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Alabama
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Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
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Alaska Local Boundary Commission (LBC)
ASPLS Standards of Practice Manual - 1994
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ALTA/ACSM Survey Requirements 1997
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American Association
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American Association
for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS)
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Cartography and Geographic Information Science Journal
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Surveying and Land Information Systems Journal
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American Society for
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
The Imaging & Geospatial
Information Society. It's mission is to advance knowledge and
improve understanding of mapping sciences to promote the responsible
applications of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information
systems (GIS), and supporting technologies.
ASPRS
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Americas Petroleum
Survey Group (APSG)
Membership is open to individuals
interested in petroleum geodesy, surveying, cartography, and spatial
data management.
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Antarctic
British
Antarctic Survey Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC)
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Antique Maps
Barry
Lawrence Ruderman
Featuring fine and
rare antique maps from the 15th to 19th Centuries.Thousands of
maps from all parts of the world illustrated and described.
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Antique Surveying Instruments
Antique
Surveying Equipment
Bausch & Lomb 1908 catalog of Engineering Instruments
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The Gemmary
W. and L.E. Gurley
1903 Queen & Co. Catalogue of Surveying Instruments
for sale
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ArcExplorer
Free GIS Data Viewer from ESRI
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ArcInfo
USGS tools for converting USGS data into Arc/Info readable
format
ESRI
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ArcUser Magazine
ArcUser Magazine is
a forum for users of ESRI software to share their expertise
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ArcView
Public Access ArcView. Use
SanGIS's public access personal computer located in our offices
to view and analyze SanGIS's many map layers with ArcView software.
Please call (619)702-0400 to
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ESRI
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Arizona
Arizona
Professional Land Surveyors Association (APLS) (link
updated 02-28-03)
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Arkansas
The Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors (ASPS) (link
updated 02-28-03)
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California State Assembly Home Page
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AB 1569 Fraudulent Public Works Contractors
AB 2042 Stop Notices
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Assessor Offices
Listing of County Assessor Offices from the California
State Board of Equalization
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Assessor Parcel Maps
Assessor Parcel Maps Search, San Diego County
Enter address or parcel number; returns Book, Page and
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Asset Management
CarteGraph
POB
Article about CarteGraph software, March 2001, pg. 26
GBA
Master Series
POB
Article about. March 2001, pg.34
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Astronomy
Main astronomical servers on the Internet network.
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Australia
Brief History of Surveying in Australia 1788-1996
Geocentric Datum of Australia Technical Manual
Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping
(ICSM)
Australian
Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG)
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AutoCAD
Internet
Classes
AutoCAD
Shareware Clearinghouse
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Azimuth
Azimuth Reduction from the Ellipsoid
This utility computes
astronomic azimuth given the geodetic latitude, longitude and
ellipsoidal height of two points.
Free and online!
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Base Lines and Meridians
This is a BLM map showing
all the principle base lines and meridians in the United States
Governing the United States Public Land Surveys (USPLS)
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Basin and Range Geodetic
Network (BARGEN)
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Battery
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Texas Battery Co. (1-28-03)
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Bausch & Lomb
1908 catalog of Engineering Instruments (1-28-03)
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Bay Area Regional Deformation
Network (BARD)
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Bentley
Microstation Software
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Page (1-28-03)
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Berntsen Instruments
Home
Page (1-28-03)
Berntsen International
, Inc. is a major manufacturer and supplier of all types of markers,
including survey markers, survey monuments, utility markers, and
related accessories.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Historical Geomagnetic Data Reports
GPS 1998 Bibliography
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Biographies
Coast and Geodetic Survey Profiles in Time
includes over 200 biographies
of individuals who served in various capacities in the Coast Survey
and the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Jeremiah Dixon
Edmund Gunter (1-28-03)
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
Charles Mason
Albert Abraham Michelson
Charles Arthur Whitten (1909-1994)
Charles Whitten was born in Redfield,
South Dakota, in 1909. He received his A.B. (in mathematics) from
Carthage College in 1930. Before graduation he was recruited by
William Bowie for the U.S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey, and he spent
his entire career there, retiring as Chief Geodesist in 1972.
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Bit Maps
A bit-map representation stores the image by storing
data about every dot/point of an image. These image points are
termed pixels
(a contraction for picture element).
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Blm
BLM
BLM Home Page
Branch of Geographic Services (Formerly known as Cadastral
Survey)
Browse BLM Web Site by Subject
Geodesy Page-GPS use for Control
Latest Info on Global
Positioning and links
Geographic
Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) Home Page
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List of Cadastral Offices
Manual of Instructions
Internet Version
(1-28-03)
Mapping (1-28-03)
Proposes Rule To Recover Costs Relating to Right-of-Way
Applications and Grants
Protests and Appeals Status Report of Survey Protests (1-28-03)
Survey Handbook (1-28-03)
Survey Records Information on research and records (1-28-03)
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Blue Booking
NGS Blue Book Power Point Slide Show (1-28-03)
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Board of Registration for
Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (California)
Board Rules (1-28-03)
Home
(1-28-03)
Policy
Resolutions
Professional Land Surveyors' Act (1-28-03)
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Books about Surveying
GuideMe.com
Land Surveyor's Workshops
Pacific Land Foundation
Smultron.com
Old Surveying Books For Sale - Russ & Bud Uzes
History
Georgia
Land Surveying History and Law
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Boundary Commissions
Alaska Local Boundary Commission (LBC)
Welcome
to the International Boundary and Water Commission web site
International agency under the
United States State Department whose job is to implement U.S.-Mexico
treaties and agreements, including many relating to water matters
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION (1-28-03)
The International Boundary between
Canada and the United States
Mexican Boundary Commission Papers of John Russell
Bartlett, 1850-1853
Northern Ireland Boundary Commission
Essay examines British duplicity
relating to the commission set up to settle the boundary between
Ireland and northern Ireland
The
United Nations Kuwait-Iraq Boundary Demarcation Commission
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Boundary Line Disputes
by H. Gerrity (1-28-03)
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Boundary Waters Treaty
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British Columbia
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department Home
Page of the Institute of Technology
Early British Columbia Surveying History (1-28-03)
Brief History of Land Surveying in British Columbia
(1-28-03)
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Brunei
Survey
Department (1-28-03)
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Brunton Company
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Building Industry Association
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Building Records
City of San Diego Building Records
Online requests can be made for
construction permits issued since 1990.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Geospatial
Data Clearinghouse
Thus site specializes in Indian
Lands and Native Entities in the United States
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Bureau of Land Management
California
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C
Cadastral Data Content
Standard
Definitions
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CADD Software Companies
Intergraph
MicroSurvey
FREE 30 day full working demo
CD
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CADENCE Magazine
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Caice Software Corp.
(Computer AIded Civil Engineering)
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Page
POB
Article Feb. 2001, pg 24
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Calculators
Plate Motion Calculator
Wealth Accumulation Calculator-Online
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CalGOLD
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CalGOLD provides businesses with
information on permits and other requirements of California agencies
at all levels of government,
including addresses, telephone
numbers, and links to agency Internet web pages for just about
every city in California.
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Calif
California Coastal
Commission
Coastal Act
Home Page
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California Code of
Regulations
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Page
Rules of the Board for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors (Sections 400 - 474.5)
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California Codes
Codes
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California Department
of Consumer Affairs
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California Environmental
Protection Agency (Cal/EPA)
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Legislation 1999
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California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA)
CEQA 1972-1999 Reported Court Decisions
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California Environmental
Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
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CERES is an information system
developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access
to a variety of electronic data describing
California's rich and diverse
environments.
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California Franchise
Tax Board
Glossary
of Tax Terms
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Tax Forms and Publications
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California Geodetic
Control Committee (CGCC)
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Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks Using
High Production GPS Surveying Techniques
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California Geographic
Information Association (CGIA)
CGIA actively pursued policies
and took actions that promoted the use and development of geographic
information. Today, we are working with the Surveyor's to
formulate an
effective policy that addresses
the concerns that the Surveyor's express about the use of GIS.
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Page
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California High Accuracy
Reference Network (HARN98)
Reobservation of the California HPGN
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California Land Surveyors
Association (CLSA)
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Page
Links to CLSA Local Chapters
San
Diego Chapter Home Page
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California Land Title
Association
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California Spatial
Reference System (CSRS)
(link updated 01-19-03)
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California State Assembly
Home Page
Guide for Accessing California Legislative Information
on the Internet
Glossary of Legislative Terms
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California State Constitution
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California State Lands
Commission
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California State Senate
Search Senate and Assembly Bills 1999-2000 session
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California State Statutes
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California Surveying
& Drafting Supply, Inc.
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Calt
Caltrans
District
8-San Bernardino
District
11-San Diego
District 11-R/W Engineering
Districts Map
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Geometronics Home Page
Caltrans LS/LSIT Video Exam Preparation Course Workbook
(updated 02-12-03)
Welcome to Caltrans Photogrammetry
Right of Way Manual
Sacramento
Home Page
Search Caltrans
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Staking Information (updated
02-12-03)
Surveys Manual (updated
02-12-03)
Real Time Traffic
Search Current Road Conditions
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Canada
Adverse
Possession
Canadian
Institute of Geomatics
Canadian National Geomagnetism Program
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Centre for Remote Sensing Home Page
Geodetic Survey of Canada
Glossary of Remote Sensing Terms
Railroad Land Grants
Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS)
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Carlsbad
Coastal Development Permit
Municipal Code
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Carlson
Tsunami
- data collection inside AutoCAD
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Cars
Kelley
Blue Book (1-28-03)
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Cartography
Coast Survey's Historical Collection (1-28-03)
Cartography
and Geographic Information Society (1-28-03)
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The Casual Cartographer
An on-line GIS monthly publication (1-28-03)
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CELSOC
Home
(1-28-03)
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CEQA
Home
(1-28-03)
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Certification Programs
NSPS Survey Technician Certification Program
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C&G Software Systems,
Inc.
"Land Surveying Software
by Land Surveyors"
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Chula Vista
City
Home Page
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Co
Coastal Development
City of Carlsbad Coastal Development Permit
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Coast Guard
Maritime
Differential GPS Service
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Codes
Search California Codes
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COGO
MS-CAD
2001
RAMSS
Surveying Software For the HP48
Sight
Survey 3.0
TDS
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Colorado
Professional
Land Surveyors of Colorado (PLSC) (link
updated 02-28-03)
A Brief History of Surveying in Colorado
Application for Land Surveyor Licensure
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Combined Grid Factor
(CGF)
Sea Level Factor (from elevation)
times the Scale Factor (from latitude)
Grid Distance = Ground Distance
times the CGF
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Commerce Business Daily
lists notices of proposed government
procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property,
and other procurement information
CBDNet
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Compass
Compass
Maker Directory
How to use a compass
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Computers
Build
Your Own PC
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Conferences
ASPRS
Annual Conference -- DC 2000
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Connecticut
Connecticut
Association of Land Surveyors (CALS) (link
updated 02-28-03)
Filing Requirements
For Maps
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Constitution, California
State
Search
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Construction Permits
City of San Diego Building Records
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Construction Staking
Caltrans Manual
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Consulting Engineers
and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC)
Home
Page
CELSOC Initiative
Jobs
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Consumer Guides
To Professional Engineering and Professional Land Surveying
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Continuing Education
International
Right-Of-Way Association
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Continuously Operating
Reference Stations (CORS)
California CORS Network NAD 83 Coordinates
National Geodetic Survey CORS Data
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Control
NGS Data Sheets by Area
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Cooperative Base Network
(CBN)
The CBN is a high-accuracy regional
densification of the Federal Base Network
NGS
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Coordinate Conversions
Convert Geodetic Positions to State Plane Coordinates
On-Line
Convert State Plane Coordinates to Geodetic Positions
On-Line
Calculate State Plane Coordinates Zones
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Coordinate Systems
Coordinate Systems Overview
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Coordinate Transformation
Blue Marble Geographics
CORPSCON
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Corner Records
San Diego County Corner Record Processing Manual
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Coronado
City
Home Page
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Corpscon
Version 5.11.06
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Correspondence Courses
Innovative
Dynamics, Inc.
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CORS (Continuously
Operating Reference Stations)
California CORS Network NAD 83 Coordinates (California
Map, List of Stations, Latitude, Longitude)
CORS Coordinate Notes
National Geodetic Survey CORS Data (RINEX
data for all NGS maintained CORS GPS sites)
How CORS Positions and Velocities Were Derived
Record
of Survey (Riverside County Flood Control District ROS
of NAD 83 (1995) CORS Network)
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Council of Professional Surveyors (ACEC/COPS)
To strengthen the business environment
and image of member firms, focusing on quality professional surveying
services in a competitive global marketplace.
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Cr
Crustal Motion Studies
Crustal Deformation Across and Beyond the Los Angeles
Basin from Geodetic Measurements
USGS Crustal Motion from GPS
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Crustal Dynamics Data
Information System (CDDIS)
Home Page
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Cuomo, Paul
Home
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Curta Calculators
Curt Herzstark and his Pocket Calculator CURTA.
the Curta calculator was standard equipment for the
rally crowd.
Your CURTA Calculator
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Curves
Famous Curves Index
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Cutsheets
SDC
Survey
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Cyrax
See
the amazing Cyrax 3D laser scanner
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Czech Republic
Czech
Geodetic Office
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M N O P Q R S T
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DAP Technologies
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Data Collection
Carlson
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Datum Conversions
NADCON NGS
NADCON is the Federal standard
for NAD 27 to NAD 83 datum transformations.
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Datums
List of Worldwide Geodetic Datums
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Declination
The Geographic Magnetic Calculator
is a tool to help you determine
UTM coordinates and the magnetic declination that corresponds
to a longitude/latitude pair.
Free for personal use
Historical Declinations for the United States
Historic Values of Compass Declination
Eastern states only
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Deed Descriptions
Common Errors in Deed Descriptions
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DeedMapper Software ($99.00 plus tax)
version 3.0, a software package
for land record research.
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Defense Mapping Agency
Geodetic Technical Manual
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Deflection of the vertical
Laplace Correction
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Delaware
Delaware
Association of Surveyors (link
updated 02-28-03)
The Mason-Dixon Line (link
updated 02-28-03)
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Del Mar
City
Home Page
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Department of Consumer
Affairs
Search
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Department of Transportation
List of States
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DGPS (Differential
GPS)
Racal
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Di
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography,
and Remote Sensing
Duhaime's
Law Dictionary
Units of Measurement
Webster's
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Differential GPS (DGPS)
Differential GPS
OMNISTAR
Racal
U.S.
Coast Guard
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Digital Cartographic
Data
Free USGS viewing software
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Digital Elevation Model
Examples
How to Process DEM Data
NGSDEM99
NGSDEM99 is a 1 x 1 arcsecond
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the Northwest United States
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USGS 7.5 minute Digital Elevation Models for California
USGS 7.5 Minute Digital Elevation Models (DEM)
The DEM data for 7.5-minute units
correspond to the USGS 1:24,000 and 1:25,000 scale topographic
quadrangle map series for all of the United States and its territories.
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Digital Line Graphs
Digital line graph (DLG) data
are digital representations of cartographic information
Examples of 1:2,000,000-Scale DLG data of the Illinois
and Missouri States.
USGS Large-scale Digital Line Graph (DLG)
Standards
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Digital Orthophoto
Quadrangles
Defined
Standards
TerraServer
USGS
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Digital Signatures
1997 Summary of State Legislation
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Distance Accuracy Standards
FGCC
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Distance Education
Mapping with Microstation
On-Line Cyber Class In Geodesy
Remote
Sensing Core Curriculum
University
of Maine-College of Engineering
(Legal descriptions, Surveying
ethics)
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Distance Meters
DISTO Basic Laser Distance Meter
Laserace 1000
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Distances
Home
Enter most any two cities in
the world, returns crow-flight distance and bearing between, Latitude
and Longitude, Population, and average elevation.
You can also get a map showing
the two cities location and driving directions with estimated
driving time from city to city.
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Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement
Home Page
Overtime Requirements
Title 8 Regulations
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Double Proportionate
Measurement
Made Difficult
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Dunham & Morrow,
Inc.
Magnetic
Locators
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E
Eagle GPS Survey
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Earthquakes
Southern California
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Earth Science Journals
List
Of
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EDM Calibration Baselines
NGS Baselines
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Education (see Schools)
Oregon
Institute of Technology (OIT)
Paul
Smith's
USA Surveying Education Database
Worldwide
Surveying Education Database
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Correspondence Courses
Innovative
Dynamics, Inc.
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Internet Education
(distance education)
Mapping with Microstation
On-Line Cyber Class In Geodesy
Remote
Sensing Core Curriculum
University
of Maine-College of Engineering (Legal descriptions,
Surveying ethics)
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El Cajon
City
Home Page
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Elevations
Elevations and Distances in the U.S.
(Elevations of the Highest and lowest peaks,
elevations of 50 largest cities, etc.)
GPS
NGS Height Modernization is a
series of activities designed to advance and promote the determination
of elevations by GPS surveying.
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Elgin Surveying &
Engineering, Inc.
Check out his collection of antique
surveying instruments
Home
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Ellipsoid
List of Reference Ellipsoids
Observation Reduction to/from the Ellipsoid
Reduction of Measured Angles to the Ellipsoid
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Ellipsoid Height
Ellipsoid Height = Geoid Height
plus the Orthometric Height
GPS provides ellipsoid heights
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Encinitas
City
Home Page
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Encyclopedias
Legal Encyclopedia
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Environment
Amazing
Environmental Organization WebDirectory
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Epoch dating
When published, shown on a survey
document, or included in an electronic file, coordinate values
for the National Geodetic Reference System (Federal and Cooperative
Base Network stations within California), CSRS, and California
Coordinate System shall be time-dated with an epoch date. The
epoch date shall be the time (date) the coordinates are valid.
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ERDAS
Home
A full suite of products for
image mapping and visualization, image processing and advanced
remote sensing. Fast and easy map presentation tools for
Microsoft Office 95/97. ERDAS brings easy-to-use Geographic Imaging
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