FSMS 70th Annual Conference

Jul 30, 2025 at 10:00am to Jul 31, 2025 at 10:00amLocation: 5001 Coconut Rd, Bonita Springs, FL 34134Created...

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The surveyor hub for Alabama Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Alabama Land Surveyors was...

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The surveyor hub for Arizona Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Arizona Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Arkansas Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Arkansas Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for California Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for California Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Alaska Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Alaska Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for California Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for California Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Alabama Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Alabama Land Surveyors was featured

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What Happens to Surveying If NOAA Loses Funding?

What Happens to Surveying If NOAA Loses Funding? “If NOAA goes...

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The Fight to Save NOAA: How Surveyors Can Advocate for Their Own Future

The Fight to Save NOAA: How Surveyors Can Advocate for Their Own Future “The good news: We can save NOAA. The bad news: We...

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Licensure Under Siege – The Quiet War Against Professionalism

Our original piece The Push to Kill Surveying Licensure: Who’s Behind It and Why? examined attacks on licensure; here, we explore whether evolving licensure models might actually strengthen the profession. Section 1: Introduction – The Importance of Licensure Licensure is a cornerstone of...

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The Public Perception Problem: Why No One Knows What Surveyors Do

The Public Perception Problem: Why No One Knows What Surveyors Do “If the public thinks all surveyors do is fly drones, they'll never understand why your job matters—or why...

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The Path Forward: How Surveyors Can Defend Professional Standards

The Path Forward: How Surveyors Can Defend Professional Standards "If we don’t fight for licensure, we’ll be fighting in court when someone builds a shopping mall inside your...

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Why NOAA Is The Most Important Agency You’ve Never Thought About

Why NOAA Is The Most Important Agency You’ve Never...

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Surveying in lebanon

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JETRO SURVEY

SURVEY INSPECTION AT GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT 

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Land Surveyor Sound Off App is the Prelude to Savvy Surveyors Show

A new and different kind of App for those who...

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Our 16th Birthday 🎂 Celebration and LSU Member Satisfaction in 2023

Can you believe our grassroots community will turn 16 years old on March 7th? Join us for a Celebration!   On March...

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Latest disciplinary actions of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

https://pels.texas.gov/downloads/enf/da/2025/da-02-13-2025.pdfhttps://pels.texas.gov/disciplinary.htm Here is the one that caught my eye.Xavier Chapa, R.P.L.S. #2568, Melissa, TX; Case Numbers D–38458, D-38465, D-38505,and D-40400; SOAH Docket No. 460-24-05223Violation:For Case D-38458,...

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Find Best Deals on Surveying Equipment from the Field

Add this mobile app shortcut to your Phone or Data Collector for having deals and hot pricing on Equipment for Land Surveyors built for Equipment Hunter Website by Land Surveyors United Community  This app refreshes every hour with new equipment from around the world....

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GIS Surveyor App for Surveyors and GIS Professionals

Polosoft technologies, a growing company in the field of GIS web and mobile application development with a highly experienced team....

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Unlocking DJI Geo-fencing

https://www.aerotas.com/blog/how-to-unlock-a-dji-geo-zone DJI’s Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) delineates where it is safe to fly, where flight may raise concerns, and where flight is restricted. DJI prohibits flight in GEO zones around airports, power...

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Double Corner (RLS, PLS, RPLS, PLSS)

Normally the two sets of corners along a standard parallel; the standard township, section, and quarter-section corners placed at regular intervals of measurement; additionally, the closing corners...

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What is Spatial Data?

Spatial data, also known as geospatial data, is a term used to describe any data related to or containing information about a specific location on the Earth’s surface.The BasicsSpatial data can exist in a variety of formats and contains...

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What is a Land Surveyor Compass? A Comprehensive History to Modern Times

Compass surveying is a type of surveying in...

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Prism (Surveying)

In surveying, a prism is a corner cube or retroreflector, normally attached on a surveying pole, used as a target for...

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Coordinate Reference System

A reference ellipsoid is the mathematical model of the shape of the Earth with the major axis along the equatorial radius. A geographic...

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A Comprehensive Guide to Pacing for New Land Surveyors: Mastering the Fundamentals

As a new land surveyor, one of the first and most fundamental skills you'll learn is pacing. Pacing is a time-honored technique in land surveying that involves measuring distances by counting the number of steps, or paces, you take. This simple yet effective method has been used for...

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Hello and question about LSIT in Wyoming

Hi everyone, I'm Ziyad and I'm reletively new to land surveying. I've interned at a company in New Mexico that went bankrupt and was helping the chief land surveyor then. I since moved to Wyoming and now I'm trying to figure out how to get back...

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Surveying Newbie

I'm looking for information on how to get into the surveying...

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academic tittle or professional tittle

What will be the most important fo a Licensed surveyor we had a problems with academically qualifid people who don't have professional qualificationaccording...

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Leica Suction Fit stub machining result ( with Wim Janssen van Doorn in mind)

As a true Land Surveying / Setting Out engineer I tend to create (Design in CAD and 3D Print & Machining) my own couplers, fittings and fit SMR's and prisms into whatever comes in handy in my Setting Out work.I bought a...

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Topcon GR-5s for sale with Carlson Surveyor 2

Topcon GR-5 base and rover.  GPS/GLONASS.  Charging cables and carrying case included.  460mhz...

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Help with communication between a Leica TCRP1203 and an AllegroCX

Good day everyone. I recently started working for a small firm after a 6 1/2 year hiatus from surveying and I am currently doing things the old fashioned way by turning angles with an old Sokkia Set4 with nothing more than a field book as a data collector. Needless to say this is very...

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Monday Mapping - Hawaii Becomes 50th State

The Role of Land Surveying and Map Making in the Admission of Hawaii as...

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Mapping Monday: Popple's Map of the British Empire in America

The Relationship of Land Surveying and Mapping to Popple’s A Map of the British Empire in America (1733) I. Introduction Overview...

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Tools For Tuesday - The Sextant

I. Introduction Overview of the Sextant The sextant stands as one of the most iconic and enduring tools in the history of navigation and land surveying. Known for its ability to precisely measure the angle between two...

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Mapping Monday: 1685 A General Map of the Continent & Islands which be Adjacent to Jamaica by Philip Lea

I. Introduction Overview of the Map by Philip Lea (1685) In 1685, Philip Lea, a prominent English cartographer and publisher, produced A General Map of the Continent & Islands which be Adjacent to Jamaica, a detailed chart representing Jamaica...

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Topic Thunder Thursday - The Science of Datum

I. Introduction to the Concept of Datum A datum in surveying is an essential reference point or system that enables surveyors to take precise and uniform measurements. At its core, a datum serves as a foundation for determining exact locations, elevations, and...

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Tools For Tuesday: The Level Rod

I. Introduction to Level Rods Definition and Purpose of Level Rods A level rod, also known as a leveling rod or staff, is one of the simplest yet most essential tools in the surveyor's toolkit. It...

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Introduction to lesson materials and elements of right triangles.

Introduction to materials needed and introduction to the basic elements of...

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Reduced Levels Explained

Surveying process; Levelling techniques using HOC method of booking. Explaining what Reduced Levels are, how they are calculated and why surveyors use them.

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Miller High Life surveyors 1979 TV commercial

A 1979 television ad for Miller High Life showing how surveyors unwind after a busy day.

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Convert scanned PDF and Image into DWG

Get full-length AutoCAD courses from SourceCAD with one Subscription here...

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Horizontal Curves Part 1

Lecture Outline:Simple CurveCompound CurveReverse Curve (Parallel Tangents)    curves our first topic here in finalsso horizontal curves is needed indesigning a road so introduce a horizontal curvefor safety purposes and shampoo toto avoid an among...

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Principles of Surveying Lecture 7 (ANGLES AND DIRECTIONS)

IntroductionHorizontal AngleUnits of angular measurementTypes of horizontal angleslatitude and longitude

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