Take part in Global Surveyors - Tips and Tricks ebook.

Attention all Global Surveyors!!!


Have you ever considered yourself an author?
Have you ever wanted to be in a book that thousands can read but haven't had the will to persue it?
Are you looking for any other ways to promote your website or business?

Global Surveyors in the process of creating our very first ebook and needs your help.

We are looking for surveyors or people in the spatial sciences to share tips and tricks about the surveying / spatial science industry.
The title of the book has yet to be confirmed, but we are aiming the theme to be about TIPS and TRICKS.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to submit an article of no -more than 1 A4 page if possible.

What are we looking for?

- What is a good title for the book? Special prize below!!
- Can you share 1 A4 page outlining Tips and Tricks with surveying?
- Tips and Tricks can be about anything even if you wish to describe something simple as setting up a tripod or hitting in a peg.
- Photos are allowed and welcomed.

Have you seen our Tips and Tricks section on Global Surveyors?
http://www.globalsurveyors.com.au/search/label/Tips%20and%20Tricks

Check it out, for some ideas. You may even wish to expand on the ones already there.

If we find that we have multiple ideas about the same topic - i.e setting up a tripod - well thats ok also. We'll manage to include everyones input!

Whats in it for you?

- The most creative ebook name submitted, will win first article in our ebook. Thats right, your article will be the first one read!
- For everyone who submits an article, we will also give you, your very own copy.
- We will also publish your name, email address, website details or whatever you wish to include at the end of the article giving you extra exposure and advertising.

Its a win win situation for everyone. Surveyors get useful tips and you get the opportunity to write about a TIP or TRICK and have your business promoted aswell.



Would you like to get involved?

Simply email Scott at scotttaylorsurveying@gmail.com to register your interest. We'll let you know more about it then.

Get our your thinking caps and start writing.

Job application - Looking for Work in Australia, Victoria.

Name: Wouter Gooijer

Country: Australia

Occupation: Surveyor

Email Address: wouter.australie@gmail.com

Dear Global Surveyors,

 

My name is Wouter Gooijer and I have recently immigrated from Holland to Drouin, Vic, Australia.

In Holland i was working for 8 years as a qualified surveyor on cadastral survey projects as well as small to large scale residential, civil and industrial survey projects.

I have experience in working with Sokkia and Leica Total Stations, GPS and Auto Cad, as well as Microsoft Office.

Now I am looking for a job as a land surveyor or building set out surveyor in the Eastern Melbourne or West Gippsland region.

If you have any advice for me about who to contact for a job, or have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Wouter Gooijer

AS NEW) Kern DKM2 Double-Circle Triangulation Theodolite with Optical Micrometer

These are in "As New" condition and come with accessories.

A few only are available at this GST inclusive price: $1200

Please go to http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/ to purchase online and see more details or send an email to paul@oatleyelectronics.com or call on 02 9584 3563.

Thank you.

Paul Witherly
http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/

Global Surveyors aren't a bunch of Twitts.

We're actually a great bunch of people, now on Twitter.

 

Keep updated and follow us by visiting http://www.twitter.com/globalsurveyors

 

Receive news via your mobile phone or online.

 

We are promoting surveyors via our main website, Facebook and now Twitter. giving your business even greater exposure!

 

Nows a great time to get your news online and promoted to the world through Global Surveyors.

 

End of financial year advertising.

As the financial year comes to close, it might be the time to clear out the storeroom, sell some equipment or offer some great specials to your worldwide customers.

 

And there is no better way to do that than to post the information on Global Surveyors.

 

Cost is only 99 cents ( AUD ).

 

Go to Place a Post and fill in our online form.

Then simply return to the site and pay for the post.

 

Dont miss out as the year is almost at a close.

 

Global Surveyors looks forward to promoting your business to the world.

miniCAD5 - latest version just released!

Mapsoft have just released an update online of miniCAD5 - Version 5.0.03.9.

Significant changes include:
- Ability to open multiple jobs at the same time.
- Better control of the ‘Allow New points’ setting.
- Better explanations for new Symbols, Linetypes and Plot sheets.
- and (of course) any bug fixes you have reported!

Thanks again for emailing bug logs and comments. Please keep them coming as the V5.0 release needs as much criticism/comment/review as possible !

Prior to second quarter we will be releasing Version 5.1 so if there’s a feature you want make sure to get your vote in early !

Don’t forget our special offers for existing miniCAD 4 clients. Upgrade before the end of 2009 and we will throw in 12 months additional phone support and a free upgrade to the professional version when available.

Don't delay - Visit http://www.adsgeo.net-a.googlepages.com/index.htm and explore some of the great features of this easy to use surveying program.

Get your business off to a great start in 2009 with 2 great tips!

Here are some great business tips for 2009.

Business Tip #1 - The Endless Supply.
There is an endless supply of abundance out there for the surveying business and business alike. So, don't ever think that you need to be better than the next business to be more successful. Don't worry about the economic crisis. You need to step out of the competitive plane and into the creative plane. Simply, write out how you see your business, the clients and jobs you would like to do. Believe and see yourself already doing this business, earning that money and you will attract all the abundance, opportunities, clients, jobs you could ever want! I dare you to test it out!

Business Tip #2 - Use Value.

Give more to your clients in use value than you take from them in cash value.
An example: Suppose I bought some fur from an eskimo. I decided instead of giving cash, to give the eskimo a painting worth $500. Well, the eskimo doesn't have use for a painting.
Therefore he has no value in the business transaction. Say instead I gave him a rifle worth $50.
The eskimo would have use for the gun and so the business transaction would have value.

Therefore, when you charge a client for a survey, try to give the client more in use value than you take from them in cash value. When you make your survey plan, how about giving the client an aerial photo showing their property, or take a photo of their house and show boundary offsets, laminate the survey plan, do something extra that they can use.

I'm learning some great tips and its all thanks to this great CD program I'm listening to, called the Science of Getting Rich. I really recommend you grab the 7 Free lessons. The program will teach you how to propel yourself and business forward. Purchase the CDs for your business so that your employees can all do well in 2009.
Visit http://thesgrprogram.com/?a_aid=d7b5c2ee

Contact Scott Taylor for more info.
Think differently and watch what happens!

FACEBOOK - Here we come!

Its been a while coming but I have finally got Global Surveyors into Facebook.
What does they mean for you?
Greater promotion, more exposure and more networking, more linking and more business.

You may like to join our facebook site by visit here
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42735807621#/group.php?gid=127190440384&ref=mf
We have also joined several other linked FACEBOOK sites.

If you have a product or business to promote, get it on the our main website.
You will be happy to know that Global Surveyors is promoting your business to a larger audience. We look forward to propelling your business in 2009.

Surveying Mad Post Sale.

Global Surveyors is offering everyone the chance to promote your business, advertise your website, sell or hire equipment or share news on our website absolutely FREE.

Offer ends this Sunday 11th January, 09.

So be quick and get your fingers typing.

Visit our place a post section and submit your details right away.

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For the rest of January, take advantage of our Colorful Closeout Sale featuring some of the season's hottest GPS units on the market!

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Would you like to be a Global Surveyors Ambassador?

Would you like to represent Global Surveyors in your country?

Global Surveyors is looking for representatives around the world to help spread the word about Global Surveyors.

Register your interest by email and we'll fill you in with more details.

Copan for Windows Update

Version 08.12 (released on 2008.12.22) of Copan for Windows has improved support for the different bearing (or azimuth) formats used around the world.
Regards,
Martin Feuchtwanger
Surveyor
Canada
Email Address: martinf@underhill.ca

Happy New Year Gift.

Happy New Year Global Surveyors.

I said that in 2009 we will have some changes making it easier to get your information online.

Well, we still call it "Place a Post", but the best thing is that it only costs 99 cents.

For 99 cents you can promote your business online, sell items, hire out equipment, or promote your website.

Remember you can still get your information on our site for FREE by simply recommending 3 other people to join the mailing list. They could be fellow employees or existing clients!!

Do your business or product a favour by promoting on Global Surveyors. Get started now. Everyone who places a post can also download a 90 day demo version of miniCAD5 - Surveying Software.

Also, I did say we have a gift for you.

Well, thanks to a few books and audio CDS that I studied recently, I was able to transform my life, income and success and I believe you too could benefit from this.

By simply joining our mailing list either at the top right of the website or by visiting HERE you can download some of the resources that have changed my life. Two .pdf books are available with more to come. Absolutely free!

They are called "You were born Rich" by Bob Proctor and "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles.

These books explain the science behind the SECRET.

The SECRET???

Well put simply, the secret is the secret to the universe. What ever you think about you will attract. Have you ever thought that the other survey firm is stealing all your clients, that you will never find that survey mark buried in the ground, that the days work is going to be hard?? If you always think about what you don't want then thats what you will get!

How about thinking that instead of earning $80,000 dollars a year, you could be earning $120,000.

Or imagine how you would feel when the boss says that you can still earn the same income but only work 4 days a week?

Anything is possible.

I am referring to the Law of Attraction. There are 12 universal laws and they work with absolute certainty. Everything you have in your life, you have attracted. This may be hard to believe, but its true. When you learn to harness this power you can get anything you want.

Here is another quick example.

Have you ever thought about a nice sports car or vehicle? You think about it, its colour, the style etc. All of a sudden you start seeing this car everywhere you go. The more you think about it, the more it appears in your life. You pull up in a carpark and happen to park right next to that car. Its the law of attraction at work!

Well, this law of attraction can be put to use everywhere with anything you want.

If you want high sales, imagine yourself with high sales already.

If you want a high income, imagine what it would be like to earn $120,000 a year.

Imagine buying that great new sports car.

Remember what you think about you attract.

What do you want in 2009? What income do you want to earn? How can you see your business doing? Do you have a plan or financial goal for this year? Do you want to work less or earn more.

Well, I can tell you my life is getting better and better that its thanks to these books and other products, books and CDS which I'll share with you later.

Visit our mailing list site, look for the files I mentioned. I also recommend you look at the 7 Free lessons of the Science of Getting Rich program on our website.

As a bonus gift I will also be making copies of some audio resources I have which I will give away for FREE. All you need to do is pay the postage. Please contact me to discuss.

Well my first official post for 2009 is not completely surveying related but it is intended to help all Global Surveyors increase their income, maintain a healthy business and increase life in 2009.

Anyone who is interested in talking more in depth about this can do so by contact me by email.

Regards, Scott Taylor.

Merry Xmas

Global Surveyors would like to wish all surveyors worldwide a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks to everyone who made a contribution to the website for your continued support and friendship.

We are now approaching our 3rd year and look forward to promoting your business, stories, news and information in 2009. We also have some exciting news making it easier to get your news online.

See you in 2009.

Scott Taylor
Global Surveyors

Kern DKM3A - Help.

Dear Global Surveyors,

I wondered whether you can help me with some advice. I live on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
I have an interest in celestial navigation.
The traditional instrument (the sextant) is limited by
(1) accuracy of about 10-15 seconds of arc in perfect conditions and
(2) the need to have both the horizon and stars visible at the same time (limiting sighting time to about half an hour of nautical twilight at dusk and dawn).
The real kings of modern accurate celestial navigation were not the sailors, but the soldiers in WWII in the desert campaigns.
With no navigational features (except the stars) in the desert and no GPS, these guys would get out their astronomical theodolite each night, and take a number of very accurate star sights.
From this data, they could derive quite an accurate fix on their position to within only a few meters !
They would then use dead reckoning from that point until the next celestial fix (the following night weather permitting).
Using the theodolite solved the abovementioned shortcomings of the sextant....
(1) their accuracy was generally of the order of 0.1-0.2 arc seconds for the two models typically used and
(2) their sophisticated leveling mechanisms obviated the need for a visible horizon (allowing sights to be taken any time the stars were visible)
Two Swiss companies were commissioned to make these astronomical theodolites....
Wild Heerbrugg AG, Switzerland with the T4 Universal Instrument and
Kern & Co. AG, Aarau, Switzerland with the DKM3A Astronomical Universal Instrument.
These are purely optical instruments, save for an illumination system for the readouts and levels.
These theodolites are quite rare nowadays and have become collectors items.
I have recently purchased a Kern DKM3A from Eastern Europe, which I think needs a good service.

The mechanical parts all seem to move well, but I can't get a clear picture through the viewfinder.
Part of the problem may be that I a not yet familiar with how to operate the instrument, but at the very least the main lens and mirror look like they needs a good clean and I wonder whether I can see some strands of fungus in there ?
I am in the process of trying to obtain operator's and service manuals, which did not come with the instrument.
My question for you is.....
Do you know anyone in Australia who would have any familiarity with such an instrument and would have the skills to service and calibrate/collimate it ?
If the main lens and/or mirror are shot, would it be possible to manufacture replacements if the specifications of the original glass is known (or could be measured from the existing parts) ?
I imagine the spare part situation for such an instrument is probably nonexistent.
The larger components (Striding and Horrebow levels, leveling trivet base etc.) occasionally come up on eBay, but I imagine the smaller components (like a lens or mirror) may be a bit hard (ie. impossible) to find.
I'm keen to get this instrument back to fully working condition if I can.
I have spoken (by email) with Urs at Swisstek.com (they seem like a relative authority on Kern and Wild instruments), who suggested I send the instrument to his contact in Switzerland, and this may well be the best option.
Shipping there and back will likely cost US$1000 (the instrument is fairly heavy, bulky and fragile), with additional costs for any repairs.
As you can understand, I would like not to have to go through this trouble and expense if it was possible to service and repair the instrument at home.
Any advice or contacts you could provide would be very welcome.


Thank You and Kind Regards
Richard McLean

rmcl2303@bigpond.net.au

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Take miniCAD5 for a Test Drive.

Have you downloaded your 90 day demo version of miniCAD5 yet? If not Click Here
I highly recommend it.
I have been using miniCAD for over 10 years. I started with miniCAD3, then 4 and now 5.
Mapsoft - the creators of miniCAD5 have done a great job with version 5.
My favourite command is the Geo-Referencing tool.

By simply inserting a photo into miniCAD5 you can align it with your survey drawing.
As you can see above, I have taken a detail survey and overlayed it with an aerial photo.
We are now creating photographic plans for our clients and they really appreciate it and its all thanks to miniCAD5.
I recommend everyone go download a demo copy of miniCAD5.
Try out the Geo-Referencing tool and check out all the other great features of this affordable, easy to use surveying program.

Scott Taylor
Global Surveyors

PAKISTAN - I'm a Global Surveyor

Name: Abdur Rehman

Country: Pakistan
Email: abdur_rehman@rocketmail.com
What equipment do you use?: Sokkia
Tell the world about how you contribute to surveying.:
I'm presently working on the Dubai Metro Project as Land Surveyor.

Before this I worked on a Steel Mill Project in Bahrain and before that in Pakistan on a road and cement Project as Civil Surveyor.

Global Surveyors Online Store

Global Surveyors is proud to announce the launch of our first online store of surveying related products. Click Here
We have a large variety of surveying equipment to choose from including, saftey vest, levels, disto's, hard hats, measuring tapes, plumb bobs, gammon reels and refelctors, tribrachs and prisms. Click Here
You can also click the link to our store right on the website.
As Xmas is coming up, do yourself a favour and buy your xmas presents early!!
We will be adding more products soon. See what we have on offer.

AUSTRALIA - I'm a Global Surveyor

Name: Darren Noble
Country: Australia
Business: Noble Consulting Surveyors - Western Australia
Email: darren@noblesurveys.com
What equipment do you use?: Trimble
Tell the world about how you contribute to surveying.:
Providing Survey Services to the southwest region and throughout Western Australia.
Civil, Construction, Mining and Engineering Surveys with a focus on quality products and timely service.
Website: http://www.noblesurveys.com/