Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: NGS

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: NOAA Releases Real-Time RTK Guidelines

    Professional Land Surveyor News: NOAA Releases Real-Time RTK Guidelines This is a press release published by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) with important information for professional land surveyors who are using Real-Time GNSS positioning. NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently announced the approval and release of a document titled “National Geodetic Survey User Guidelines for…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey Party: A Few Land Surveying Pictures From The Field

    This Professional Land Surveyor Survey Party is brought to you by EricColburn.com – Professional Land Surveyor Source – showing a few pictures I snapped while carrying out land surveying field work somewhat recently. Most of these pictures were taken within the last few weeks, which you might be able to tell by the snow and/or stark…

  • NORAD Tracks Santa

    If you have children (old and young) looking for the location of Santa on this Christmas Eve, you can track his gift giving journey on NORAD’s website. NORAD has been tracking Santa since 1955 beginning with NORAD’s predecessor, the Continental Defense Command (CONAD). In 1958 NORAD replaced CONAD taking over the mission of tracking Santa’s…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Newsletter Update

    Just a quick note about the Professional Land Surveyor Newsletters. If you already subscribe you no doubt have noticed that I’ve added a few new features to these weekly newsletters, which I hope helps you to broaden your knowledge of other professionals and specifically helps you to navigate the social media sites making a few…

  • NOS Participates In International Geodesy Meeting In Argentina

    From August 29 to September 5, representatives from NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) participated in the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. NGS presentations addressed many issues in geodesy and spatial coordinate reference systems. The meeting also presented an opportunity to highlight NGS’s new Gravity for the Redefinition of the American…

  • Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels Presents State Capitol Exhibit on Land Surveying

    LITTLE ROCK, AR—Secretary of State Charlie Daniels today announced the opening of the summer State Capitol exhibit, Lines on the Land, which celebrates both the art and science of land surveying as practiced in Arkansas for almost 200 years. The exhibit features images from the archives of the National Geodetic Survey’s archives, plus a generous…

  • National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Geodesy?

    National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Geodesy? Learn about geodesy in this interview with Dru Smith from the National Geodetic Survey. The discussion highlights why geodesy is important and how we rely on it every day. Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a wide variety of ocean topics.…

  • MAPPS Identifies More Than $73 Billion in Potential Geospatial Spending in Stimulus Bill Analysis

    RESTON, VA, February 23, 2009 – The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law last week by President Obama includes more than $73 billion in programs that will require geospatial data, technology, services and applications in at least 24 Federal agencies, according to an analysis by MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the association of geospatial…

  • NGS Geodetic Tool Kit-Geodetic Tools for the Professional Land Surveyor

    The NGS Geodetic Tool Kit is a great online resource with over 25 interactive geodetic computation tools. Many professional land surveyors who use GPS may be familiar with OPUS, however, the other programs deserve your attention as they may be the answer to your geodetic surveying computation questions. NGS Geodetic Tool Kit on-line interactive computation…

  • NGS Announces NEW CORS GOOGLE MAPS

    Written by NOAA/NGS: July 9, 2008 NEW CORS GOOGLE MAPS The CORS web site ( www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/ ) features a new set of dynamic Google maps to facilitate access to CORS information. These updated maps were designed and implemented by The CORS Team. Please view these maps when you get a chance and share with us…