GW Surveyors

18/04/2024

𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘: 𝐌𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒

Survey Plan PD59 reveals more than just boundaries! This slice of history includes a mysterious burn- perhaps from a forgotten cigarette?

Marked with a reference to "Bush Fires, 1930-40," it's a peek into the past's quirks.

Dive deeper into historical survey plans at the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying's website here 👉https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/museum-of-lands/maps-plans/historical-survey

21/03/2023

The shortfall in the surveying and geospatial sector will reach nearly 1,400 professionals nationally by 2024.

16/01/2023

This circumferentor is on display Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying. It is a large compass with sighting veins to determine the magnetic bearing (direction) of a survey line.

Two fixed sights are provided with slits and windows for sighting in either direction. The divided circle (0-360) moves in alignment with the two vertical sighting veins while the pointer (magnetic needle) remains stationery.

The compass is mounted on a tripod and two fixed bubbles are used to level the instrument. Magnetic bearings are read off the compass face. Our circumferentor is over 170 years old.

Find out more about the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying
https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/museum-of-lands

23/11/2022

Our artefact for November is a Gunter’s chain, invented in 1620 by English mathematician Edmund Gunter.

It is a device used to measure distances in land surveying composed of 100 metal “links” fastened together by rings. The length of one chain, or 100 links, equals 22 yards, or a cricket pitch.

The brass “tellers” – placed every 10 links – show the distance from the end of the chain, by the number of “points” on the teller. For example, the image in the comments shows a teller with four points, which equals 40 links.

For more information about the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying visit https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/museum-of-lands

29/07/2022

If you’re a Queensland based not-for-profit organisation with a focus on improving our natural resource assets you can apply for the Natural Resources Recovery Program.

The revamped land resource program will offer up to $10 million a year in grant funding to eligible organisations for projects that provide regional economic benefits from sustainable land resource management practices.

Apply and find out more here – www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/environment/natural-resource-funding

21/03/2022

Happy Global Surveyors' Day 2022! A day where we acknowledge and celebrate the magnificent contributions our surveyors make to society! Where would we be without our surveyors?
https://surveyorsday.com/

01/10/2021

After realizing the mistake, the USA spent 20 years negotiating with the British to have the border redrawn by one mile so it was in the USA.

05/09/2021

How did Greek librarian Eratosthenes accurately measure the circumference of Earth using a stick, a shadow, and a walk?

11/11/2020

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/keeper-of-shrine-s-light-vows-to-keep-bending-the-beam-on-love-20201029-p569se.html

For 45 years, Frank Johnston and his team of surveyors have ensured a sunbeam shines on a Shrine monument at 11am on November 11.

15/09/2020

https://www.usq.edu.au/study/faculty-events/2020/09/discover-surveying

Discover Surveying and Spatial Science

27/03/2020

Social isolation is nothing new https://rpls.news/2UHw4Lj

18/03/2020