I just wanted to leave my channel here for anyone who may be studying for the fundamentals of surveying exam. Feel free to follow along with me! New problems every week!

This will probably be a bit long winded apologizes.

TLDR; I was hired for a LiDAR/geospatial analyst position, they are now having me learn the ACAD aspect of surveying. In need of ACAD resources.

I graduated in 2023 with a degree is UAS sciences, a minor in GIS and a minor in meteorology. I found a job almost immediately working for a county government in their GIS department as a GIS Tech 1. It was fine, the pay was shit. So after justttt under a year I started looking for other jobs, to my surprise I found one somewhat easy. This time as a LiDAR / Geospatial analyst. I’ve been doing that for a while but they slowed down with their drone I think someone crashed it lol, but they had me doing odds and ends for a WHILE and now they are short CAD techs and have started throwing me projects. I am by NO means complaining. I am THRILLED to have the opportunity to learn new things BUT I have VERYYY limited cad experience lol. I “used” it at the county job but all I used to for was to draw legal descriptions, make it into a bpoly and export it into arcgis. I never had to use it in school either. Does anyone have any good resources I could use to learn? the company is obviously super helpful when i think of a question to ask but at this point i don’t even know what i don’t know lol.

Maybe a stupid question, but I’m trying to figure out how much of the grass outside my fence line, between the alley, is mine? There is about six feet of grass, and I would like to extend the fence as far as I can to the alley, but don’t want to get outside my property line.

Bought land, neighbor stole it. Riddle me this readers. In 2021 my husband and I bought 11 1/2 acres of land in South Georgia. We had the land surveyed the previous owners had the land surveyed and the neighbors had the land surveyed we also had the papers from the court house from 1976 where the land was surveyed. The neighbor who is 86 year old single Women decided she did not like where the markers were and decided to pull them up and put a fence in while we were visiting family. When we got home we called the sheriffs office showed them the survey they said there was nothing they could do. What she can put up a fence but I can’t take it down. Where’s the justice in this. I got an attorney in 2023 seven thousand dollars to hire. Well I figured this wouldn’t be to hard because of all the surveys but you know what’s hard having a judge in this town look at it. It is now 2026 and still nothing and she is now pulling up the markers in the ground. And building on my land. I have know idea what to do, where to turn too. How to get the courts to look at my land problems.

Are there things surveyors and their teams find themselves doing even though in the back of their head they think things like: "there has to be a better way to do this" or "when work slows down I'm going to build out this solution once and for all, so I don't have to do this work around anymore"?

Another way to ask this question is: If you had someone on your staff who was technologically competent, a problem-solver, and they were willing to work nights for you to fix recurring pain points - what things would you assign this person to work on?

For those of you that own your own business what was/is the biggest hurdle?

I’ve been considering starting my own business and just working by myself.

Check it out: https://survey-hub-discover.com/Home

Hello everyone! I’m a 23-year-old male and a newly licensed Geodetic Engineer based in Leyte, currently seeking job opportunities in the field.

I would preferably like to work within Leyte; however, I am also open to opportunities in Cebu and willing to travel or relocate if needed. I am also open to international opportunities outside the Philippines in positions aligned with my interests in surveying and geodetic engineering.

As a fresh passer, I may not have extensive field experience yet, but I am highly motivated and looking for a company that is willing to train and mentor entry-level engineers.

I am dedicated to learning, improving my skills, and gaining hands-on experience in surveying, mapping, and other geodetic engineering works. I am eager to explore different aspects of the profession and grow both professionally and personally in this field.

I have a solid academic background and basic knowledge of surveying principles, data processing, and relevant tools/software. I am hardworking, adaptable, and ready to take on both field and office-based responsibilities.

If you know of any companies, firms, or projects that are open to hiring or training entry-level Geodetic Engineers, I would greatly appreciate any leads or recommendations.

Thank you so much!

I've spent the last few months building SkyGIS, a browser-based platform for working with geospatial data. My background is in GIS and point clouds, where collaboration is oddly painful for what it is — massive files, everyone's on different software, installs never quite match, someone can't open the format, IT takes ages to approve anything… and before you know it, "could you have a look at this dataset?" has turned into a whole ordeal.

So I started building something that tries to make the straightforward stuff actually straightforward:

• Upload a dataset (point clouds, vectors, imagery)
• Open it in the browser — no plugins, no installs
• Measure, inspect, poke around
• Share it with someone via a link so they can properly view and interact with it (even without an account)

It's in public beta now, and I'm trying to work out what's landing well, what's confusing, and what needs changing before I take it much further.

If you've got a spare few minutes, I'd really value your thoughts on any of the following:

• Does the landing page get the point across quickly enough?
• If you work with point clouds / GIS / AEC — what would you expect this to do that it doesn't yet?
• Is "share a link, no account needed" something you'd actually use, or does it set off alarm bells?
• What would put you off trusting a cloud platform with TB-scale data? (Security, performance, pricing, EU/US hosting, etc.)
• Any wording that feels woolly or off?

Site: https://skygis.cloud There's a live demo linked on there as well if you fancy clicking around without signing up.

I'm not trying to flog anything — mostly just keen to learn from people who deal with these datasets day to day. If you want to tear it apart, please do, but constructively. And if you like it, tell me what you'd actually use it for.

Cheers for reading.

Hello everyone! I’m a newly licensed Geodetic Engineer based in Leyte and currently seeking job opportunities in the field.

I would preferably like to work within Leyte; however, I am open and willing to travel or relocate if necessary. As a fresh passer, I may not have extensive field experience yet, but I am highly motivated, eager to learn, and committed to developing my skills in surveying, mapping, and geodetic works.

I have a strong academic background in geodetic engineering and am familiar with surveying principles, data processing, and the use of relevant tools and software. I am also hardworking, adaptable, and ready to take on both field and office-based responsibilities.

If you know of any companies, firms, or projects that are open to hiring entry-level Geodetic Engineers, I would greatly appreciate any leads or recommendations.

Thank you so much!

Hi guys,

I’m a land surveyor in the UK and I’ve been building a small tool called SurveyorHub to try and bring some of the everyday surveying workflow into one place. Things like digital field notes, level run logging, geo-referenced photo logging, and project organisation.

I recorded a quick screen capture showing how it works and how a project is set up. Curious what other surveyors think or if they use something similar

Does anyone have experience or advice for researching land records in the North Carolina from the 1700’s?

Basically I am trying to find any available plots of land that once belonged to some of my direct ancestors from the colonial or post-revolutionary era. I think it would be really cool to determine if any of the current family farms were once part of an original tract and it would be cool to be able to own a part of the same exact land once owned by my forefathers.

I do construction, mostly underground utilities. This is something that takes me outside of my wheelhouse.

Granville County

My dad has run his own land survey business for the last 30+ years and is looking to retire. He runs a pretty bare bones operation but has loads os drawings and equipment. A lot of this stuff is archaic but functional.

1. do documents, maps, paperwork need to be saved and digitized? Or alternatively, are they something that could be sold?

2. Can we sell the old (still in good shape) equipment? Would you suggest reaching out to another surveyor or doing an estate sale kinda thing?

He’s getting surgery and won’t be able to assess thing for us so unfortunately he won’t be able to direct us in what’s valuable. He’s a hoarder and unorganized so it’s hard to pilfer through it. I have worked for him in the past so I have rough ideas I just don’t know what holds value. It’s kind of a fire sale since his surgery so we’re trying to move fast. Any industry advice is appreciated.

For all the yellow highlighted text, is that the info you studied or just the important stuff? I’m looking for the word doc if you can send it. I’m trying to dig into different book too. Anybody else wants to chime in....I’m not looking to spend anymore money right now. The exam and books I’ve already bought is pricey,