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Tag: Poll
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Would You Recommend Land Surveying As A Career Choice For Your Children Or Other Young Relatives?
To Be A Land Surveyor Or Not To Be A Land Surveyor? That Is The Question If your daughter, son, niece or nephew are looking at land surveying or geomatics as a career, would you recommend to them land surveying as a career choice? If you would recommend to them pursuing land surveying as a…
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Rate AutoCAD Civil 3D For Downloading Survey Information
Rate AutoCAD Civil 3D For Downloading Survey Information I’ve recently had several discussions with both land surveyors and engineers questioning how best to integrate (and what software to do so) land surveying data with AutoCAD Civil 3D? I’m seeing that with AutoCAD Land Desktop retired, there is a stronger push to get to full AutoCAD…
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How Many Computer Monitors Do You Use Together?
How Many Computer Monitors Do You Use Together? In the past, I worked with a desktop computer connected to a second computer monitor, which was very handy. Then, when I returned my last desktop computer and second computer monitor to the lessor (I think that’s Greek for the devil), I bought a laptop and soon missed…
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What Is The Major Challenge Facing Professional Land Surveyors Today?
What Is The Major Challenge Facing Professional Land Surveyors Today? The land surveying industry faces many challenges, not the least of which are due to the current financial end economic mess. But, is this the major challenge facing Professional Land Surveyors today? Looking beyond the economic situation, it seems to me that our industry suffers…
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Linkedin Poll: In 2012, What Is Your Land Surveying Company’s Employment Outlook?
Today, I created a poll on Linkedin asking: In 2012, What Is Your Land Surveying Company’s Employment Outlook? Share with our industry what you see the employment outlook is in 2012 for professional land surveyors. Following the links in this post, you’ll be directed to the poll on Linkedin, where you’ll find the following choices: Hiring…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Has The Land Surveying Industry Let You Down?
In this Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking: Has The Land Surveying Industry Let You Down? On several online land surveying forums I’ve found posts written by land surveyors discouraged with the state of our land surveying industry. Largely economy driven, or lack thereof, one theme commonly found is a sense of disappointment and being let down by…
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Geo-Plus VisionPlus Voted 2011 Best Surveying Software for Professional Land Surveyors
Geo-Plus, Providing Solutions for Land Management Professionals, Voted Best Surveying Software for Professional Land Surveyors for their Geo-Plus VisionPlus Land Surveying Software Geo-Plus VisionPlus has been voted the 2011 Best Surveying Software for Professional Land Surveyors on EricColburn.com with an impressive 45% of the votes. With over twenty-five entries in the Professional Land Surveyor Survey, the loyalty of Geo-Plus VisionPlus users…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-What is the Best Surveying Software for Professional Land Surveyors?
In this Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking: What is the Best Surveying Software for Professional Land Surveyors? Recently, at the Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group I asked this very question, which received 18 comments from land surveyors revealing their ideas on what’s the best surveying software for professional land surveyors. From their comments, I put…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Are You a Geographic Information Surveyor (GIS)?
In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking: Are You a Geographic Information Surveyor (GIS)? Too often we micro-define and minimize what it is that we do by defining our profession by what our job tasks are, by what our tools are, by our business processes, or by cultural and historical definitions (some defined…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Rate the 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards
In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking for you to: Rate the 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards Yesterday, I posted that NSPS and ALTA Boards Approve 2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards. In that post you can find a link to the new standards and download them from ALTA’s website. I’m in the…
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Eliminate Either ACSM or NSPS, or Merge the Two, Which is Best?
In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking for your opinion on: Eliminate Either ACSM or NSPS, or Merge the Two, Which is Best? A while back I wrote about, and also created the Professional Land surveyor Survey, Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Should the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Separate from the American Congress…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-So, is it the Heat or the Humidity that’s worse?
In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking the question: So, is it the Heat or the Humidity that’s worse? With it being in the Dog Days of Summer here in the northern hemisphere I’ve been seeing a lot of weather related talk about the heat and humidity – hence this weeks Professional Land…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Should NSPS Separate from ACSM?
In this week’s Professional Land Surveyor Survey, I’m asking the question: Should NSPS Separate from ACSM? Recently, the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) announced that it is seeking to separate from the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). In a joint NSPS letter by Wayne Harrison, NSPS President, John Matonich, NSPS Immediate Past President, and…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Post Great Recession-Are Jobs Going to Come Back?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Post Great Recession-Are Jobs Going to Come Back? I’ve been thinking lately about what the jobs situation in the land surveying industry will look like as as a full recovery takes hold and the Great Recession, hopefully, comes to an end. Lately I’ve heard several…
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Professional Land Surveyor Survey-What is Your Favorite Social Networking Site?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: What is Your Favorite Social Networking Site? In the last two or more years I’ve seen more and more professional land surveyors, engineers, AutoCAD users, and designers using social networking sites like Facebook, Land Surveyors United, Linkedin, MySpace, Twitter, and Tumblr. These are just…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-What Is Your Land Surveying Products And Services Pricing Strategy?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: What Is Your Land Surveying Products And Services Pricing Strategy? I’m writing a series of articles on pricing land surveying products and services and I’m looking for your input. Let me know what your pricing strategy is, if you indeed have one, do you…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Are you Satisfied With Autodesk’s Services & Support?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Are you Satisfied With Autodesk’s Services & Support? Autodesk Services and Support includes their knowledge base, documentation, and online help, in addition to your submitted support request if you are enrolled in the Autodesk subscription software maintenance and support program.
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Bootstrap or Training, How Did You Implement AutoCAD Civil 3D?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Bootstrap or Training, How Did You Implement AutoCAD Civil 3D? I originally posted this question on Linkedin as follows: “Bootstrap or training, how did you implement AutoCAD Civil 3D? I was wondering how C3D users implemented C3D. Did you “bootstrap” it by trying to…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Are You Satisfied With The Autodesk Subscription Software Maintenance And Support Program?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Are You Satisfied With The Autodesk Subscription Software Maintenance And Support Program? For those of you not familiar with Autodesk Subscription, subscription members, for an annual fee, get automatic upgrades including subscription advantage packs. You also get access to training videos, podcasts, e-Learning courses and…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Are You Passionate About Your Profession?
In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Are You Passionate About Your Profession? Even in the best of times you can lose a little passion for your profession. It happens to the best of us. I’m very passionate about my profession, land surveying, and have been for nearly 26 years now.…