Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Robotic Total Stations

Sokkia Adds Robotic Functionality to DX Total Station Series

OLATHE, Kan. – Sokkia Corporation announces a new robotic total station, DX-105AC+, designed to provide a feature-packed solution for one-person operations. Robotic functionality is also now available for standard model DX total stations through an auto tracking firmware upgrade. “The DX robotic solution sets the standard for design, performance and price at the entry level…

December 2, 2013
Carlson SurvCE Data Collection Software Now Available with Leica Viva CS10 and CS15

Carlson SurvCE Data Collection Software Now Available with the Leica Viva (Norcrosss, GA October 2011) All versions of Carlson SurvCE 2.56 and later now have updated drivers and feature sets available to work on the Leica CS10 and CS15, Field Controllers. “We think this will be a very popular combination,” says Bruce Carlson, president of…

October 19, 2011
Trimble’s Portfolio of Survey Solutions Allows Surveyors to Collect, Share and Deliver Data Faster to Improve Productivity

Trimble’s Portfolio of Survey Solutions Allows Surveyors to Collect, Share and Deliver Data Faster to Improve Productivity NUREMBERG, Germany, Sept. 27, 2011—Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) today introduced additions to its portfolio of Connected Site™ survey solutions for the field and office. The new and enhanced tools allow surveyors to collect, share and deliver data faster to improve…

September 28, 2011
3 Tips For Managing Land Surveying Workloads as an Independent Solo Surveyor

Last June I wrote 5 Tips For Working as an Independent Solo Surveyor where I shared a few tips I’ve learned about what works best working as an Independent Solo Surveyor. When considering working as an Independent Solo Surveyor and getting up and running with your robotic land surveying equipment, as an example, it’s very easy to focus too much…

September 15, 2011
5 Tips For Working as an Independent Solo Surveyor

I’ve now been working as an independent solo surveyor for a few years, and I can’t imagine going back. In large part, this is because of financial issues involving: hard economic realities, reduced overhead, greater efficiencies, and greater professional freedom. What does Independent Solo Surveyor mean to you? For me, independent solo surveying involves using specific…

June 13, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series

Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series LIVERMORE, Calif. – November 8, 2010 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) introduces its new generation of robotic total stations, the QS Series (Quick Station). The QS Series – featuring the X-TRAC 8 prism tracking technology – is designed to “provide unprecedented power and speed to…

November 9, 2010
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…

May 17, 2010
Professional Land Surveyor News: New Monitoring Solutions from Trimble Combines Both GNSS and Optical Technologies to Monitor Dams, Bridges, Buildings and More

Monitor Movement in Real Time with New Trimble 4D Control Software SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today a new version of its Trimble® 4D Control software, the core of Trimble monitoring solutions, that combines Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and optical technologies for real-time deformation monitoring applications. The software is ideal…

January 27, 2010
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…

December 28, 2009
Professional Land Surveyor Journal March 20, 2009

Welcome to the first Professional Land Surveyor Journal. In these posts I’ll write about the events, happenings, and trials and tribulations, in my world as a professional land surveyor. Not so much diary as more general discussion. A New Approach Recently I’ve been finalizing an over a year long reorganization of my professional land surveying…

March 20, 2009
SURVEY: What is the size of your typical survey field crew?

[poll id=”7″] I’m only half kidding with the comments I placed within the parenthesis in the survey above. The one useful eye bit refers to the person running the transit; although if I had room I would also have added the usefulness of fingers, too. Don’t get me wrong, the person running the transit does a very…

October 30, 2008