American Surveyor Magazine

05/26/2022

Atmos Integrates Topcon’s Hardware and Correction Services to Create an All-In-One Surveying Solution https://amerisurv.com/2022/05/24/atmos-integrates-topcons-hardware-and-correction-services-to-create-an-all-in-one-surveying-solution/

04/13/2022

SmartSurveyor, An Alternative Affordable Solution for Precise Surveying and Mapping https://amerisurv.com/2022/04/11/smartsurveyor-an-alternative-affordable-solution-for-precise-surveying-and-mapping/

12/15/2021

Product Review: JAVAD GNSS Triumph LS Plus and Triumph 3 - The American Surveyor

You’ve come a long way… Survey! That’s the first message you see when you turn on the screen of the Javad Triumph LS Plus, and boy are they not kidding...

You’ve come a long way… Survey! That’s the first message you see when you turn on the screen of the Javad Triumph LS…

08/08/2021

Ohh Denver!

Denver's air quality on Saturday is the worst in the world: https://bit.ly/3lEQvaT 📸: Michael Rhodebeck

06/18/2021

The Business Value of GIS for Design and Construction - SmartMarket Report, Free Dodge Data & Analytics Report

The Business Value of GIS for Design and Construction - SmartMarket Report -- In this SmartMarket Report, Architects, Engineers and Contractors share the inherent value they have found in using GIS:

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Free Report to The Business Value of GIS for Design and Construction - SmartMarket Report GIS is adding value to projects and to the companies who use it. Companies with experience with GIS are using it to improve processes, outcomes and their businesses. But the industry is just beginning to scratc...

05/25/2021

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05/15/2021

The SP85 has proven itself to be reliable in all of the outdoor conditions we survey in. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/494700582;296296788;f

05/13/2021

The SP85 and its 600-channel "7G" chipset helps you stay connected everywhere you survey. http://bit.ly/spectrafb2

03/08/2021

From a Pit to a Park - The American Surveyor

From a Pit to a Park
To create a sprawling 160-acre recreational site, Utah contractor’s impressive range of services draws heavily upon GNSS solutions. https://amerisurv.com/2021/02/08/from-a-pit-to-a-park/

Often derided as eyesores or environmental risks, areas such as capped landfills, depleted mines and spent gravel pits are finding new life as…

02/19/2021

The Quest for the Highest Point - The American Surveyor

The Quest for the Highest Point
Determining the elevation of the world’s most famous mountain is not as simple as taking a GNSS receiver to the summit. The newest elevation measurements involved far more: advances in GNSS, refinements in regional geodesy, and intrepid surveyors who faced perilous conditions https://amerisurv.com/2021/02/08/the-quest-for-the-highest-point/

Determining the elevation of the world’s most famous mountain is not as simple as taking a GNSS receiver to the summit. The newest…

12/16/2020

Volume 17 Issue 7 - NOVEMBER 2020 https://amerisurv.com/issue/volume-17-issue-07/

12/16/2020

Waterways & Earth Days Part 1 - The American Surveyor

About a month into our pandemic lockdown was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an event its founders called a nationwide “teach-in on the environment.” 1970 saw the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and began an era of environmental legislation that transformed our landscape and society. https://amerisurv.com/2020/11/29/waterways-earth-days-part-1/

About a month into our pandemic lockdown was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an event its founders called a nationwide “teach-in on…

11/01/2020

Senior Survey Technician - North Las Vegas, NV

Senior Survey Technician - North Las Vegas, NV https://www.geojobs.biz/employment/senior-survey-technician-listing-1757.aspx#.X588GmQYDAY.twitter

10/27/2020

Breaking the Centimeter Barrier - The American Surveyor

Breaking the Centimeter Barrier - How a Danish firm met sub-centimeter specifications of a major rail project with mobile mapping https://amerisurv.com/2020/09/27/breaking-the-centimeter-barrier/

The mobile mapping system, here mounted on the front of the rail maintenance lorry for this project, is a combination of dual high…

10/14/2020

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10/09/2020

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This and all designs are 15% off all week in our MapGeek shop https://shop.spreadshirt.com/geogeek-gear/nad27?idea=5f75fda3f937647cba592af4

10/06/2020

Don’t Regret, Hire a Vet - The American Surveyor

Don’t Regret, Hire a Vet
Rochester, N.Y. firm brings veteran-backed survey skills to Upstate and beyond https://amerisurv.com/2020/09/27/dont-regret-hire-a-vet/

Although Dan MacDonald, P.L.S., is passionate about a lot of things—his family, the outdoors, surveying, and good food immediately come to mind—he is…

10/01/2020

Learn CST - The Official Online Training Resource for the National Society of Surveyors (NSPS) Certified Survey Technician (CST) program.

Learn CST... Fall class runs October 1st through December 23rd. https://learncst.com/

The Official Online Training Resource for the National Society of Surveyors (NSPS) Certified Survey Technician (CST) program.

09/30/2020

Volume 17 Issue 6
SEPTEMBER 2020
https://amerisurv.com/issue/volume-17-issue-06/

09/13/2020

Surveyors Stay Open for Business During the Coronavirus Pandemic - The American Surveyor

From coast to coast, surveyors by and large have kept busy and operational while many other sectors of the American economy experienced a slowdown and rising unemployment due to the Coronavirus pandemic. https://amerisurv.com/2020/07/21/surveyors-stay-open-for-business-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

From coast to coast, surveyors by and large have kept busy and operational while many other sectors of the American economy experienced a…

09/02/2020

SAM Surveying And Mapping, LLC announces all their Surveying & mapping related career opportunities - how are you recruiting land surveying professionals??https://www.geojobs.biz/employment/surveying-and-mapping-llc-profile-200.aspx

08/20/2020

Webinar - Should I Rent or Buy Drone Surveying Equipment? In this webinar, Microdrones will address all your questions and explain how our new drone surveying rent-or-own program expands availability, offers flexibility and helps develop growth opportunities. https://bit.ly/2YlqQaZ

08/05/2020

Learn CST - The Official Online Training Resource for the National Society of Surveyors (NSPS) Certified Survey Technician (CST) program.

Did-U-know? There's currently a shortage of qualified survey technicans. Employers are actively seeking out CST's nationwide. https://learncst.com/

The Official Online Training Resource for the National Society of Surveyors (NSPS) Certified Survey Technician (CST) program.

07/08/2020

Henderson Townsite Retracement Survey - The American Surveyor

Henderson Townsite Retracement Survey - The genesis for the retracement survey for the Henderson Townsite was a previous project in the area of the 1931 Plat of Sierra Vista City... https://amerisurv.com/2020/05/23/henderson-townsite-retracement-survey/

The genesis for the retracement survey for the Henderson Townsite was a previous project in the area of the 1931 Plat of Sierra…

06/16/2020

Survey Crew Chief Position Available - Medina, OH

Survey Crew Chief Position Available - Medina, OH - Wellert Corporation is seeking a survey crew chief experienced in construction staking, boundary surveying and topographic surveying. https://www.geojobs.biz/employment/survey-crew-chief-position-available-listing-1604.aspx#.XulAJrsv7KE.twitter

Wellert Corporation is seeking a survey crew chief experienced in construction staking, boundary surveying and topographic surveying. A graduate and/or SIT pref...

06/04/2020

Professional Land Surveyor - Waukesha, WI

The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), the regional planning agency for the seven county greater Milwaukee Area has an immediate opening for a Professional Land Surveyor. https://www.geojobs.biz/employment/professional-land-surveyor-listing-1565.aspx

 The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), the regional planning agency for the seven county greater Milwaukee Area has an immedia...

06/02/2020

Trimble Geospatial

From surveyors’ chains to all-night stakeouts to get a coordinate fix, we’ve come a long way thanks to multiple constellations. See how the rollout of these constellations impacted the work of three RTN operation experts in this article from American Surveyor Magazine. https://bit.ly/TrimbleConstellations

05/22/2020

Trimble Geospatial

Using CenterPoint , Texas-based Topographic Land Surveyors is surveying a 185-mile pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas. Read why Topographic says, “We can only do this using Trimble RTX correction service.” See American Surveyor Magazine: https://bit.ly/35GdCb

05/20/2020

Career opportunity - Professional Land Surveyor - Waukesha, WI https://www.geojobs.biz/Employment/ListingDisplay.aspx?lid=1565#.XsWvj4VDr6Y.twitter

05/07/2020

Coast-to-Coast U.S. Coverage Now Deployed for Trimble’s CenterPoint RTX Fast Correction Service - GISuser.com

One-Inch GNSS Accuracy in Under a Minute, Delivering Seamless High-Precision Performance Across the U.S. and Southern Canada - via Trimble Inc. https://gisuser.com/2020/05/coast-to-coast-u-s-coverage-now-deployed-for-trimbles-centerpoint-rtx-fast-correction-service/

Recruit GEO Talent on the new GEOJOBS.BIZ One-Inch GNSS Accuracy in Under a Minute, Delivering Seamless High-Precision Performance Across the U.S. and Southern Canada SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 5, 2020—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the completion of the breakthrough expansion of its CenterPoi...

04/23/2020

Study the Scope - The American Surveyor

Study the Scope -- Survey projects are routinely plagued by scope violations. One cause of this problem is that technicians assigned to the project are not familiar with the scope. If the staff has only a sketchy knowledge of the scope, the project is susceptible to cost overruns and schedule delays. https://amerisurv.com/2020/04/22/study-the-scope/

Survey projects are routinely plagued by scope violations. One cause of this problem is that technicians assigned to the project are not familiar…

04/10/2020

Crew Chief / Jr. Crew Chief - Moorestown, NJ https://www.geojobs.biz/employment/crew-chief-jr-crew-chief-listing-1557.aspx#.XpCbAj-EUE8.twitter

03/27/2020

GeoGeeks at Home Podcast episode 1 - Rob Brook - Episode #1 of the Podcast. In this episode, Glenn is connecting with GIS, geotech, and mapping professionals around the world while we are all working from home during these interesting times. Enjoy this chat with GIS pro Rob Brook - a GIS guru for the utility sector and owner of Hecatic Labs https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/ebu0j0

02/11/2020

DOWN TO EARTH, an all-new reality style series, documents real world surveying. Real surveyors. Real work. Really good data. - GISuser.com

DOWN TO EARTH, an all-new reality style series, documents real world surveying. Real surveyors. Real work. Really good data. https://gisuser.com/2020/02/down-to-earth-an-all-new-reality-style-series-documents-real-world-surveying-real-surveyors-real-work-really-good-data/

Recruit GEO Talent on the new GEOJOBS.BIZ Rome, NY- “Down to Earth,” a new reality series, reveals the challenges and hazards that professional surveyors face while out in the field. The series will premiere in the first Microdrones Wednesday Webinar of 2020 on February 19. Viewers can register ...

01/31/2020

Following the Footsteps of the Central Pacific Surveyors - The American Surveyor

Following the Footsteps of the Central Pacific Surveyors https://amerisurv.com/2020/01/25/following-the-footsteps-of-the-central-pacific-surveyors/

The Survey—it was a charmed life for the time Anna Ferona Pierce Judah penned these words in a recollection of her husband, Theodore…

01/27/2020

Volume 17 Issue 1 Archives - The American Surveyor

Volume 17 Issue 1, JANUARY 2020 is now out! Have you had a chance to check out yet?
- Taming the Wilds of Remote Surveying
- Following the Footsteps of the Central Pacific Surveyors
https://amerisurv.com/issue/volume-17-issue-01/

01.25.2020 Taming the Wilds of Remote Surveying Australia’s largest state, Western Australia (WA), occupies an entire third of Australia, a land mass that totals the combined land area of the… Michael Bruno

01/03/2020

Return to Glory - The American Surveyor

Historic structures and architectural wonders like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris rely on the inventions of their era to stay standing for hundreds and thousands of years. But when natural or human-caused destruction strikes in modern times, it is often geospatial data that holds the most promise of restoring them to their former glory. https://amerisurv.com/2019/12/18/return-to-glory/

Historic structures and architectural wonders like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris rely on the inventions of their era to stay standing for…