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The government is in the process of fielding three new signals designed for civilian use: L2C, L5, and L1C. The legacy civil signal, called L1 C/A or C/A at L1, will continue broadcasting in the future, for a total of four civil GPS signals. Users must upgrade their equipment to benefit from the new signals. http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/civilsignals/
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E-GVAP - EUMETNET GPS Water Vapour Programme
IGS08-EGVAP.ppt
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Vanicek1.pdf by Petr Vanicek
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Florida Senate votes unanimously to restrict drones http://rt.com/usa/florida-senate-bans-drones-648/
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Florida Police Drones: House Committee Unanimously Passes New Bill Restricting Use http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/florida-police-drones_n_2837408.html
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74 F. 3d 1240 - Belka v. Penn Central Corporation Abandoned, or extinguished. http://openjurist.org/74/f3d/1240/belka-v-penn-central-corporation
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http://video.pbs.org/video/2365248234/
The story of the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Allied forces launched an all-or-nothing attack on Nazi-occupied Europe via five heavily defended French beaches. The documentary makes use of LiDAR technology to recreate the landscape; and focuses on a five-hour period on Omaha beach. It also offers micro and macro views of the assault, detailing the experiences of individual soldiers while also pulling back to provide a big picture of the battle.
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Use the Google Maps portion you can make their map transparent on current photography and download the maps, add a world file and plot it on your map.
http://specialprojects.nos.noaa.gov/tools/shorelinesurvey.html
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A History of Florida's East Coast Canal. The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville to Miami.
browardlegacy.pdf
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I thought this article was well written and contained a good background of GPS derived vertical values along the Louisiana Coast, minimum standards, pre-planning, field procedure, establishing permanent deep rod monuments and more.
4062241-1-4.pdf
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Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02) has been published for the entire island.
The leveling data has been loaded into the NGS database.
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Recently on map of the week you asked if anyone knew of an existing Henry Washington post. We have had string of projects lately bordering along lines run by Henry Washington, and have had great success in retracing his positions along his lines. The past few weeks we have been working on a project along the Polk/Hillsborough County line and found the remains of one of his post so I though I would share some photos with you since you asked. We originally looked for the witness trees finding the two small tree remains in the photos. These two trees were kind of wimpy looking and the other two tree positions fell in the pavement so we were unable to investigate the other two positions. After rechecking Henry's notes these trees were noted as 8' pines (glad he recorded that information) at the time he surveyed this line in 1842. So we decided to see if we could find any post evidence to confirm our location. The area we were working in was adjacent to an old road grade that had swales cut down what appeared to be several feet from the apparent natural ground, so we were not very hopeful. But to our surprise we found the bottom portion of the light wood post remains just below the surface. Unfortunately we only found the bottom portion of the post since the area had been previously cut down for the swale.
It was raining off and on most of the day so that's why we were dressed like the man from snowy river- we don't typically dress in period clothing during our retracement work only when it is raining, although maybe we should if it helps.
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The Professional Status of Land Surveyors by Curtis Brown in 1961, does it apply today?
Curt-Brown-ACSM-Article.pdf
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They are “Validated Corner Record” . It gives original source, chaining Index factors, True Bearings and relation to other corners. A well-documented record.
0016849.pdf
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Very interesting video on the Surveying Profession thought it worth sharing. This maybe be from Australia, but I think they got the concepts and their message is right on the mark. The title is perfect and says a lot about what our profession should be projecting to the public at large and what the possibilities are. http://www.youtube.com/user/alifewithoutlimits http://www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au
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I believe this is the first actual monument I’ve seen that is still in existence.
0015487.pdf
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http://www.agc.army.mil/Missions/Corpscon.aspx Windows 7: Windows 7 users have had success by: - Right click on the Corpscon.exe file - Click on "Troubleshoot Compatibility" - Click on "Try Recommended Settings" - Click in "Start the Program" Installation Procedures INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
Corpscon6_update File - This file should be downloaded only if you have a downloaded Corpscon prior to April 26, 2005. If the install files were downloaded after April 26, 2005, then they already include the corrected files. To install this update, extract these files to the directory in which Corpscon 6.0 was installed. If the default installation was used, this directory is 'C:\Program Files\Corpscon6\'. If prompted, overwrite the existing files in the directory. You cannot run Corpscon with this zip file alone. You must have already downloaded one of the distributions listed below.
Issues Resolved: 4/26/05 - Error in resolving certain USNG zones. Unit conversion problem when using International Feet in Vertical conversions.
There are five Corpscon setup (install) files: 1. corpscon_complete.exe (104 MB, 140 MB installed) - installs all the Geoid and Vertcon data files, including Alaska (don’t recommend this without high speed connection and still might take a while) 2. corpscon_conus_geoxx.exe (84 MB, 115 MB installed) - installs all the Geoid and Vertcon files for conversions within CONUS 3. corpscon_conus_geo03.exe (42 MB, 60 MB installed) - installs only the Geoid03 and Vertcon files for conversions within CONUS 4. corpscon_base_alaska.exe (7 MB, 20 MB installed) - installs only the files for horizontal conversions (no Geoid or Vertcon data files), including Alaska 5. corpscon_base_conus.exe ( 6 MB, 19 MB installed) - installs only the files for horizontal conversions (no Geoid or Vertcon data files) within CONUS only.
To install Corpscon, run corpscon_*.exe (* = one of the options listed above) from CD or from the directory on the local hard disk where the program was downloaded. Follow the prompts in the setup program to complete installation. Geoid, Vertcon, and other data files may be downloaded separately and copied to the appropriate directory by following the program directory structure listed below if downloading an install file other than the complete (first option above).
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http://www.wfps.org/files/AMUW09/Handouts/Sunday%20-%20Lucas%20-%20Survey%20Evidence%20(250).pdf
At the end of this presentation Mr. Lucas give exerts from the following case:
District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John Newfound Management Corporation v Irvin A. Sewer 885F. Supp. 727; 1995
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Read Parcel II of the attached description and determine which set of bearings to follow. Deed.pdf Descriptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_description
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The NGS Improves the National Spatial Reference System with Simultaneous Major Product Releases http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/news/NA2011_Announcement.shtml
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1. Open Computer by clicking the Start button, right click on Computer and choose open.
2. Right-click anywhere in the folder, and then click Add a Network Location.
3. In the wizard, click next then select Choose a custom network location, and then click Next.
4. Enter the name of the FTP site, with the full FTP:// in front of it, and then click Next.
5. To use a name and password, clear the Log on anonymously check box. Type a user name, and then click Next.
6. To have the FTP site open when you're done setting up the shortcut, just click Next. If you do not want the FTP site to open after you're done setting up the shortcut, clear the Open this network location when I click Finish check box. Click Finish.
7. A shortcut to the FTP site appears in the Computer folder. You can drag that shortcut to your desktop so that it's easy to find later.
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“This dispute stems from the language used in the deed.”
Bischoff-v-Walker.pdf
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“History Corner: Meandering: A View of Instructions” by Joe Knetsch, Ph.D. http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=1202
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Where did the wording of the definition of “Ordinary High Water Line” come from?
It came from two Federal Cases: Howard v. Ingersoll, 54 US 381 (1851) http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/54/381/ The Borough of Ford City v U.S. 345F .2d. 645 (1965) https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/345/345.F2d.645.14832_1.html
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Restoration of Lost or Obliterated Corners & Subdivision of Sections a guide for Surveyors. lost-oblit.pdf
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MonCon-Brochure.pdf an informational brochure of California Land Surveyors Association.
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Note the tie to a 60” cypress tree
0009014.pdf
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Vol271p660-697.pdf Read the note on Page 684
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