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NSPS
The “Jefferson Club” of the NSPS political action committee (PAC) will host a special breakfast the on Capitol Hill on the morning of Wednesday, March 16, prior to “Lobby Day” visits to offices of Congressmen and Senators. The NSPS PAC is pleased to announce that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) will be a featured guest speaker. The Jefferson Club is individuals who contribute $500 to the NSPS PAC, the truly committed and dedicated NSPS members who are the real leaders of the profession an assembly of the foremost surveyors in America. Please make your contribution on a personal credit card. Corporate contributions are prohibited by law. U.S. citizens only. Contributions to the NSPS PAC are not deductible as charitable donations on Federal income tax returns. Authorized by NSPS PAC.
RSVP and donate on-line, send a personal check (payable to NSPS PAC) or credit card information to a member of the NSPS staff at its headquarters office, NSPS, 5119 Pegasus Court, Suite Q, Frederick, MD 21704, or we can take your payment over the phone if you call the NSPS office, 240-439-4615 with your credit card.
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NSPS worked closely with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in her sponsorship of S.2325, the Digital Coast Act. Watch her remarks to the Wisconsin Land Information Association. This bill will be one that NSPS members discuss with their Congressional delegation when visiting Capitol Hill on March 16 during the National Surveying, Mapping, and Geospatial Conference.
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Register now for the 2nd annual National Surveying, Mapping, and Geospatial Conference to be hosted by NSPS and MAPPS on March 14-18 at the Hilton Hotel in Crystal City (Arlington), VA. The conference will feature a series of technical sessions presented by individuals, as well as by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS); an exhibit hall, a mock trial educational workshop, and briefings by federal agencies on programs, budgets, and upcoming contracting opportunities; an all day workshop on the new ALTA/NSPS standards, the NSPS Student Competition, a session on CFedS, our annual "Lobby Day" meetings with Congressmen and Senators on Capitol Hill, as well as NSPS committee meetings and the NSPS Board meeting. Registration is now open at www.surveyingandmapping.net. Click on the icon for NSPS member registration. Make your hotel reservations NOW!!! The cutoff to reserve rooms at the Crystal City (Arlington), VA Hilton Hotel at the NSPS rate is this Friday, February 19. Click here to make your hotel reservations and to register for the conference.
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The CHC i80’s LCD GUI allows for common workflow operations without the need of a data collector. As the smallest receiver on the market incorporating dual hot-swappable batteries, the i80 GNSS receiver brings a futureproof sub-centimeter RTK solution, tracking all five constellations and packing with a full array of sensors into an ergonomic package.
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NSPS
In preparation for the joint MAPPS/NSPS Lobby Day on Wednesday, March 16, during the National Surveying, Mapping, and Geospatial Conference, NSPS government affairs consultants are offering a free webinar to discuss the logistics and issues to prepare you for your Congressional appointments. The webinar, Capitol Hill Day: Logistics and Issues, will be offered twice, on March 2, 2016 and March 9, 2016 at 3:00 PM EST. To register for the March 2 webinar, click here. To register for the March 9 webinar, click here. In this webinar, you will learn about the legislative issues NSPS and MAPPS members will be discussing (FEMA flood map reform, workforce development, Digital Coast, and utilization of the private sector) with their Congressmen and Senators, and equip you with all the logistics, protocols, and tips you’ll need to have a successful meeting with your Congressmen and Senators. NSPS staff is setting up appointments with Congressmen, Senators and their staffs on your behalf for your Lobby Day. Click here to make your hotel reservations and to register for the conference.
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 Join host Curt Sumner for a conversation with Jim Weldon with Rust-oleum. Curt and Jim will discuss a new product/process called “Spray Smart” that could be of benefit to surveyors.
If you are unable to listen to the show when it is being broadcast, listen to the archive of the show at americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
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The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has approved a bi-partisan bill to improve the Federal government’s management of real property assets. The legislation includes a provision on which NSPS was consulted that improves Federal Real Property Profile (FRPP) of the General Services Administration. FRPP, the existing inventory of Federal real estate, has been cited by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as containing “unreliable real property data”, putting it on the GAO list of government activities that are the highest risk of waste, fraud and abuse.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has published highlights of President Obama’s 2017 budget request to Congress that feature funding proposed for the NSPS-supported 3D elevation program (3DEP). For more information on 3DEP, click here.
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The American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS) is in the early stages of pursuing development of a Geodetic Certification Program at the request of NSPS and ASPRS. As part of that process, AAGS created an online survey. The purpose is to raise awareness of the proposed program and identify the required depth of geodetic knowledge. For more information on the survey web page, click here.
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NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) will hold a meeting on March 15-17, 2016 in Galveston, Texas. Click here for more information. The HSRP is a Federal Advisory Committee established to advise the NOAA Administrator on issues relevant to NOAA’s navigation services, including the data, products, and services provided by the NOAA programs and activities that undertake geodetic observations, gravity modeling, shoreline mapping, bathymetric mapping, hydrographic surveying, nautical charting, tide and water level observations, current observations, and marine modeling.
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Looking for work, or have jobs available? Need, and have, information about stolen surveying equipment. Use the NSPS website!
Jobs - http://nsps.site-ym.com/networking
Stolen Equipment - http://www.nsps.us.com/?page=StolenEquipment
Sensors & Systems
There has been considerable coming together between GIS and the Architectural Engineering and Construction design tools of CAD and BIM over the past few years. Not only has it become much easier to share data and models between these tools, there's also a blurring of some functions. More GIS practitioners are executing drafting functions and more CAD practitioners are conducting geospatial analysis.
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Imagine that you're disembarking from an airplane at Chicago O'Hare airport. You have a connection to Seattle for an important customer meeting. Your smartphone begins to buzz; you're informed that your connecting flight is pre-boarding.
But you're not worried. Your smartphone provides indoor directions to your gate and tells you that the walk will take 10 minutes. Your phone notifies the gate staff that you're on the way, and your digital boarding pass is made ready for the proximity scan.
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Inside GNSS
With a stopgap fix under contract and a bump-up in next year's budget request on the table the Air Force appears intent on sticking with its plan to continue work on a new GPS ground system despite dismay over repeated delays.
The White House has asked for $393.3 million for the Next Generation Operational Control System for fiscal year 2017. Though that number is a 12 percent increase over the $350.2 million approved for FY16, it is effectively a placeholder and may grow.
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Venture Beat
It's no longer easy to get lost. Quite the opposite, we expect and rely on maps for our most common Internet tasks from basic directions to on-demand transportation, discovering a new restaurant or finding a new friend.
And the battle is on between the biggest public and private companies in the world to shore up mapping data and geo-savvy engineering talent. From there, the race continues to deliver the best mapping apps.
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