Tag Archives: surveying
xyHt Magazine February 2017 Issue
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TerraGo Partners with CompassTools to Deliver Advanced GIS & GPS Data Collection Solutions New CT5 Rugged Smartphone Launched from Cedar by Juniper Systems Orbit GT releases Indoor Mapping solution with Floor Plan Builder 3rd Annual National Surveying, Mapping and Geospatial Conference Topcon announces new ES series total station with advanced data transfer functionality DOF, Sonardyne,...
GIS Technology: Get It Surveyed
As I approach my 30th anniversary of being a licensed professional land surveyor in California, I can’t help but think about how things have changed over those years. One word: Technology. It has changed everything. For me, it started with EDMs, then total stations. Handheld calculators were emerging. When the HP 41-CX came out, that...
Who Is a Professional Land Surveyor?
A few months ago I wrote a piece titled, “What is a Professional Land Surveyor?” Now I will take a crack at “Who is a professional land surveyor?” I started in this business when I was 17, not even graduated high school yet. I was a hot shot architectural draftsman in high school, or so...
xyHt Magazine December 2016 Issue
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Leveraging the Land Surveyor’s Roles: Testimony
Providing Testimony Editor’s note: This past May, Ambrose Gmeiner completed his Professional Science Masters Degree from the University of Maine. His final paper, “The Land Surveyor as a Project Lead and Providing Professional Testimony,” is the source for this series of articles on increasing the skills, strengths, and credentials of the professional land surveyor. There...
