TPC Desktop 2010 Personal Edition Software - August 31, 2010
Traverse PC
substantially discounted its popular TPC
Desktop 2010 Personal Edition Software through the end of the
year.
LIDAR Server Version 1.2 - August 31, 2010
QCoherent Software
released LIDAR Server version 1.2,
which is built specifically for visualization and delivery of LIDAR over the
web.
ENVI Toolbox for ArcGIS - August 31, 2010 This
latest phase will give ArcGIS users the ability to access ENVI tools for
analyzing geospatial imagery directly from within the ArcGIS desktop and server
environments.
POS LV Version 5 - August 31, 2010
The system has been redesigned as a more compact, rugged and sealed unit.
VrController for the Apple iPad - August 31, 2010
The VrController iPad App allows the control of the Vr Mapping software using an Apple iPad as the touchscreen input device.
Joint Vegetation Management Solution - August 31, 2010 The solution was designed to allow utility foresters to easily use GPS to identify and locate conductor-vegetation clearance problems much faster and more accurately than current alternative methods.
Few surveyors have likely given much thought to the Geomatics Industry Association of America (GIAA). After all, it’s primarily a manufacturers’ association with the express purpose of “addressing issues related to marketing and statistical information.” How does such an association benefit surveying and mapping professionals?
by Christine L. Grahl | June 23, 2010 | Comments (0)
Twenty days after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, I received an e-mail from Andrew Stephens (Drew), founder and director of the GIS Institute, a nonprofit organization that combines GIS support, planning and training around the world. Drew was heading to Houma, La. – a small town 60 miles southwest of New Orleans – to offer his support, and he invited me to join him. I agreed.
by DarronPustam, MBA, GISP | June 9, 2010 | Comments (0)
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Geomatics Innovation Awards Point of Beginning magazine is seeking completed project entries for our Geomatics Innovation Awards contest (previously Highlights in Surveying). The 2010 awards will highlight projects that demonstrate vision, creative problem solving and successful technology implementation. The deadline for entries is July 15, 2010.
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Louisiana Geomatics Professor Awarded Sizable Research Grant www.tri-parishtimes.com: The Louisiana Board of Regents recently awarded seven enhancement grants - totaling $473,481 - to Nicholls State University faculty members. The largest grant was awarded to Dr. Balaji Ramachandran, assistant professor of geomatics, who received $121,130 for his project titled "Acquisition of Terrestrial Laser Scanning Systems for Multi-Institutional Teaching and Research Enhancement."
Rainier still measures up: 14,411 feet www.theolympian.com: For the third straight time, an expedition sponsored by the Land Surveyor’s Association of Washington found Mt. Ranier to be 14,411 feet high - one foot higher than the previously accepted height of 14,410 feet.
The Light of Hope
Surveyors take part in a mission to build a university and bring hope to the people of west central Africa.
by DAVID C.LEE, PLS, CFEDS RandyStelzner, PLS, CFEDS
The Most Important Earthquake Ever
A disaster in Chile creates a challenge to gather accurate data for seismic research. The result is a new GPS network for surveyors and scientists.
Surveying with Construction Applications, Seventh Edition covers the latest advances and foundational principles of surveying. Emphasizing instrumentation technology, field data capture, and data-processing techniques, this text highlights real-world applications of surveying to the construction and engineering fields. Additional complexities in electronic distance measurement and the order of presentation of surveying topics have been revised in this edition. All state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the U.S. and the provincial Transportation/Highways Departments in Canada conduct extensive training sessions for their large staffs. This book covers topics that are taught in these training sessions, in addition to all of the introductory topics needed for survey training.
Traversing the Law: Requiem for the First Surveyor Concept
Can
you hear the mournful peal of the distant bell? For whom does the bell toll? It
is the death knell of the first surveyor concept--an arbitrary rule of
surveying too oft extolled.
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Learn a new joke to share with your colleagues, test your knowledge with a survey problem, and we even give you a link to a cool new website to check out. Updated weekly!
Convenient and reasonably priced, Auburn University’s video, DVD, and web-based courses are a great resource for you to earn your state’s required continuing education credits.
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Shop at BNP Media’s AEC Store for unique surveying gifts including a working, half-scale Rittenhouse Compass, impressive surveyor statues, compass medallions and more.
