New York State DOT

NYSDOT CADD Standards - Link to the New York State Department of Transportation Home page.

Weekly Lettings Weekly Status Listing of Consultant Contracts in Progress .

Digital Maps  1"=200' Digital Highway mapping files from NYSDOT.

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New York Water Conditions

New York Waterways Near real time. Updated hourly however actual data retrieval frequency varies by site (hourly, 4-hour, twice-daily, or daily).

U.S. Geological Survey in New York State

Hinckley Reservoir   Current water conditions.

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MAPPING

• View DLG Maps online and download it as a gif.  These are created from DLG information as described below.  Easy to use and makes good maps.
• NEW Terraserver - View Aerial photo images of your favorite spot on earth. 
• View historical Civil War maps online.
• Make your own Tiger Maps.  Create a colorful map on screen then save it as a gif file. You can print them on your color printer. Works great, but if you don't have a fast modem, be prepared to wait while you select features to display on map. Easy to use.
• Digital Line Graphs (Quad Maps). DLG's created from 100,000 mapping are available for the entire Continental United States. They consist of 4 types of graphical information: Roads, Hydrology, Railroads and Misc. Transportation. There are several free utilities to convert the DLG to DXF format which are on UTM 27 metric coordinate system. They can be easily transformed to any state plane grid necessary.
• Street Maps. Locate a map by street address. This is a quick an easy way to find a location map by a postal address.
• Get FREE software for GIS mapping, download Map Maker.

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SURVEYING

• Level Book.  Software created for Surveyors to allow the quick reduction of Level Book data. Level Book 98 has been created for Surveyors wishing to speed up the reduction of level readings without the expense of an electronic level. Features include Easy entry, multiple page book files, blank page and report printing.
• Get information on GEOID '96, download CORPSCON 4.1 or the new windows beta version, get CORS data, and/or NGS Data sheets all online at National Geodetic Survey
• See what the goals are for HARN   (High Accuracy Reference Network). A must for any GPS user.
• Paul Smith's College of the Adirondack State Park is online, find other alumni.

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CADD

• 1200 CADD Details. (DGN and DWG) Get a FREE CD-ROM.The Tri-Service CADD/GIS Technology Center has released a CADD Details Library in both hardcopy and electronic formats. The library contains over 1200 generic CADD details (in both AutoCAD .dwg and MicroStation .dgn formats) stored on one CD-ROM.
• Microstation by Bentley Systems.
• Intergraph products and services.
• Symmetry Systems, Inc.
• SPLASH  by Ripple-Thru Software

 

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Here are a few surveying and engineering newsgroups you may want to subscribe too. These news groups include members with similar interest from all over the world.

 

 

Surveyors Web Pages	News Groups
David Baker,LS	sci.engr.surveying
Rocco V. D'Andrea LS, PE	sci.geo.satellite-nav
Prof DA Wahlsrtrom, JD, MS	surveying@smultron.com
***	sci.engr.civil
Link to FTP Site	POB RPLS