Surveyors Links Page
Educational Materials
- Occupational Outlook Surveyors, Technicians — Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying Technicians
- World's Most Popular GPS Information Resource — Mostly for consumer grade gps users
- Surveying Units and Terms — list of units of measure, surveying terms, surveyors' slang and abbreviations
- CIA World Factbook — provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies, but not subnational administrative units within a country.
- Global Positioning System (GPS) Resources — GPS Resources
- Make your own Graph Paper
- FEMA Elevation Certificate and Instructions (pdf format) — Download the revised FEMA Elevation Certificate - mandatory January 01, 2007
- FEMA Elevation Certificate (doc format) — Download the revised FEMA Elevation Certificate - mandatory January 01, 2007
- NGS Datasheet Page — Datasheets, ShapeFiles, Tidal Benchmarks, Recovery Sheets… The Source
- Partial Index to Articles Authored or Co-Authored by Knud E. Hermansen — Aticles by Knud hermansen covering a variety of subjects, all of value to the practicing Land Surveyor
- Set Up a Wireless Network in a Small Office — Microsoft's excellent tutorial on Wireless Network Setup
- NGS Manual- State Plane Coordinate System 1983 — The Official NGS Document in pdf format
- BLM 1973 Surveying Manual — If you don't have a hard copy of this manual, read or download a pdf copy here
- Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners and Subdivision of Sections — A retyped copy of the original document in pdf format.. see disclaimer
- Virtual Museum of Surveying — consists of exhibits which cover a variety of topics related to surveying history.
- Museum of Surveying — The Museum of Surveying is the only museum in North America dedicated solely to the surveying and mapping profession.
- Land Surveyor Rules & Regulations — Compiled by Land Surveyors Reference Page - very good reference
- MIT Free Online Courses — Free Surveying, Engineering, Math and Science Classes by MIT
- POB - rpls.com — The first and the best online forum for Professional Land Surveyors
- Surveying and Mediation: New Opportunities in an Old Role — Jerry D. Taylor, P.S., J.D.
- A collection of geodesy and related resources — Michael R. Craymer, Ph.D., Geodetic Survey Division, Geomatics Canada
Government Websites
- Federal Base Network Surveys — The Federal Base Network provides spatial reference control that has some of the most precise accuracies available today.
- US National Weather Service (High Speed Internet) — Interactive US Weather Service Maps and Charts
- The Library of Congress — The name says it all.
- NGS Survey Mark Recovery Form — This form can be used to submit recovery information for survey marks to the National Geodetic Survey.
- US Copyright Office — Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States
- National Geodetic Survey — NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) defines and manages a national coordinate system.
- Download NGS PC Software
- Corpscon Version 6.0 — Corps of Engineers Coordinate Conversion
- NGS PC Software — Geiod03, LaPlace corrections, Coordinate conversions…it's all here
- NGS Datasheet Page — Datasheets, ShapeFiles, Tidal Benchmarks, Recovery Sheets… The Source
- http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/default.htm — Extensive library of information on GPS for the professional and the consumer
Online Calculators
- Specialist Calculators — Each of the calculators listed here is dedicated to a specific task
- High Precision JavaScript Calculator — performs the basic mathematical functions (+, -, *, DIV, MOD) on fairly large numbers. It can also calculate the GCD and LCM,
- Multiple Calculators — JavaScript :: Scripts and Programs :: Calculators
- Popup Scientific Calculator — Very good scientific calculator for web page
- The CURTA Calculator Page — Everything you want to know about the CURTA Calculator including simulators
Recreational GPS Books
- GPS for Dummies by Joel McNamara — Indroduction for Beginners
- GPS Made Easy by Lawrence Letham — A good book for those considering buying a GPS
- Geocaching for Dummies by Joel McNamara — Find a high-tech hobby in the great outdoors! Dig into this fast-growing detective sport
- The Essential Guide To Geocaching by Mike Dyer — Caches or stashes of provisions, hidden along a route were a common occurrence in Lewis and Clark’s day when
Maps - Private
- TerraServer USA (by MicroSoft) — Aerial photographs of CONUS
- Art Source International — Antique Maps (for purchase)
- Survey Map of Chicago, 1834 — J. S. Wright, Survey Map of Chicago, 1834
GPS Books for Surveyors
- GPS for Land Surveyors by Jan Van Sickle — Written by a land surveyor, for land surveyors
- GPS Mapping by Rich Owings — Learning to use a GPS is fairly straightforward; choosing which software to use is not. GPS Mapping – Make Your Own Maps
- GPS Satellite Surveying by Alfred Leick — updated to cover emerging precise-point position technology
- Introduction to GPS by Ahmed El-Rabbany — includes an in-depth discussion on the errors and biases that affect GPS measurements, along with guidance
Online Survey Magazines
- Point of Beginning — The Oldest of the Surveying Magazines
- American Surveyor Magazine — A paid subscription print magazine - Just became free…subscribe now
- GPS World — The latest GPS news for surveyors and other professions
- GeoPlace — GPS in the News
- Cadalyst — Cad Informtion - Hugh AutoLisp library
- Professional Surveyor — addresses the processes and tools of position and measurement as well as the role of the surveyor
- Earth Observation Magazine — EOM provides up-to-date coverage of developments with satellite imagery, digital aerial photography, digital topographic datasets and more!
- GIS Monitor (weekly) — GIS Monitor takes a fresh look at GIS software, data, GPS, location-based services, wireless and other industries and technologies that touch the location technology arena
Land Surveying Books
- Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles by Curtis M. Brown — This new edition of Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles-the classic surveying and land law reference
- Land Surveyor Reference Manual by Andrew L. Harbin — most complete and effective review for the Fundamentals of Land Surveying (FLS) exam.
- Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location by Walter G. Robillard — up-to-date, new edition of the classic reference For over two decades,
- Adjustment Computations by Paul R. Wolf, Charles D. Ghilani — All measurements contain errors. And with global positioning systems, total station instruments
- Writing Legal Descriptions in Conjunction With Survey Boundary Control by Gurdon H. Wattles — A classic, unavailable or hard-to-find, subject to an additional charge of $1.99
- BLM 1973 Surveying Manual — If you don't have a hard copy of this manual, read or download a pdf copy here
- Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners and Subdivision of Sections — A retyped copy of the original document in pdf format.. see disclaimer
State of Florida Sites
- LABINS Land Boundary Information System — Online Survey Information and Maps for the State of Florida
- Florida Survey Safety Handbook — pdf file download
Professional Associations
- National Surveyor's Hall of Fame — by South dakota Society of Professiona Land Surveyors
- FSMS - Florida Survey and Mapping Society
- ISPLS - Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors — Professional society for Indiana Land Surveyors
- IPLSA - Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association — Professional society for Illinois Land Surveyors
- NCSS - North Carolina Society of Surveyors, Inc. — Society for North Carolina Land Surveyors
- National Society of Professional Surveyors - NSPS — National Society of Professional Surveyors - NSPS
- American Association for Geodetic Surveying - AAGS — professional society of scientists and other professionals overseeing the development and use of Earth-referencing system
- The CURTA Calculator Page — Everything you want to know about the CURTA Calculator including simulators
Survey Related Patents
- Laser Land Surveying Apparatus With Digital Display — A land-surveying apparatus for use with a laser beam source to obtain grade and range distances has a grade pole with a laser beam detection unit slidably mounted thereon
- Method and Apparatus of Computer Aided Surveying for obtaining Digital, 3D Topographic Information — Method of surveying for the compilation of digital files of detailed, three-dimensional, topographic data, consisting of co-ordinates of points in the terrain and the corresponding topographic point
- Pole Tilt Sensor for Surveyor Range Pole — A surveyor range pole, for example, equipped with a GPS receiver and antenna mounted at the top end, a battery mounted at the bottom end to better balance the pole, a tilt sensor and a direction sensor
- Position Sensing System for Surveying and Grading — A position sensing apparatus and method useful for surveying, marking, and grading implement sensing and control is disclosed
- Computer Assisted Video Surveying and Method Thereof — One embodiment of the invention is a method of using a computer to assist a land based video survey. Initially, a video recording of a control location and a survey area is produced.
- High Speed Well Surveying and Land Navigation — A land vehicle navigation apparatus incorporates an inertial angular rate sensor on the vehicle and having a sensitive axis, and an inertial acceleration or tilt sensor
Work $ Recreation
- GPS Trackmaker — Free GPS tracking software may be linked to Google Earth
Survey Related
- CAD Panacea — R.K. McSwain's Very Informative Website on Cad Tips, tricks, and News
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