Posts matching 'surveyors'

We are thrilled to welcome John Hohol to the GKiS family. A wonderful man who does a lot of valuable work for the industry.   If you are not a surveyor, what do you do?President of the FIG Foundation (2003-2022), President Emeritus (2023-present).   How long have you been in the industry? Since 1979. I […]

Surveying is one of the oldest professions in the world. It has occurred since humans built the first large structures.  Below are some examples, in history, of surveying:    The almost perfect square shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza, built c. 2700 BC, is evidence of the Egyptians’ use of surveying.    Stonehenge (c.2500 […]

Written by Draco the Dragon Company Name – Leica Geosystems Location– We are based in a big town in the middle of England called Milton Keynes – Often called the concrete city. Our UK head office is much nicer than the cave I used to live in! Why did you get involved in Get Kids into Survey?  Leica […]

Introducing our new Brand Ambassador ‘Carolyn Robins’ from the UK! What do you do and what company do you work for? So I am the Strategic Partners Manager at Built Intelligence (sounds fancy but it’s not!) The company is a cross between a training company and a software company, providing training, learning, and contract software […]

AFTER AN ACTION-PACKED, TIME-TWISTING, REALITY-BENDING START, THE ADVENTURES OF THE GEOSQUAD CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 2! ALTHOUGH THE TEAM HAS MASTERED THEIR MECHS AND MANAGED TO SAVE THEIR (FUTURE) SCHOOL, THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DONE AROUND MIDDLETOWN. THE MECHS BEGIN A MASSIVE FIX UP EFFORT, SHOWCASING MANY OF THE AREAS WHERE GEOSURVEYORS HAVE SUCH […]

In today’s Ambassador Spotlight, we discover a little more about our latest Brand Ambassador James Gager from Sherburne, New York. What do you do in the Geospatial Industry? I partner with regional Geospatial professionals (e.g surveyors) to understand the current workflow and match the workflow with the software and hardware they need. I sell all […]

Extra-terrestrial Investigations. During lockdown, a group of key worker pupils from a Manchester primary school embarked on an out-of- this-world learning adventure! They were presented with an intriguing scene: a large crater in the middle of a street, caused by a strange object that had fallen from the sky, which lay buried at the end […]

Hello everyone! In this week’s VLOG we are delighted to announce the release of our new Get Kids Into Survey poster, Smart Cities! Our new poster has a lot more detail and brand new characters such as Draeko the Dragon sponsored by Leica, our duelling cowboys Phil-Fedor from Bowman Consulting and Robert Martin from NEI GPS as […]