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What does map scale refer to in map making / field survey metadata?
If I have, say, a printed map at the scale of 1:20000 and the legend says that it was mapped at a scale of 1:10000 does this simply mean, that the surveyors/cartographers made drafts & sketches or ...
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Teaching Python to Land Surveyors
Does anyone have any good examples of using Python to automate or simplify common surveying tasks?
I'm teaching a Python/ArcPy lab this week for a GIS class. There are a number of surveying ...
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How to Calculate North?
I am working for field survey & client requirement is differentiate various north,like magnetic north,true north & grid north.So therefore my question is what is the methodology of calculating ...
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Looking for a tutorial on syncing QGIS with Trimble ProXT
Does anyone have any experience/advice to sync a TrimbleProXT gps antenna with the current "Lisboa" 1.8.0v?
Additionally did you manage to collect features (points,line,polygons) in the field ok? ...
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Land Administration Domain Model example implementations
Does anybody know of a sample implementation? I am currently trying to adapt it to my country but the LADM is rather abstract. Anybody have any idea how to go about this?
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Parcel Fabric vs. Polygon feature class (for land parcel management)
I'm wondering if I should migrate my existing parcel polygons (stored as a feature class in a geodatabase) to a parcel fabric in ArcMap. What are the advantages of doing this? I work for a county so ...
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How to compare aerial and satellite images for land use analysis?
I am interested to compare the land use-cover dynamics for four periods: 1950s, 1980s, 1990s and current for a certain area having a max size of 5000 ha.
For the first three periods detailed aerial ...
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earthquake effects on total station surveys
What I have been wondering is whether an earthquake can affect a closed system survey. We are using Leica TCR 307s and TCR 407s and I was wondering if an earthquake can throw off your fixed points if ...
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Do's and Don'ts for GPS Localization
We have recently purchased some new GPS survey gear (ProMark 500) and we have set up a localization around the town using some of the known survey marks.
While I'm pretty confident that I have got it ...
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Landscape software to analyze amount of dirt moved
I'm about to embark upon a design project for re-contouring landscape around my home. Assuming I get an accurate measurement of the landscape into the computer, and after I modify the landscape model ...
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DIY easy and ~accurate small-scale landscape survey
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Is there any equipment that I can rent 'inexpensively' (less than $400) that would allow 1-2 people to accurately (+/- 6") capture the topography of hilly terrain of perhaps 250' on a side in ...
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Given a list of surveyor points, what is the algorithm used to simplify the points and retain the terrain characteristics?
Given a terrain and surveyor points sampled from from it or from its contours, is there any algorithm that one can use to simplify the points ( i.e., reduce the surveyor points number) and at the same ...
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How to process topographic survey data in ArcGIS?
I am interested to find out how others process topographic survey data in ArcGIS. Often I am only given a text file or an Excel spreadsheet containing XYZ points and simple attribute information ...
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How can I find positions on my land?
I have about 2 acres of land, wooded and brushy. There was a survey and the corners have rebar.
I am working on a site plan for house construction. I have two related problems:
Finding a spot on ...
