April 5, 2018 Le 5 avril 2018

In the Media / Dans les médias

Does Cryptic Code Hidden in Beale Ciphers Reveal Secrets of the Freemasons? Ancient Origins, Reconstructing the Story of Humanity's Past The Beale Ciphers have challenged treasure hunters for almost 200 years. Is the Declaration of Independence the key to finding the gold, silver, and precious stones that Beale buried near Bedford, Virginia? Can the puzzle of the ciphers be solved? A woodshop teacher has found a solution but not the treasure. ... Mento’s first impressions led him to process the numbers from C1 as road bearings and distance surveyor coordinates. Read more

History uncovered in the woods: Surveyors slowly recovering original property markers across St. Louis County Duluth News Tribune CENTRAL LAKES, Minn. — A mile off the nearest gravel road in a stand of young aspen, balsam and birch, a four-man crew from the St. Louis County Surveyor's Office hopped off their tracked ATVs and loaded up their backpacks for a walk in the woods. They brought a chainsaw and hand saws, a compass and GPS units, metal signs and fence posts, shovels and post pounders, spray paint and bright pink ribbon, 200-foot measuring tapes and other tools. They were looking for the so-called monument that marks the spot where the corner point of this section line is located, one of the basic points from which all property lines in the U.S. are defined. Read more

Land surveying: then and now, and why it’s important Hibbing Daily Tribune Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed March 18-24 as Surveyors Week in Minnesota in recognition of the work surveyors do, stating “Minnesota appreciates the historical contributions of surveyors and the new technologies that are constantly changing this profession.” What picture comes to mind when you hear “land surveyor?” Maybe you think of people in reflective vests looking through a high tech camera on a heavy duty tripod? Perhaps a painting of George Washington peering through a telescope into the wilderness? St. Louis County has a busy and productive Land Survey Division, with three licensed professional land surveyors and a total staff of 19. Read more

Québec donne 18 mois et 50 millions aux villes pour se préparer aux catastrophes Le Devoir Les municipalités québécoises auront 18 mois pour se doter d’un plan de sécurité civile en cas de sinistre et Québec s’engage à les aider financièrement à mieux se préparer aux catastrophes en débloquant immédiatement près de 50 millions de dollars. Le plan d’action présenté jeudi par le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Martin Coiteux, près d’un an après les inondations qui ont touché plusieurs régions du Québec, réjouit les municipalités, mais pas les sinistrés du printemps dernier, qui se sentent oubliés. Lire plus

How Arrow-Wielding Men Mapped Britain in the 1940s Recently unearthed photos show beleaguered surveyors in suits holding pointy wooden markers. Atlas Obscura On March 11, 1947, readers of the Manchester Evening Chronicle were warned of a strange invasion. “Teams of men have descended on a dozen cities,” the article explained. Some of these men wielded scopes and tape measures. Others had cameras, wooden boards, and cartoonish two-foot-long arrows, like the one pictured above. Citizens were to cooperate: if the men asked to enter your home or workplace, or point one of those arrows at your stone wall, “you shouldn’t say no,” the Chronicle continued. After all, silly props notwithstanding, these men were pulling off a serious feat. They were mapping all of Britain, one revision point photo at a time. Read more

PTC garnering support for land surveyor program The Weekly Challenger ST. PETERSBURG – Last week was National Surveyors Week. Really? If this awareness campaign had you scratching your head, you probably weren’t alone. Land surveying is a vital part of any building or construction project, but the number of professional surveyors and survey field technicians entering the market is in decline. Read more

Une bouteille jetée à la mer découverte 132 ans plus tard en Australie Le Devoir Elle avait été jetée à l’eau il y a près de 132 ans : une bouteille contenant un message a été découverte par des promeneurs sur une plage australienne, ce qui en fait le plus ancien exemple connu de « bouteille à la mer ». La bouteille rectangulaire était à moitié enfouie dans le sable près de Wedge Island, à 160 km au nord de Perth, a indiqué dans un communiqué le Western Australia Museum (WAM), l’organisation publique gérant les musées de l’État d’Australie-Occidentale. .... L’Agence fédérale maritime et hydrographique allemande et les Services météorologiques allemands ont également confirmé l’authenticité du message, selon le WAM. La bouteille sera exposée au Musée maritime de Freemantle. Lire plus German message in bottle takes 132 years to be found, smashing world record The Local de Read here

Homes evacuated for Hudson gas leak Lowell Sun Breaking News HUDSON, N.H. -- A broken gas line on Highland Street caused a significant gas leak that forced emergency crews to evacuate a home and close two roads on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Hudson Fire Department issued a press release stating they were dispatched to the corner of Highland and Pleasant streets after a surveyor reported striking a gas line in the yard of 11 Highland St. around 3:20 p.m. Read more

The mysterious art of cadastral land surveying Spatial Source I’m not a registered/licensed land surveyor, but I am an educator. In my pursuit of teaching the next generation the wonderful world of surveying and geospatial information, I find myself having to give a broad overview of the noble art of cadastral surveying to students. Having recently attended numerous conferences focused more on the spatial world than surveying, I realised that an explainer about this mysterious art might be useful to a growing cohort of geospatial professionals. Read more

Natural History Museum of Cleveland exhibit sets sail The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) recently unveiled its newest exhibit, entitled “Sailing for Science: the Voyage of the Blossom.” It showcases dozens of original documents, reports, preserved specimens and photographs from the expedition of its own sail ship, the Blossom, which went on a three-year expedition beginning in 1923. .... A full mock-up of the captain’s desk sits in the center, with the log book that was kept on the expedition, tools he used, a survey map drawn by the surveyor and other original items. Read more

Historic discoveries will go under the hammer at Chorley Auction House Chorley Guardian An historic hand-drawn map of Chorley and a legal document written during the reign of King Charles II is to go under the hammer. Also to be auctioned off at Chorley Auction House is a 1840 map of Whittle-le-Woods and an aged letter written to a local Baronet. .... Mr Tully, 38, said: “They include a huge hand-drawn map of the town from 1846, created by James Derham, the town’s surveyor.  Read more

Cincinnati State plans to offer new bachelor's degrees. The goal: fill jobs in the region. Cincinnati.com, Part of the USA Today Network Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is giving students a better chance at getting a job by offering bachelor's degrees in industries hungry for employees. The college plans to start 4-year programs for a bachelor's in applied science in land surveying and a bachelor's of applied science in culinary and food science as early as next fall. Read more

International News / Informations internationales

ASV to develop containerised marine lab Maritime Journal ASV Global and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are collaborating on a containerised autonomous marine environmental laboratory (CAMEL) for use in developing countries. Housed in a pair of 20ft containers, CAMEL will provide a complete autonomous survey and data collection solution, including an ASV C-Worker 4 autonomous surface vessel equipped with a range of hydrographic, geophysical and oceanographic sensors. Read more

Does blockchain merit a place in construction? Global Construction Bitcoin is the native currency of the bitcoin blockchain, a technology which records transactions on a decentralized, distributed and public digital ledger. A copy of the ledger is provided to each member of the network and is updated every 10 minutes as blocks of transactions are added to the existing chain. .... Smart contracts are interesting applications that are being deployed as an additional layer on top of blockchain technology. A smart contract is a contract that self-executes a function when certain criteria are fulfilled and in this case, a record of that transaction is then encrypted on to the blockchain. A classic example of a smart contract would be a vending machine that deploys a soft drink upon receipt of payment. Such smart contracts could be expanded upon exponentially within construction contracts to address a number of commercial use cases such as; .... Read more

Tech News / Nouvelles techno

Real Estate Tech Firm Zweispace Japan Starts Registering Property Sales on the Blockchain Bitsonline Zweispace Japan, a company that develops applications for the real estate industry, has begun live testing of its patented blockchain-based property registry. On April 2nd the platform officially went to work, recording data from real estate transactions on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain. Read more

Le bitcoin: la monnaie de l’avenir? Le Devoir Certains sujets ne cessent de s’inviter dans les médias, mais on finit parfois par perdre le fil des enjeux au gré des articles. C’est avec un adverbe, « pourquoi », que des étudiants en journalisme de l’École des médias de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) ont tenté de bien expliquer différents sujets d’actualité. Le Devoir publie aujourd’hui sa sélection de trois textes sur les questions du bitcoin, des commotions au football et des décrets présidentiels. Lire plus

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