Land Surveying Info

Cool Surveying Sites

Here are some sites I've found in my 'net travels that surveyors will find interesting. Just click on the highlighted text to visit them.

I haven't updated this site in a long time. I know many links are dead. Please don't send me email to report this.

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California Land Surveyor's Association - Sonoma County Chapter

Sites of Global Interest

Sites of National Interest (U.S.A.)

Sites of Statewide Interest (California)

Sites of Local Interest (Sonoma Co.)

Other Surveyors' Web Sites

Commercial Sites

Usenet Newsgroups

The Authors Home Page and E-mail adderess

Sites of Global Interest

• N.S.D.I.-National Spatial Data Infrastructure, USGS's geospatial data clearinghouse.
• GIS Frequently Asked Questions and General Info List Index-Yes, the answers to the FAQ's are available also. A wealth of info.
  
• Starlink's DGPS site--A commercial site, but the pitch is buried under pages of useful information.
  
• GeoSearch, Inc.-Positions available in related fields.
  
• Surveyors White Pages--Listing of surveyors on the internet, e-mail addresses
• John Banta's Coordinate Transform Page--Nice site with great material about coord. transformations.
• Consulting Surveyors of Queensland--Information about surveying in Queensland, Australia
• Association of Canadian Land Surveyors--Information about surveying in Canada
• Alberta Land Surveyors Association--Our colleagues in Alberta, Canada
• RPLS.com -Site for surveyors includes an Email directory of surveyors. Get on the list!
  
• Rublylight.com -Not survey related, but my Brother-in-law's work could be very illuminating for you.
  

  Sites of National Interest ( U.S.A. )

• USGS Home Page--Required reading !
• USGS Geo Data-I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time here in the future.
  
• National Geodetic Survey--NGS Index, includes link to NOAA Home Page.
• NGS Products--Retrieve NGS data sheets by PID, area, or Lat. and Long.
• TIGER Home Page--Interactive on-line G.I.S. Generate and download maps based on queries of the U.S. Census database. An incredible site!
• LBL G.I.S. Lab--Information about GIS work being done at Lawrence Berkeley Labs.
• LBL Geographic Data--Data at Lawrence Berkeley Labs Information and Computer Sciences Division.
• Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• California Land Surveyors Association
• Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors
• Florida Surveying and Mapping Society
• Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association
• Kansas Society of Land Surveyors
• Michigan Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• Missouri Association of Registered Land Surveyors
• North Carolina Society of Surveyors
• Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
• Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon
• Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
• Land Surveyors Online--A nice looking reference page. Map of USA has links to State Associations and Boards.
• E-mail a politician --Does it do any good ? Try it and see.

  Sites of Statewide Interest ( California )

• California Land Surveyors Association
• Foresight Magazine--CSU Fresno Surveying Engineering Magazine Online. Nice Work !
• California Geodetic Control Committee--Very important site. Information about CORS, legislation other matters of concern in CA regarding geodetic control.
• California Land Surveyors Association - Central Coast Chapter--O.K. Where are the other chapters ? Come on gang !
• Santa Rosa J.C. Surveying/Civil Tech. Program-The west's finest associate degree program for surveyors
  
• California Land Surveyors Association - CSU Fresno Student Chapter
• BARD-- Bay Area Regional Deformation Network - Information about GPS reference stations being used to monitor crustal motion in bay area.
• California D.O.T. Surveys Home Page--Information about CalTrans Surveying. Check to see if the much awaited CA-HPGN page is up and running.
• CSRS Horizontal V5.0--California Spatial Reference System proposal.
  

  Sites of Local Interest ( Sonoma County, CA )

• Santa Rosa J.C. Surveying/Civil Tech. Program--The west's finest associate degree program for surveyors
  
• SonAMA-Sonoma County Automated Mapping Association
  
• North Coast Builder's Exchange-A wealth of information about the construction industry in Sonoma and neighboring counties.
  
• Maps by Egli--Dennis Egli has a BBS providing scanned Assesor's Parcel maps. ( Also available on CD-ROM.) This is an e-mail link if you'd like more info. Web site is coming.
  
• Sonoma County Multiple Listing Service--Real Estate for sale in Sonoma County. Check out the nifty location maps.
  

  Surveyor's Home Pages

• Maynard Riley's Land Surveying and Geomatics-This was one of the first web pages for surveyors. He has links to many sites of interest including other surveyor's web pages.
  
• Dave Baker's Land Surveying Resource Page-This site is spectacular. All I really need to do is link to this page. Great job !
  
• Prof DA Wahlström JD MS-Here's a guy that knows how to make a web page. Don't get lost !
  
• Tim Magee's Home Page-A much prettier home page than mine !
  
• Fisher Associates--Some nice map links including historic Civil War Maps.
  
• The Home of Cap'n Toast--Terrific site by Pete Ehlert, a surveyor with a nautical bent.
  
• Yamhill County Surveyor--Dan Linscheid, of Yamhill County, Oregon has put together this excellent example of what a web site oughta be like.
  
• Jackson and Associates--Pete Jackson, surveyor for the new millenium.
  

  Commercial Sites

• POB Online-Everybody's favorite surveying magazine
  
• ESRI-- Great Page ! Much more than just commercial blurb !
• RLA GeoSystems-- Dick Lewis's site has great GPS and GIS links in the form of Dick's 10 Best.... - Very well done !
• IMT's Document Conversion Resource CenterGood Site. Useful links and info.
• Softdesk home page
• Topcon home page
• Autodesk home page
• Thomas Bros. home page--cool
• Wild/Leica home page
• Maptech home page
• Pacific Land Surveys--Link to a way cool map of California/Nevada
• Plus3 Software--producers of Terramodel
• Eagle Point Software
• Essco, Engineering and Surveying Supply Company
• Boston Harbor Software--Software for Civil Engineers and Surveyors
• Tuck Engineering--Nice site by a Tennessee\Virginia aerial mapping firm.
• SMI--Surveyor's Module International
• The Compleat Surveyor--Russ Uzes' catalog of old surveying books ( circa 1564 - 1940 )
• Watts Instruments--Serving surveyors in Columbus, Ohio

Usenet newsgroups of interest to surveyors

• sci.engr.surveying - Surveying Newsgroup
  
• sci.geo.satellite-nav - GPS Newsgroup
  
• comp.infosystems.gis - GIS Newsgroup
  
• sci.engr.civil - Civil Engineering Newsgroup
• comp.cad.autocad - AutoCAD Newsgroup