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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for SurveyorConnect Members

#1 · June 8, 2023, 4:49 pm

Quote from Wendell on June 8, 2023, 4:49 pm
June 8, 2023

As you already know, SurveyorConnect has become a very popular online destination for surveyors looking to share information, network with fellow professionals, and find help with day-to-day surveying issues. During its nearly 13-year existence, it has overcome multiple technical obstacles, name changes, and platform conversions. Through those challenges, it has grown substantially from a meager forum website built at the request of a few surveyor friends to the thriving online community it is today.

If you've been watching my recent announcements on SC, you know that we have once again outgrown ourselves. For over a decade, I have been reacting to growing pains to keep it alive and available for surveyors everywhere. Despite those efforts, the SurveyorConnect brand will be retired, effective within the next few weeks.

In 1996, when the World Wide Web was in its infancy, Mark Deal started a little website called rpls.com. Much like SurveyorConnect, rpls.com experienced incredible growth. Sadly, Mark Deal contracted melanoma and passed away in 2002 – but not before passing the baton to POB Magazine. POB continued operations until 2018 when they shut it down permanently. A few short years later, POB itself was discontinued by its parent company.

But all of that now leads me to a special announcement.

Even though SurveyorConnect will be no more, a new and improved online resource for land surveyors will soon be launched: the all-new RPLS.com.

Earlier this year, we acquired the rpls.com domain name. With this asset now in hand, I’m committed to continuing Mark Deal’s legacy by making the new RPLS.com the best online community for surveyors on the planet.

Hold the phone, hold on to your hats, and keep your shirts on. Get ready for the new RPLS.com to launch in the coming weeks!

To get this party started, check out the official RPLS.com blog. Be sure to keep your eye on it, as I will continue to provide updates there about progress, features, and more.

June 8, 2023

As you already know, SurveyorConnect has become a very popular online destination for surveyors looking to share information, network with fellow professionals, and find help with day-to-day surveying issues. During its nearly 13-year existence, it has overcome multiple technical obstacles, name changes, and platform conversions. Through those challenges, it has grown substantially from a meager forum website built at the request of a few surveyor friends to the thriving online community it is today.

If you've been watching my recent announcements on SC, you know that we have once again outgrown ourselves. For over a decade, I have been reacting to growing pains to keep it alive and available for surveyors everywhere. Despite those efforts, the SurveyorConnect brand will be retired, effective within the next few weeks.

In 1996, when the World Wide Web was in its infancy, Mark Deal started a little website called rpls.com. Much like SurveyorConnect, rpls.com experienced incredible growth. Sadly, Mark Deal contracted melanoma and passed away in 2002 – but not before passing the baton to POB Magazine. POB continued operations until 2018 when they shut it down permanently. A few short years later, POB itself was discontinued by its parent company.

But all of that now leads me to a special announcement.

Even though SurveyorConnect will be no more, a new and improved online resource for land surveyors will soon be launched: the all-new RPLS.com.

Earlier this year, we acquired the rpls.com domain name. With this asset now in hand, I’m committed to continuing Mark Deal’s legacy by making the new RPLS.com the best online community for surveyors on the planet.

Hold the phone, hold on to your hats, and keep your shirts on. Get ready for the new RPLS.com to launch in the coming weeks!

To get this party started, check out the official RPLS.com blog. Be sure to keep your eye on it, as I will continue to provide updates there about progress, features, and more.