Eric D. Colburn, Professional Land Surveyor

Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety

Eric D. Colburn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:03:13 +0000

FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety March 15, 2010 As one of the snowiest winter seasons in many years yields to warmer weather and the promise of rain and snowmelt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s FloodSmart Campaign and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they are again working together during Flood Safety Awareness [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Garmin Licenses Intermap’s High Quality 3D Terrain Models

Eric D. Colburn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:13:28 +0000

Garmin Licenses Intermap’s High Quality 3D Terrain Models Monday, March 15, 2010 Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Garmin Ltd., a global leader in satellite navigation. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Intermap will furnish accurate 3D elevation data for the United States [...]

AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Setting Units and Zone In AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawings

Eric D. Colburn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:54 +0000

Last week I wrote an article outlining the 5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know. Because these are important settings I’ll write an AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks article weekly about each of those five settings. The first of the five AutoCAD Civil 3D settings Professional Land Surveyors need to know was, [...]

Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14

Eric D. Colburn — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Day two of sunshine and warmth – Nice! # NPR: Low Rates Keep Savers Suffering For Borrowers' Boon-More at http://n.pr/124395796 # The Thistle And Shamrock: New Gaelic Voices-More at http://n.pr/124285994 # NYTimes: Even More Reasons to Get a Move On http://s.nyt.com/u/0gp # Writing about AutoCAD Civil 3D surfaces & points. # RT @iPinda: New blog [...]

Get It Surveyed (GIS)?

Eric D. Colburn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:37:38 +0000

Humor? Insight? Snarky? You be the judge. The following link will take you to a Professional Land Surveyor / Geographic Information System (GIS) article published in GPSWORLD online entitled, “Get It Surveyed (GIS)”. GPSWORLD – Get It Surveyed (GIS) Go there to read what this article has to say about surveying and GIS. Then come back here and let [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Topcon Names Fraser Smith Director of GNSS Product Management

Eric D. Colburn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:40 +0000

Topcon names Smith director of GNSS product management LIVERMORE, Calif. – March 4, 2010 – Fraser Smith, a geomatics engineer with extensive experience in GNSS product research and development (R&D), has been named director of GNSS product management for Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS). Smith, former R&D manager for Point, Inc., will report to Mark Hornstra, senior vice [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: NEW European LiDAR and Mobile Mapping Conference

Eric D. Colburn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:03:05 +0000

NEW European LiDAR and Mobile Mapping Conference The European LiDAR Mapping Forum [ELMF10], to be held in The Hague from November 30 – December 1, 2010 is a two-day technical conference focussing on the use of airborne, bathymetric and terrestrial LiDAR with a particular focus on mobile mapping to support transport, urban modelling and asset management [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: MAPPS Seeks Legislation in Congress to Authorize “Imagery For The Nation”

Eric D. Colburn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:20 +0000

MAPPS Seeks Legislation in Congress to Authorize “Imagery for the Nation” “Making America Prosperous (MAP) Act” Would Create National Geospatial Image Maps A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as “Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress, MAPPS announced today. “‘Map it once, use it many times’ is not only [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution

Eric D. Colburn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:33 +0000

March 9, 2010 Applanix Introduces Shoreline Mapping Solution LONDON, – OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2010 – Applanix introduced today the latest LANDMark™ Marine mobile mapping solution. LANDMark Marine enables the creation of seamless models of near shore environments by providing a highly accurate georeferenced point cloud which integrates with equivalent multibeam sonar data. This is a significant advance for Applanix and [...]

5 AutoCAD Civil 3D Settings Professional Land Surveyors Need To Know

Eric D. Colburn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:56:49 +0000

It’s frustrating as heck trying to learn how to setup and use AutoCAD Civil 3D and also get projects completed. You’re not a professional student; you’re a Professional Land Surveyor, Engineer, Designer, etc. Whatever you are, you’re trying to get the job done right and earn a living! Depending on what’s in your AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing, [...]

Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

Eric D. Colburn — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Discovered this morning that turning on the furnace actually helps to keep the house warm. It was 52 degrees in my house this morning. Brrr # RT @sunrayswench: Landscape design works best when it accommodates all of the uses that a piece of land has. (cont) http://tl.gd/ciq92 # NPR: Solar Storms Could Be Earth’s Next Katrina-More [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Acquires LET Systems to Expand its Utilities Solutions for Smart Grid Outage and Incident Management

Eric D. Colburn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:31:30 +0000

Trimble Acquires LET Systems to Expand its Utilities Solutions for Smart Grid Outage and Incident Management SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 5, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired privately-held LET Systems based in Cork, Ireland. LET Systems is an internationally recognized leader in incident and outage management system (OMS) solutions for utilities. The acquisition is [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again

Eric D. Colburn — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:14:42 +0000

FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again The other day I told you FEMA announced that the eLOMA process was temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA would not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). This was because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other programs such as extension of the current highway bill and funding for [...]

GPS Used By Blind Outdoorsman To Hike The Entire The Appalachian Trail Solo

Eric D. Colburn — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:07 +0000

Here’s an inspirational story and video about Mike Hanson, who is an avid outdoorsman, GPS user, and happens to be blind. Despite his disability, Mike plans on hiking the entire Appalachian Trail solo only with the help of his GPS to guide him. That’s right; he plans on hiking the entire 2,174 mile Appalachian Trail solo [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Leica Geosystems Launches SmartNet North America

Eric D. Colburn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:00:16 +0000

Leica Geosystems Launches SmartNet North America 1 March 2010 (Norcross, GA., 1 March 2010) – Leica Geosystems, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of SmartNet North America. SmartNet is a subscription based service offering GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout North America with Leica Geosystems directly operating, managing, and maintaining all segments of the network. From the [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Temporarily Unavailable

Eric D. Colburn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:32:08 +0000

FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Temporarily Unavailable Yesterday, as a registered user of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mapping Information Platform (MIP), I received an email notice that the eLOMA process is temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA will not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). Because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other programs such [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Census Bureau Launches Online Mapping Tool Showing 2000 Census Participation Rates

Eric D. Colburn — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:55 +0000

Census Bureau Launches Online Mapping Tool Showing 2000 Census Participation Rates to Help Communities Prepare for 2010 Census With mail-out of the 2010 Census forms less than one month away, the Census Bureau today unveiled a new online mapping tool that allows communities nationwide to prepare for the 2010 Census by seeing how well they did [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: Blue Marble will exhibit at Oceanology International 2010

Eric D. Colburn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:06:12 +0000

Blue Marble will exhibit at Oceanology International 2010 Gardiner, Maine – February 26, 2010 - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) will be exhibiting at the Oceanology International 2010 conference in London March 9th to the 11th. Come visit booth A245 and see how Blue Marble coordinate transformation and geospatial translation tools can benefit your company with unmatched [...]

Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

Eric D. Colburn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:30:00 +0000

@ryanpconnolly Thanks for the #FF in reply to ryanpconnolly # Professional Land Surveyor News: Bentley Delivers New 3D City GIS Information Modeling Software to Enhance Design http://ericcolburn.com/6R # RT @EngEff: I uploaded a YouTube video — EE Civil 3D Site Design 2009 Sample Part 1 http://youtu.be/rEcKoo14aEw?a # Spent the day preparing proposals. Now let’s hope they plant the [...]

Professional Land Surveyor News: The U.S. Air Force Chose Raytheon To Develop A New Element Of The Global Positioning System (GPS), Called The Advanced Control Segment (OCX), Which Will Improve The Accuracy Of Information From GPS Satellites

Eric D. Colburn — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:53:24 +0000

The U.S. Air Force chose Raytheon to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System (GPS), called the Advanced Control Segment (OCX), which will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. February 25, 2010 The U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for a contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning [...]