blue Marble will exhibit at Oceanology International 2010
Blue Marble will exhibit at Oceanology International 2010 Gardiner, Maine – February 26, 2010 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) will be exhibiting at the Oceanology International 2010 conference in London March 9th to the 11th. Come visit booth A245 and see how Blue Marble coordinate transformation and geospatial translation tools can benefit your company with…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: New Version of Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System Increases Flexibility and Ease of Operation
New Version of Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System Increases Flexibility and Ease of Operation New Version Offers Faster Switch Between Sensor Configurations and Less Downtime Setting Up Machines SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) today introduced its Trimble® GCS900 Grade Control System version 11.2, which improves data collection and makes the industry-leading machine…