Topcon Acquires Distrubtor InlandGEO

Topcon Positioning Systems has acquired InlandGEO, one of its distributors. InlandGEO is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and has four additional offices in Spain, two in Portugal, and one in the Canary Islands. InlandGEO will become the headquarters for distribution and support for Topcon precision agriculture products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Wireless Data Link for Remote Monitoring, Positioning

The Advanced Data Link (ADL) Sentry is a UHF radio for remote communications. A high-speed data radio modem designed for rugged environments of remote sensing, machine control, and environmental monitoring, it joins a product lineup comprising the ADL Foundation, a transceiver OEM modem board; the ADL RXO, a receive-only OEM board; and the ADL Vantage, a 4-Watt programmable UHF radio for survey applications; and a range of antenna, power, mounting, and cabling accessories.

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3D Machine Control Software

An upgraded version of Carlson’s 3D machine control software, Carlson Grade, is now available. Featuring new and enhanced tools, Carlson Grade 4.0 can be used with a variety of heavy machines and is designed to be flexible and open. Compatible with most heavy equipment, Grade 4.0’s support includes dozers, drills, loaders, scrapers, excavators, bucket wheel excavators, compactors, shovels, graders, and foreman trucks.

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Microsoft Wants You to Know

Today, Bing launched the Facebook Map App, which uses Facebook APIs to pull in your friend’s information from Facebook. Additionally, Bing launched the My Friends map app, which lets you see all of your Facebook friends right in Bing Maps. With the M...Read more

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On the Importance of a Land Survey when Buying Property in Charleston

Visit and connect with professional land surveyors across the globe on Land Surveyors United and ask them anything you might be worrying about. The Land Survey and The Closing Sometime before the official closing on a property, ...

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Social Media, Old Media, and the Professional Land Surveyor

In general, Land Surveyors United feels it's receiving a cold shoulder from the conventional media magazines and that its initiative to create a social network for professional land surveyors is being copied by one of them in particular ...

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Survey Package

Does Civil 3D have everything in it for a Surveying Package? We are currently using a 3rd party software add-on (Carlson) but I'd like to eliminate the extra fees and use Autodesk's product if it in fact is able to perform as well as Carlson.

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The Need for Technology to Assist Complex Decisions

There is an excellent opinion piece by David Brooks in today’s New York Times that focuses on the complexity of our world and the issues that we face when dealing with risk. Brooks speaks to the complex and intricate web of high tech systems that support our lives, and yet we fail to assess and [...]

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

This Week's PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY. What is Your Favorite Social Networking Site? Facebook; Land Surveyors United; Linkedin; MySpace; Twitter; Tumblr; Other. View Results. Loading ... Surveys Archive ...

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DC CTO Launches Private Cloud, Aims to Grow Model City

Brian Sivak, the city's CTO, spoke at the Gov 2.0 conference this week. Among his plans for DC is a private cloud where IT staff can order up a server in a shopping cart and have it quickly "spooled up." Of more interest to GIS folks is t...Read more

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Topcon acquires InlandGEO ~ Palmetto Equipment and Supply

Twitter #FollowFriday Professional Land Surveyor Recommendations - @landsurveyorsU – Twitter account for the great people from *Land Surveyors United*. PLS Network where Professional Land Surveyors Change the Industry thro... 4 days ago ...

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Twitter #FollowFriday Professional Land Surveyor Recommendations

@landsurveyorsU – Twitter account for the great people from Land Surveyors United. PLS Network where Professional Land Surveyors Change the Industry through discussion and media. Network with other surveyors globally in any language! ...

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Twitter #FollowFriday Professional Land Surveyor Recommendations

@landsurveyorsU – Twitter account for the great people from Land Surveyors United. PLS Network where Professional Land Surveyors Change the Industry through discussion and media. Network with other surveyors globally in any language! ...

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