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National Surveyors Week – March 17-23, 2013 Announced By The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS).
National Surveyors Week – March 17-23, 2013 National Surveyors Week will be celebrated nationwide March 17-23, according to the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Hundreds of surveyors nationwide are planning activities, such as talks to school groups, contacts with their local news media about the importance of the nation’s surveying profession, booths at popular…
Surveyor’s Saturday Serendipity: Jay Leno’s Garage Faro 3D Laser Scanner Video
A wee bit of Surveyor’s Saturday Serendipity with a Jay Leno’s Garage: Faro 3D Laser Scanner video, for your watching pleasure. In this video you’ll find three very familiar names, and maybe one new one: Faro Laser Scanning Autodesk Jay Leno Geomagic Software And, believe it or not, this isn’t even the video highlight: Watch while…
Surveyor’s Saturday Serendipity: US Historical County and State Boundaries
A wee bit of Surveyor’s Saturday Serendipity with an US Historical County and State Boundaries video, for your watching pleasure.
Is 2012 When The Housing Market Rebounds?
Housing Market Improves Recent good news about the US housing market suggest that maybe, just maybe, there is life in this key economic sector, after all. With other parts of the economy now slowing down, like the what was once strong performance in manufacturing, positive signs of improvement in the housing market show that for…
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Funding for 47 TIGER 2012 Projects as Overwhelming Demand for TIGER Dollars Continues
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Funding for 47 TIGER 2012 Projects as Overwhelming Demand for TIGER Dollars Continues WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia will receive a total of almost $500 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation…
Congress Told LightSquared Network Would Cripple GPS Air Traffic Navigation System
THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION HEARING EXAMINES GPS USE IN AVIATION INDUSTRY On Wednesday, February 8, The Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to review of issues associated with protecting and improving our nation’s aviation satellite-based global positioning system infrastructure. Here’s are interesting statements by the Honorable John Porcari, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation: GPS…
Premier Conference for Surveyors, Engineers, and Mapping Professionals Returns to San Diego
The Survey Summit to Focus on New and Emerging Technologies January 18, 2012 Redlands, California— For the second consecutive year, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) will join forces with Esri to host the premier event in the surveying industry. The Survey Summit will take place July 21–24, 2012, in San Diego, California, sharing its final…
More Bad News for LightSquared From Sprint and President Obama
The Bad, The Ugly and The LightScrewed News from around the web today was not good for LightSquared. Earlier this week, I wrote Sprint Grants LightSquared 30 More Days for FCC Approval, Has Another Wheel Fallen Off LightSquared’s Wagon?, and today it seems that possibly the Lightsquared wagon’s axle is now broken too. The bad news…
Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt3-3 1973 US Army Video
Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt3-3 1973 US Army Part 3 of 3 of video from 1973 produced by the US Army on the mapmaking process. “EXPLAINS THE THEORY OF MAPMAKING, AND ILLUSTRATES THE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES USED TO PRODUCE MAPS; PLANNING, SURVEYING, COMPILING, AND REPRODUCTION.” US Army training film TF5-4523 Watch the Cartography: “The Mapmaking…
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS BUT PUBLIC SPENDING DOWN 5.3 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR Date: January 3, 2012 Both Single- and Multifamily Homebuilding Improve from October and Year Ago; Private Nonresidential Increases from November 2010 are Widespread; Most Public Categories Drop from Year-Earlier Levels Construction spending totaled…
Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt2-3 1973 US Army Video
Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt2-3 1973 US Army Part 2 of 3 of video from 1973 produced by the US Army on the mapmaking process. “EXPLAINS THE THEORY OF MAPMAKING, AND ILLUSTRATES THE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES USED TO PRODUCE MAPS; PLANNING, SURVEYING, COMPILING, AND REPRODUCTION.” US Army training film TF5-4523 Watch the Cartography: “The Mapmaking…
Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt1-3 1973 US Army Video
Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt1-3 1973 US Army Really interesting video from 1973 produced by the US Army on the mapmaking process. “EXPLAINS THE THEORY OF MAPMAKING, AND ILLUSTRATES THE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES USED TO PRODUCE MAPS; PLANNING, SURVEYING, COMPILING, AND REPRODUCTION.” US Army training film TF5-4523 Watch the Cartography: “The Mapmaking Process” pt1-3 1973…
New Outlook Report Forecasts Rise in Investment in Equipment and Software in 2012
New Outlook Report Forecasts Rise in Investment in Equipment and Software in 2012 Washington, DC, Dec. 19, 2011 –- The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) launches its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook today. The new report, which is focused on the $628 billion equipment finance sector, forecasts equipment investment and capital spending in the United States, and evaluates…
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Releases New Heights of Accuracy for World Topography
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have collaborated in the development of a much improved global elevation model, the Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010). GMTED2010 replaces the widely used, 15-year-old GTOPO30 terrain model as the best available global digital elevation model. Useful for regional-, continental-, and global-scale applications,…
House Small Business Committee Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal
Committee Members Ask the FCC to Halt Waiver on LightSquared Proposal Until Federal Tests Reveal No GPS Interference “LightSquared’s waiver should not be approved until federal tests reveal there will be no interference and unexpected consequences for small businesses.” Washington, Oct 28 – WASHINGTON— House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today along with eight members…
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 9, 2011
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09 Knowing Your Numbers-Project Metrics for Your Land Surveying Company LightSquared CEO on The Communicators Senator Chuck Grassley Continues to Pursue Information on LightSquared, Agency Interaction Elgin & Knowles-The U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) for Arkansas Reference Book and Manual New…
Elgin & Knowles-The U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) for Arkansas Reference Book and Manual
New Reference Book and Manual, The U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS)for Arkansas, is now available! At the recent fall conference of the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors, the reference book and manual, The U.S. Public Land Survey System for Arkansas, was introduced by Dr. Richard Elgin, P.E., P.S. Elgin along with Dr. David Knowles, P.E., P.S,…