Field Hack: Locate NGS Survey Markers and Map them in Google Earth

The brilliant blogger(s) over at Free Geography Tools have stumbled upon a really useful web application that lets you query a database of National Geodetic Survey markers, and returns a KML file to display them in Google Earth (note: earlier versions of DS World may have problems with Google Earth 5, but the newest one works fine). Its called NGS Control Stations (NGSCS) Radial Search. Despite the name, it allows search by three different areal selection methods:

• County
• Radial search from a latitude/longitude center point
• Rectangular search from a latitude/longitude center point

Web form is straightforward!   Take a look at instructions at

Web Application For Querying NGS Survey Marker Locations And Displaying Them In Google Earth

Cool New Thing: Send PDF Files Easily with Pdfvia

Its no secret that surveyors have a lot of document sharing in their day-and most of the time, the documents are of the .pdf file type. That's why today's "Cool New Thing" is a useful one. Introducing Pdfvia [found via]!
 


Related Links:
Cool New Thing: Read PDF Documents on your Data Collector In The Field for Free!
Cool New Thing: Product Manuals and Reference Material

Into the Future: Waiting on the Right Wind to blow....PART 1

Waiting on the Right Wind to blow.....Yeah you might say we have been waiting on the right wind to blow to start blogging about the future events of  Palmetto Equipment and Supply. Since the middle of last year we have been working hard with GES Global Energy Solutions based out of Spain, with equipping and now managing the start up of Windmill Farms. A spin off division of PES, Palmetto Construction Management or PCM has been formed, and staffed with specialist to assist the start up of several projects all over the United States. Just finished a project in Texas and now it looks like we could be starting up a new project every month.

PCM will handle the takeoffs of each project, which will provide the volumes and site calculations. Then all the surveying, layout and stake out of the project, and all the site prep. Plus all the Grading and leveling preparations for all the roads and pads for the Windmills to be erected upon.
We are very excited to be part of this new era, and part of a team that's working towards reducing the dependency of foreign Oil products.

Stay tuned for Part 2: How You Can Get Involved in Your State
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Palmetto Equipment Named Exclusive Dealer of GPS Renewable Energy Project

Share Documents and Files Right from Your LSU Profile

Did you know that you can share large files, video and other types of digital media right on your Land Surveyors United profile? Well you can and I'm going to tell you how:

First, log into your account and click on "MY PAGE." Look down on your left column for the button "ADD APPLICATION" and you'll be taken to a screen full of open social applications that you can add. Look for (or search for) Box.net application.By setting up a Box.net account with your email, you get 5GB of space online for free. If you want to see a good example of this application at work, check out Palmetto Equipment's profile


Other applications for Document Sharing:
doXtop


Good luck surveyors. Perhaps this can help you in th field. Tip: get your home base to sign up for an account on LSU! Invite them.

Surveyors, Add Current Location to Gmail Signature Automatically!

How many of you use your cell phone in the field for sending and receiving emails? Well, if you use Gmail, there is an exciting new feature which allows you to automatically ad your current location to your signature and this could be incredibly helpful when sending and receiving documents from home base. Digital Inspiration blog has the full breakdown on how to do just that. Read Add Your Current Location to Gmail Signatures Automatically

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Learn How to Sharpen Your Bushaxe Properly

Over at CoolTools, I stumbled across a nice article about axes and everything related to sharpening and using them. I figured, "Hey, surveyors will get a kick out of this!" So here we are. You can download this PDF book on axes here. Also available from Scoutmaster's Clarke Green as a PDF
An Ax to Grind: A Practical Ax Manual
Bernie Weisgerber
1999, 68 pages
Available from USDA Forest Service in HTML

Finding Land Surveyors on Other Social Networksl

Our social network is over 250 members now!  You can find a Land Surveyors United Satellite Group at any of the following social networks by following these urls:
Identi.ca- http://identi.ca/group/landsurveyorsunited
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Vox- http://epalmetto.vox.com/library/link/6a00fa96969d60000200fad6a8d5640005.html
Lingr (chat)- http://www.lingr.com/room/landsurveyorsunited
Myspace- http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=107265253
Openzine- http://openzine.com/landsurveyorsunited
Youtube- http://www.youtube.com/group/landsurveyorsunited
Surveying Jobs-  http://surveyingjobs.jobamatic.com/a/jbb/find-job
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