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Square Jellyfish today announced it has added the Jelly Legs micro tripod to its line of portable picture-taking accessories this spring. Fremont, Calif. (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Square Jellyfish today announced it has added the Jelly Legs micro tripod to its line of portable picture-taking accessories this spring. Jelly Legs micro tripods are incredibly light and durable, making it easier for picture-takers to get secure, clear shots with their personal cameras while on their next adventure,...
Driver habit analytics are immediate and cumulative. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Authorized Trimble dealer Location Lock, LLC is making driver safety a priority and delivering driver habit analytics directly to the driver and his supervisor. While many Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking providers are offering track and trace services, Location Lock is working with Trimble Field Services Management (FSM) to provide drivers and their companies with real-time driver-style...
The NAPCP’s latest edition of the Salary Survey is open through June 5. The results report, to be published third quarter 2013, will benchmark compensation data for professionals who share similar traits, summarize the skills/experience that hiring organizations prefer, and offer insight into P-Card and Travel Card program staffing trends. Minnetonka, Minnesota (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Today, the NAPCP launched its 2013 edition of the Salary Survey, aimed at capturing and delivering insight...
Meet Coach Joe Gibbs at the 2013 NABD BHPH National Conference. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Spireon, the leading innovator of Mobile Resource Management (MRM) and Business Intelligence Solutions that connect companies to their mobile assets and workforces, invites 2013 NABD Conference attendees to attend the event’s keynote presentation hosted by Coach Joe Gibbs on Wednesday, May 22 from 2:30PM – 3:15PM. Spireon’s spokesperson, Coach Gibbs is also the current owner of...
The Goal Zero Guide 10 Plus Mobile Kit was recently tested by Heart Rate Watch Company chief tester John Yarington in Kyrgystan on a one week backcountry trip with surprisingly good results. Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Goal Zero products have been tested extensively by Heart Rate Watch Company chief tester John Yarington in the backcountry for charging his Smartphone and GPS watches. Yarington recently returned from a backcountry skiing trip in Kyrgyzstan and had nothing but praise...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new version of its office surveying software--Trimble® Business Center Software version 3.00. Trimble Business Center Software version 3.00 is a powerful, next generation surveying office software suite designed to manage, analyze and process all field survey data, including optical, GNSS and imaging data. The new version features photogrammetry enhancements, including the ability to process...
SULLIVAN, Ind., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately 1,035 acres of land in western Indiana and eastern Illinois will be offered at auction Tuesday, June 18. The land -- more than 83 percent of which is tillable -- is being sold by Indiana Michigan Power Company and Indiana Franklin Realty, Inc. The land in Sullivan County, Ind., will be offered in 14 tracts, ranging from 21 acres to 155 acres. "Taken as a whole, the Sullivan County tracts provide 655 acres of contiguous...
Core libraries and cloud service can be integrated into any mobile, fleet or automotive application to provide vector maps and navigation SAN JOSE, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- deCarta, Inc., the leading independent LBS technology company today introduced its new Xplorer V8 navigation platform, combining deCarta's cloud-based navigation service with customizable client-side libraries. This combination gives application developers the ability to quickly add vector mapping and...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately 1,600 acres of land near Terre Haute -- including farmland, hunting land and lakes -- will sell at auction Monday, June 10, with Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company managing the sale. The property includes approximately 935 acres of farmland and 525 acres of wooded land, as well as abundantly stocked lakes. It will be offered in 34 tracts ranging from 1.7 acres to 109 acres. "Groups of tracts may be purchased together to...
Velodyne will exhibit at the SPIE Defense and Security Conference, giving a live technology demonstration of real-time 3D LiDAR for security and surveillance purposes. Morgan Hill, CA (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 Velodyne Acoustics' LiDAR division will be attending the SPIE Defense and Security show in Baltimore, MD from April 30 to May 2, exhibiting its real-time 3D LiDAR scanner HDL32. The HDL32’s 32 rotating lasers allow to capture 360º views of its environment with a 40º...
Latest Surveying Reference Libraries
A prime meridian is a meridian, i.e. a line of longitude, at which the definition of longitude is zero degrees. A prime meridian and its opposite in a 360 degree-system, the 180th meridian, create a great circle. This great circle separates the sphere into two hemispheres. If one uses directions f East and West from a defined prime meridian, then they can be named Eastern and Western Hemisphere. A prime meridian is eventually arbitrary, unlike an equator, which is determined by the axis...
