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Officers: PRESIDENT Craig Roberts (415) 283-8581+9 [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT Jan Gill (510) 543-5950 [email protected] SECRETARY Silke Jobst 408-265-2607 x-3726 [email protected] TREASURER Julie Eckman (925) 708-5824 [email protected] IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Frank Borges (925) 682-6976 ext. 1036 [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITOR Greg St. John (925) 957-7610 [email protected] Inside this issue: Review Copan Lite 1 Events at a Glance 2 Job Opportunity 3 LS Review Seminar 3 February Meeting Minutes 4 2013 Advertisers 5-7 Picture of the Month 8 Thank you letter C.Barrueta 9 Chapter Membership Form 10 LS Review Form 11 Traverse Notes From the Initial Point California Land Surveyors Association — East Bay Chapter February 2013 Chapter Directors: Steve Martin (2013-2014) Hal Davis (2012-2013) Gwen Gee (2013-2014) Alternates: Janine Hampton (2012-2013) Rich Ray (2013-2014) John May (2013-2014) Committee Chairs: Membership Janine Hampton Scholarship Steve Martin JPPL Gil Hayes LS Exam Review John May Website Greg St. John/Craig Roberts/ Caleb McAllister CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL!! ALL NEW MEMBERS! California Surveying and Drafting Supply will give you a $35 gift certificate to reim- burse your Chapter membership fees.* Get involved with your profession! Chapter Membership Application is attached to this newsletter Only applies to new members Gift certificates expire after 6 months East Bay Chapter extends a special Thank You to Bruce Gandleman from CSDS. Thank you for doing your part to keep the profession strong. Sign up your employees and coworkers! State membership is separate from Chapter membership. Send your receipt attention Bruce Gandleman at: [email protected] Introduction A few years ago I was doing some web surfing and was guided to the website of Underhill Geomatics Ltd., a survey company in British Colum- bia, Canada. They offer a range of free survey applications for survey- ors. Copan is a COGO program for windows. Copan Lite is free, Copan Pro, which has some more CAD functionality is available at a charge. Blame the Dutch in me, but I like free stuff, so I decided to download a copy. The only drawback was that I had to invest some time doing Beta testing. I was able to suggest improvements and there have been a few updates since then. The cur- rent version offered on the website is version 11.11. One of the features that appealed to me was the (Continued on page 2) “A Tough Day at the Office” (submitted by Josh Irving, EBRPD) Review: Copan Lite Software By Dirk de Valk, PLS
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Officers: PRESIDENT Craig Roberts (415) 283-8581+9 [email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENT Jan Gill (510) 543-5950 [email protected]
SECRETARY Silke Jobst 408-265-2607 x-3726 [email protected]
TREASURER Julie Eckman (925) 708-5824 [email protected]
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Frank Borges (925) 682-6976 ext. 1036 [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITOR Greg St. John (925) 957-7610 [email protected]
Inside this issue: Review Copan Lite 1
Events at a Glance 2
Job Opportunity 3
LS Review Seminar 3
February Meeting Minutes 4
2013 Advertisers 5-7
Picture of the Month 8
Thank you letter C.Barrueta 9
Chapter Membership Form 10
LS Review Form 11
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California Land Surveyors Association — East Bay Chapter
February 2013
Chapter Directors: Steve Martin (2013-2014) Hal Davis (2012-2013) Gwen Gee (2013-2014) Alternates: Janine Hampton (2012-2013) Rich Ray (2013-2014) John May (2013-2014) Committee Chairs: Membership Janine Hampton Scholarship Steve Martin JPPL Gil Hayes LS Exam Review John May Website Greg St. John/Craig Roberts/Caleb McAllister
CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL!!
ALL NEW MEMBERS! California Surveying and Drafting Supply
will give you a $35 gift certificate to reim-burse your Chapter membership fees.*
Get involved with your profession! Chapter Membership Application is attached to this newsletter
Only applies to new members Gift certificates expire after 6 months
East Bay Chapter extends a special Thank You to Bruce Gandleman from CSDS. Thank you for doing your part to keep the profession strong. Sign
up your employees and coworkers!
State membership is separate from Chapter membership.
Send your receipt attention Bruce Gandleman at: [email protected]
Introduction
A few years ago I was doing some web surfing and was guided to the website of Underhill Geomatics Ltd., a survey company in British Colum-bia, Canada. They offer a range of free survey applications for survey-ors. Copan is a COGO program for windows. Copan Lite is free, Copan Pro, which has some more CAD functionality is available at a charge.
Blame the Dutch in me, but I like free stuff, so I decided to download a copy. The only drawback was that I had to invest some time doing Beta testing. I was able to suggest improvements and there have been a few updates since then. The cur-rent version offered on the website is version 11.11. One of the features that appealed to me was the
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“A Tough Day at the Office” (submitted by Josh Irving, EBRPD)
Review: Copan Lite Software By Dirk de Valk, PLS
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March 13th: No Chapter Meeting due to the CLSA Conference March 17th-23rd: National Surveyors Week March 23rd-27th: CLSA/NALS Conference 2013: Silver Legacy, Reno, NV – The Guns That Won the West March 28, 6pm: Gold Country CLSA Chapter Meeting: Slobo Mitic with PointCo—Photogrammetry as a Survey Tool - Round
Table Pizza, 10894 Combie Road, Auburn, CA 95602 April 10th: Chapter Meeting: Landon Blake, PLS – GIS Basics for Land Surveyors (with OpenJUMP) May 8th: Chapter Meeting: Neil King – Understanding Geospatial Limits and Private Records & Boundaries
Events at a Glance
Hope to see you there! CLSA/NALS Conference
March 23-27, 2013
Silver Legacy Resort & Casino, Reno NV Additional information can be found on the CLSA website
http://www.californiasurveyors.org/conference.html
CLSA/NALS Conference 2013
option to import raw data from both Wild/Leica equipment and Nikon. At the time I was using both brands of Total Station.
Product review
Copan Lite is a (free) COGO program for Windows that is a nice tool for a surveyor to have in his toolbox. It lets you:
(1) Import ASCII point files and show them graphically on the screen. (2) Import or hand-enter raw data that can be used to re-calculate coordinates values. (3) Map check parcels and traverses with adjustment.
There is one other function that I have not explored yet, being a resection or "Free Station Processing" module.
Conclusion
I find the user interface sometimes confusing because of the many options and settings. To get over this obstacle, there is a great on-line tutorial to answer any questions you might have. Overall the Copan Lite program is a nifty application for surveying students and surveyors on a budget.
This article does not imply to be a complete review of the software: it represents the (limited) experience the author had with its use
http://www.underhill.ca/land-surveyor-software
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Underhill Geomatics, Ltd Underhill & Underhill Since 1913
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CLSA East Bay Chapter LS Review ClassCLSA East Bay Chapter LS Review Class Mark your Calendars and Spread the Word!
Dates: Saturday Mornings Saturday Mornings 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon)
Now through April 13thNow through April 13th To reserve a seat or to help present a topic
Please contact John T. May or Tom Finnigan
[email protected] [email protected]
Topic Speaker Date GPS, Geodesy, and Error Analysis Rob McMillan March 16 Laws for the California Land Surveyor Tom Dougherty March 30 State Plane Coordinates Dave Murtha April 6 Practice Exam April 13
A form-fillable .pdf registration form is attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.
SMALL, GROWING SOUTH BAY LAND SURVEYING COMPANY NEEDS EXPERIENCED OFFICE TECHNICIAN/PARTY CHIEF
(ESTIMATED START DATE APRIL 30, 2013)
10+ years experience in the office and as party chief; Excellent attention to detail on research, field work, and CAD renderings; Must have familiarity with the latest GPS systems and robotics; Must be able to work independently as well as direct field crew; Must have solid decision making skills and excellent interpersonal skills; Desire to help grow the business. Discretionary bonuses based on new
clients acquired; References required. Background Check required. Must be a driver in good standing.
Benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage for employee. Paid vaca-tion days.
Contact Information: Kathy @ 408 615-8855 or
Job Opportunities
D ear members,
Sage Moore, is a math teacher at Skyline High School. She is interested in our Trigstar program.
This is a great opportunity to get involved and promote land surveying to our future leaders.
We are currently looking for a Trigstar coordinator (chair) who will take on tasks like this one. Details about the Trigstar program, including all the materials you'll need, are on the CLSA website: http://www.californiasurveyors.org/trigstarcoord.html
See you at the next meeting!
Craig Roberts President CLSA East Bay Chapter
Trigstar
CLSA East Bay Chapter Meeting: February 13, 2013
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Location: The Englander Pub, San Leandro, CA MEETING MINUTES (Submitted by Silke Jobst, Secretary)
1. Called to Order: 7:00 PM by Craig Roberts, President 2. Introductions. There were 39 attendees. 3. January 2013 Meeting Minutes: Approved. 4. Committee/Director Reports
President (Craig Roberts) Craig announced the utilizing of Evite for sending out meeting announcements.
Treasurer (Julie Eckman) Julie provided a preliminary report. The chapter has a checking balance of approximately $5000.
Director (Gwen Gee) Gwen informed the chapter about the upcoming confer-ence in 2014 in Las Vegas and about a new part of the LSIT exam, which now includes a 2 page application form to be submitted after passing the test.
Scholarship (Steve Martin) Steve presented Claudia Barrueta (Fresno State) the chapter’s scholarship award. A second scholarship was awarded to Brett Clarke (SRJC).
Website/Newsletter (Greg St. John) Greg informed the members about the needs of running the East Bay Chapter CLSA website. He provided handouts with price quotes for web-hosting services. Steve Martin made a motion that the chapter selects netfirms.com as web-hosting service provider, which costs $132 every 3 years. The chapter approved the motion with 1 (one) Nay and 38 Yes.
Membership (Janine Hampton) Janine informed about the goal to increase corporate membership by 25% and to get more sustaining members.
5. Old Business Craig Roberts pointed out that Sage Moore, a precalculus teacher at Skyline High School, would like to participate in the Trig-
star program and that the chapter is still looking for a volunteer as Trigstar coordinator. Other open committees still seeking members include Government Liaison, CSRC, Nominating, and Education/Workshop.
6. New Business John May is teaching the LS exam review seminar with Tom Finnegan and asked for approval of up to $250 for a white board
donation to Union Hall in Alameda where the course takes place. Dave Murtha offered one at no cost. Thanks Dave!
John also asked for volunteers to set up a LSIT test preparation class planned for late September/October (2-3 Saturdays in row).
Frank Borges presented a budget proposal for 2013. JPPC (Joint Professional Practice Committee): Les Freligh informed the chap-
ter that JPPC is currently revising its bylaws to match the chapter’s bylaws. 7. Business Meeting Adjourned: The business meeting was followed by the guest
speaker. 8. Guest Speaker (Steve Martin)
An interesting presentation was given by Steve Martin on the San Pablo Dam seismic improvements and automated monitoring system.
9. Raffle Following the speaker, a raffle for several prizes was held. Proceeds from the raffle go to
support the Chapter Scholarship Fund
Thank you Steve for your presentation on the San Pablo Dam seismic improvements and automated monitoring system.
Good job on that project!! (submitted by Silke Jobst)
Congratulations, Claudia! (submitted by Silke Jobst)
Thanks to the following advertisers for their support!
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Picture of the Month
“The Wandering Surveyor” Gwen Gee and the Grand Tetons
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