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Register Today for the 2006 Rendezvous: Surveying the Wachovia Tract on September 14-16!

The Wachovia Tract, consisting of more than 98,000 acres of land, was originally discovered by the Moravian Church in the early 1750s. Today, the tract represents half of North Carolina's Forsyth County and is part of present day Winston-Salem. To learn more about the history of the Wachovia tract, click HERE.

The Surveyors Historical Society and the North Carolina Society of Surveyors Inc. are hosting a historical study of the early Moravian surveys in North Carolina. The event will be held on September 14-16 in Winston-Salem, N.C., and includes lectures by area experts, colonial surveying demonstrations, tours of historic sites, an antiques road show, swap meets and appraisals. 

For more information and a complete agenda of the 2006 Rendezvous, E-mail ncss@earthlink.net or call 919/833-9808. To register before the September 1 deadline, click to www.ncsurveyors.com.

Enjoy reading the rest of the eNews!

Regan Grant
Associate Editor
grantr@bnpmedia.com

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Topcon HiPer Lite+ : Radio range increased up to 65%
A new RTK GPS spread spectrum radio board with an extended range of up to 2.5 miles has been introduced by Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS).

Leica Geosystems Adds Optional PIN Codes to Total Stations as Anti-Theft Measure
Leica Geosystems announced that it is adding optional PIN codes to its TPS400 and TPS800 total stations, in a move to counter the growing rate of equipment theft from jobsites.

Keynote Speakers Set for Trimble International User Conference
Trimble announced the keynote speakers for its International User Conference-Trimble Dimensions 2006.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS

FSMS 51st Annual Conference
Aug 16, 2006 - Aug 20, 2006
Florida Surveying and Mapping Society
Florida
850/942-1900
http://www.fsms.org 

FEMA Elevation Certificate Training Oahu Workshop
Aug 21, 2006 - Aug 21, 2006
Oahu, Hawaii
808/587-0267
carol.l.tyau@hawaii.gov

2006 APWA Congress and Exposition
Sep 10, 2006 - Sep 13, 2006
American Public Works Association
Kansas City, Missouri
816-595-5241
www.apwa.net

For more upcoming industry events, visit POB's Calendar of Events .

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RPLS.COM BULLETIN BOARD
QUOTE OF THE WEEK

The Enemy within our Ranks
Posted By Jered McGrath on 8/15/2006 at 9:26 PM

What I have learned on the job and from my mentors trumps all [that] I have learned in school. I realized this fact within the first week out of college...

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William H. Gordon Associates Inc. in Prince William County, VA is looking for a Director of Survey. Work on exciting projects like a national zoo or golf course. Candidate must be a true manager with strong staff development skills and proven experience. For more information visit www.whga.com . E-mail resumes to jobs@whga.com.

Click HERE for more classified ads in our online August issue.

BAE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE SELECTED FOR AIRPORT MAPPING PROJECT
GeoEye, the world's largest commercial remote sensing imaging company, has selected BAE Systems' SOCET SET and ClearFlite software for a project that will create three-dimensional maps for hundreds of airports worldwide.

Topcon GMS-110: Integrated GIS data collection system with OmniSTAR® correction capability
Topcon's premier GIS data collection system- the GMS-110 - was introduced earlier this year by Topcon Positioning Systems.

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Problem of the Week:
Plats and Mapping: ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Plats

Cool Link of the Week:

USGS: General Aerial Photograph Information

Locate, view, download, or order photographs and other images of the Earth taken from the air and from space showing such features as landforms, vegetation cover, and other natural and man-made features and phenomena.

http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/aerialsatellite.html

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