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Tech Tips and Tricks Tech Tips and Tricks October 20, 2018 Maryland Society of Surveyors 52nd Annual Fall Conference & Exhibition Stephen Caldwell, P.S. Presenter Stephen Caldwell Professional Land Surveyor West Virginia and Kentucky Disclaimer: All or most of this data is taken from various sites on the World Wide Web and the App Stores. This presentation in no way, shape or form recommends any vendors, applications, programs or web sites over any other that are available. FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS, I AM YOUR EMPLOYEE, YOU HAVE PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND ARE RESPECTABLE PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OWNERS AND OPERATORS IN FOR PROFIT BUSINESS, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES BUT IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A CALL PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GET UP AND LEAVE, AND EMAIL OR TEXT AS NECESSARY, PLEASE JUST BE RESPECTFUL TO THE INDIVIDUALS AROUND YOU. PLEASE GET YOUR PHONES OUT YOU WILL NEED THEM FOR THIS CLASS Our first technology is online presentation polling I am utilizing the PollEverywhere Application but there are many of these services available. App users can download the Poll Everywhere App Web users can go to POLLEV.com/SCALDWELL032 Text Message “SCALDWELL032” TO 22333 TO JOIN THE POLL We will move to your first poll in 3 minutes POLL EVERYWHERE One Of Many Online Services That Allow You To Add Online Interactive Polls To Your Presentation Allow Instantaneous Feedback During Your Presentation. Allows You To Customize The Direction And Feel Of Your Presentation On The Fly. Spend More Time On Information Your Audience Wants To See And Less On Items They Don’t Want To See. OK HERE WE GO SECTION ONE SMART PHONE APPS PHONE APPLICATIONS LandGlide Explore maps of the US with overlaid parcel boundaries and attributes of over 140 million properties in 2794 U.S. counties covering over 96% of U.S. population. Hover over a property to instantly discover details, including owner, address, and APN. Simply tap any property's description to display even more parcel attributes, such as acreage, market value, and land use code, where available. Search Real Estate Portal USA's national parcel dataset using owner, address, or APN keywords. Track your location in real time over property boundary lines using your device's GPS. Try LandGlide free for seven days! At the end of your free trial, choose to subscribe monthly for $9.99 or yearly for $99.99. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew 24-hours prior to the end of the current billing cycle of your choice (monthly or yearly). Manage your subscription settings on your device's Account Settings. PHONE APPLICATIONS Map Plus The most powerful and versatile tool for viewing and editing custom maps, surveying, editing or managing mass of your geography or travel data. ●You can use Map Plus as a professional GIS tool for geographic data gathering, editing, measuring, cartography, surveying, planning, online/offline viewing and many other management. ●You can also use Map Plus to help your outdoor activities and global travels, for trip planning, offline map downloading, track/photo/video recording, or sharing memories with friends. PHONE APPLICATIONS Field Area Measurements Planimeter Planimeter measures distances and land areas on maps. Measure your outdoor projects - lawns, fences, paving, or anything else visible on the satellite map. Quickly measure lot sizes and buildings. Contractors can easily measure landscaping, paving, asphalt, flat roofs and more. “Planimeter is the essential distance mapping app.” — AppAdvice.com, Distance Mapping AppGuide Planimeter supports imperial and metric units. PHONE APPLICATIONS Field Area Measurements GPS AREA GPS Area Measure is an excellent application for the calculation of the area on the map. App gives the highly accurate area, distance, angle and volume information. PHONE APPLICATIONS Field Area Measurements MEASURE YOUR LAND Measure roads, buildings or lands from the bird's eye view.. PHONE APPLICATIONS Field Area Measurements GEO MEASURE This is a great tool for anyone who wants to find geographical areas or distances. Use the app for finding distances between far away places or just calculate the bike path before you actually attempt it. PHONE APPLICATIONS CompassPro CompassPro replicates the look and feel of classic pocket compass hardware in use since the 1800s, adding modern features and technologies. The app uses advanced OpenGL graphics (normally reserved for games) to render 3D floating compass hardware for realistic operation. POLL Are You Making Precise Temperature And Pressure Measurements Prior ToConducting Precise Surveys? PHONE APPLICATIONS Barometer This App features a Barometer for weather, an Altimeter for outdoor activities, a barometric Trend and a Notification Center Widget. This app uses the barometric pressure sensor found in the iPhone 6 and newer (including Plus models) and iPad Air 2, Mini 4 as well as iPad Pro (both sizes). PHONE APPLICATIONS Pro Altimeter Pro Altimeter has a dead simple interface. Barometric altitude and GPS altitude are displayed in large easy to read numbers, showing units of both feet and meters, and giving real-time accuracy estimates from the hardware Proper calibration is necessary to measure altitude from barometric pressure 1. Use GPS altitude. 2. Manually enter altitude. 3. Manually enter pressure. 4. Check local airports. Once calibrated, Pro Altimeter keeps track of the time since its last calibration. Because weather and local barometric pressure change over time, the app will warn you when 12 hours have elapsed since the last calibration by flashing the "CALIBRATE" button. You should calibrate as frequently as practical -- for example, on a hike, calibrate whenever you pass a trail marker or elevation benchmark. But at a minimum, calibrate at least every 12 hours or whenever weather changes in your area. PHONE APPLICATIONS Theodolite Theodolite lets you take geo-tagged camera images, screenshots, movies, and screen movies directly from the app, with 2X and 4X digital zoom and fast buffered saves. You can choose to overlay geographical data, time, date, and custom notes directly on photos and movies for later reference. View your current position on the built in map view, with optional new Outdoors maps that include topo contours (feet or meters), roads, trails, landmarks, campgrounds, ski lifts, and more. Custom "live" map markers continually update distance/heading relative to the current location. Share map markers and nav calculator points with other users of Theodolite and Theodolite HD via SMS text messages and e-mail. This powerful capability opens up a wide range of collaborative uses which include team land surveying, accident investigations, spotting of wild fires, triangulation of landmarks, and advanced tactical observation and targeting operations. POLL Have You Been Caught In Severe Weather Situations While On A Project Site? PHONE APPLICATIONS Weather Channel •Trusted forecasts help you plan your day, week, or even the next hour. •Detailed weather conditions include “feels like” temperature, sunrise time, sunset time, wind speed, humidity, UV index, visibility, dew point, and pressure. (Access them by tapping the circle on your main screen). •Incredibly fast and accurate maps offer past and future radar as well as customizable map layers. •Push alerts & badges help alert you of severe weather in your area. To set your alerts, tap the magnifying glass to open your favorite locations. Then, tap the information icon next to your location of choice. From there, you can toggle on/off severe and pollen alerts. •Severe weather mode - During a severe event, we’ll activate a severe ticker at the top of your App. If the event is a hurricane, you can click the alert to see our interactive hurricane tracker. • Weather news - From big storms to bizarre findings, stay up-to-date with the latest weather news, photos, and videos. •Statewideflulevelsandpollenforecasts. •Travel destination weather (airplane icon) - Get everything you need to plan your next trip, such as average temperatures and precipitation, forecasts, the best time to visit, maps, and details to understand how the weather feels compared to your hometown. PHONE APPLICATIONS Dark Sky Dark Sky can tell you at a glance exactly when it will rain (or snow) up to an hour in advance, so you’re free to walk the dog or run out to lunch and know you’ll stay dry.You can also explore the most beautiful weather animation you’ve ever seen, both forward in time or back. Using GPS, Dark Sky is able to create forecasts for your precise location, giving you minute-by-minute predictions for the next hour and hour-by-hour forecasts for the next day and week. Dark Sky comes with advanced notification options: Receive down-to-the-minute alerts before it starts raining at your exact location, get notified of government severe weather alerts (for such things as thunderstorms, flooding, hurricanes, etc.), or even create your own custom notifications covering the next 24 hours for things like temperature, wind, precipitation and more. Even if you haven't opened the app in days, Dark Sky will tell you what you need to know, when you need to know it. PHONE APPLICATIONS Weather Bug •Pollen Map Layer: Easily manage your allergies with our latest map layer showing today’s local and national allergy forecast TRACK ANY WEATHER CONDITION •Real-Time Pinpoint Forecasts: Get the most accurate current, hourly and 10-day weather forecasts •Enhanced Interactive Map: Visualize weather conditions with over 17 map layers • Spark Lightning Alerts: Your personal lightning detector, Spark gives you minute-by-minute, mile-by-mile lightning proximity alerts • Forecasts for 2.6 million+ locations worldwide • Largest total lightning detection network • 10,000+ professional-grade weather stations • Live weather & traffic cameras •Get notified of severe weather 50% faster with our exclusive Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts •Receive all National Weather Service watches and warnings ark - shows and tells you how close lightning is to your location.
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