The following is a list of Facebook Pages and Groups of prominent groups in the surveying industry that have an active presence on Facebook. Some items may be NSFW (not safe for work) so visit them at your own risk.
This list is by no means comprehensive, it??s simply a smattering of Surveying Facebook pages I find interesting and potentially valuable or entertaining. Also note that some links may lead to closed groups, which means you'd need to request membership in order to view and/or participate.
First off, I??d be remiss if I didn??t mention our own Facebook page for RPLS Today Community updates: RPLS Today on Facebook. Now onto the rest of the list.
Surveying Information / Publications
The latest industry reviews, tips, humor, and news.
- The American Surveyor Magazine
- Association of Controversial Surveying Memes
- Dank Surveying Memes
- The Field Crew
- I Love Surveying
- Land Surveying
- Land Surveyors Craft Beer Guild
- Point of Beginning Magazine
- Proud To Be A Surveyor
- Surveying Memes
- Surveyor's Life
- xyHt Magazine
Surveying Associations / Societies
Pages related to national, international and regional associations.
- American Association for Geodetic Surveying
- American Surveyors & Mappers Council
- FIG - International Federation of Surveyors
- FIG Young Surveyors Network
- NSPS - The National Society of Professional Surveyors
- Certified Survey Technicians-NSPS
- Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
- Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- The Arizona Surveyor
- Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors
- California Land Surveyors Association
- Central Valley Chapter, California Land Surveyors Association
- California Land Surveyors Association Sacramento Chapter
- San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the California Land Surveyors Association
- The Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado - PLSC
- Delaware Association of Surveyors - DAS
- Florida Surveying & Mapping Society
- Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia (SAMSOG)
- Hawaii Land Surveyors Association
- Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association
- Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors
- Maryland Society of Surveyors
- Mississippi Association of Professional Surveyors
- Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors
- Nevada Association of Land Surveyors
- New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- New Mexico Professional Surveyors
- NSPS NMPS NMSU Surveying Chapter
- New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors, Inc.
- NC Society of Surveyors
- North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio
- Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
- Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon
- Oregon Young Surveyor's Network - OYSN
- Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
- Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- SDSPLS-South Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
- Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors
- Texas Society of Professional Surveyors, TSPS
- Utah Council of Land Surveyors
- Virginia Association of Surveyors, Inc.
- Land Surveyors' Association of Washington
- WV Society of Professional Surveyors
- Association of Canada Lands Surveyors
- Queensland Spatial and Surveying Association
- International Right of Way Association
Surveying Government Agencies / Authorities
Pages related to government agencies, boards and similar entities.
- National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
- NOAA Coast Survey
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- AR Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Professional Surveyors
- The Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (California)
- North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors
- Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
- Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
- The Survey Association (TSA)
Who or what did I miss? Let me know in the comments and with your help I??ll continue to update this list!
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Thanks Dallas! Those aren't Facebook pages, but I hope to build a list of websites soon as well.
Nothing good can come from associating with FB and if the Orwellian thought police continue unabated I will abandon this forum.
Just saying.
Did you mean to include the NOAA/NOS Coast Survey and exclude the NOAA/NOS/National Geodetic?ÿ
Survey? The Coast Survey??s work and products mostly relate to nautical charting but work cooperatively with the US NGS on products like VDATUM.
Does the NOAA/NOS/National Geodetic Survey have a Facebook page?
I am not a facebook user but note that a Google search yields the result in the image above.
Oh I see. It's a "place" on Facebook, and it's not maintained by anyone. It's a lot like a Yelp listing that the business/organization owner hasn't claimed -- it's there, but not used or maintained.
In my search for Facebook pages, I tried to only include pages that would be useful, i.e. they are active and updated on a somewhat regular basis.
Thank you though. 🙂
Totally agree about Facebook. Although it's not really 1984 - there's no need for Big Brother or authoritarianism when people couldn't care less about anything outside their social media entertainment sphere...Huxley was more on point about the future of humanity.
The late great Dr. Neil Postman had some things to say on the subject in that very year.
The point of this website, RPLS Today, is to create a community environment for surveyors OUTSIDE of Facebook. Sure, I'll post helpful articles that may point to Facebook, and I make efforts to market this website on Facebook, but at the end of the day, the idea is to get quality folks away from Facebook to join us here in a much better environment. RPLS Today will never be a Facebook-centric entity, but we would truly like to get the "good ones" from there and bring them over here.
I participate in several Facebook groups for surveyors and there really are some good folks over there. Many are participants here as well. The reality is that Facebook is popular and despite what anyone might think, not everyone using it is bad. It's a mix, just like anywhere else. The difference here is that I am vigilant about keeping RPLS Today safe, private, and on-topic, and the connections to Facebook do not, nor will they ever, change that.
Of course, I respect your opinion and appreciate the feedback. I would hope you'd not abandon RPLS Today just because it is lightly connected to Facebook. In fact, I would hope that you'd remain here to help us continue as the best non-Facebook resource for surveyors in the land.
Thanks!
You are not the only Facebook hold out here.
Over the years I have watched with disquietude the actions of that company, and am pleased to have nothing to do with it.
I also do not want an iphone or android based phone for similar reasons.
I am grateful to Wendell and Angel for providing such a good alternative.
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if the Orwellian thought police continue unabated I will abandon this forum.
I don't see anything here that tells you what to think.?ÿ Just some topics not to share those thoughts on.
I was referring to the insipid FB and all those other "social networking" sites. I find it quite alarming that they have so much power and influence.
This forum is fine for the most part.......for now.
Ok, that's better. I'm an all-star at misinterpreting ambiguous statements like "this forum".
the insipid FB
I follow some, BUT not 70, not enough time in the day, then there are amateur radio pages, camping pages and others, pretty soon just overwhelming amount of info to sort through each day.
SHG
