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55th FSMS Annual Conference
Saturday, August 28th Seminars
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TIER I 8:00 aM – 10:00 aM
Transitioning from Land Desktop to Civil 3D
Course #7772
2 hours – General
This course will help attendees understand how to relate what they are familiar with in Land Desktop to the corresponding features in Civil 3D. Workflows demonstrated in this course reveal how Civil 3D easily reads the Land Desktop project data. Explanations are given from the perspective of an experienced Land Desktop user to help students gain understanding from a familiar point of reference. A large portion of this course is dedicated to revealing Civil 3D’s point functionality and answering students questions.
Instructor Brian Morse began his extensive CAD experience as an AutoCAD/DCA user in the late 1980's working on land development projects. He owned and operated BrianMorse.com for 4 years as an independent CAD consultant. In 2007, he acquired Advanced Surveying Technology, an Autodesk Authorized Value Added Reseller and Carlson Software Medallion Reseller.
Surveying the Future: GIS, Lasers, LiDAR and More
Course #7637
2 hours – General
This course will provide a unique look at the future of Surveying and Mapping. As we move forward into the unknown, the fields of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 3D Laser Scanning, Aerial & Terrestrial Lidar, Remote Sensing and a host of other technologies new and old will have a definite impact on how we approach and perform new surveys, how we do research on old surveys, how we educate future Surveyors, present ourselves to the public, market our services, and generate new business in the Surveying & Mapping fields.
Instructor Allen Nobles, PSM is the president and owner of the Surveying and Engineering firm of NCG Inc. with offices located in North Florida and South Georgia. He has been working with survey grade mapping systems for over twenty-five years and with LiDAR systems for the past ten years. He is also a member of the ASTM E-57 Standards Committee writing the national standards for terrestrial scanning and has been a speaker at the industry’s leading user’s group meetings, SPAR and Leica Users Group.
Instructor Rick Pryce, PSM is a Florida Registered Surveyor & Mapper with nearly forty years of practical experience in Surveying & Mapping. He also has extensive experience in GIS, Remote Sensing, Laser Scanning and Lidar. His knowledge and experience comes mostly from the School of Hard Knocks, an overwhelming love of mathematics, science, surveying and mapping and an undying enthusiasm to learn and use technology to expand the Surveying Profession. He currently serves as an FSMS District 6 Director.
GIS for Surveyors (Part 1)* – presented by ESRI
6 hours – General
The purpose of this hands-on workshop is to provide surveyors with background information on GIS business opportunities, to highlight the value of survey data in the GIS process, and to engage surveyors in dialogue about integrating GIS into their business practices. This course will offer attendees industry explanations of the benefits, opportunities, challenges, and gaps between the surveying and GIS professions. Attendees will leave with basic concepts in spatial analysis. These concepts include the analysis of spatial relationships, the creation of spatial and tabular data, and the presentation of data using map display symbology, scale and projection. Participants will also leave with an understanding of where to find local (state-wide) GIS data and how to implement this information with their daily practices— this adds value to existing services and establishes a competitive advantage.
Instructor Brent A. Jones is the Survey, Land Administration, and Engineering Industry Manager for ESRI. He spearheads the company’s worldwide surveying, engineering and cadastre practices. A graduate from the University of Maine, he has more than 20 years of executive-level strategic technology planning and market development in the engineering, surveying, and geospatial industries.
Instructor Donny Sosa has been working in the surveying and GIS industry for over ten years. His survey experience includes: GPS networks, boundary, construction, topographical, and hydrographic surveys. As a GIS professional, he has served as a Project Manager and Consultant. He has worked at ESRI for over six years and currently serves as the Survey Industry Specialist.
History of Florida Surveying
2 hours – General
This course will focus on the history of surveying in Florida. Topics covered include: public land surveys, fraudulent PLS surveys, and Disney – from the beginning. Course objectives: to have a basic understanding of the history of surveying in Florida, to look at the good, bad and ugly surveys, and to look at how surveying was performed on two of the largest and most visible projects in the world.
Instructor Michael Garcia, PSM is a licensed Florida Professional Surveyor and Mapper. A native of Florida with over twenty-eight years experience in Florida. He has been employed by Seminole County Government for over seventeen years and is currently a Program Manager for the County's Public Works Department, lending his expertise to a variety of programs.
Instructor R. Thomas Snow, PSM is a Professional Surveyor and Mapper with over twenty years of surveying experience in Florida. He is a graduate of Valencia Community College with an Associates Degree in Land Surveying Technology. He was the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society (FSMS) Education Chairman from 2000-2005.
TIER II 10:30 aM – 12:30 pM
New Field Codes and Techniques in Civil 3D
Course #7773
2 hours – General
This course will focus on field coding, automatic linework, and data management. This course will cover the many improvements to Civil 3D just for surveyors. They will see a live demonstration of the use of Point Descriptor Codes, Automatic Linework, Point Management, and Point Annotation features. Students will get an in-depth look at several different examples of how Linework Codes are used to create Figures, how Figures are displayed using styles. Students will see how the Survey Database allows you to browse and edit field observations and share data across multiple drawings.
Instructor Brian Morse began his extensive CAD experience as an AutoCAD/DCA user in the late 1980's working on land development projects. He owned and operated BrianMorse.com for 4 years as an independent CAD consultant. In 2007,he acquired Advanced Surveying Technology, an Autodesk Authorized Value Added Reseller and Carlson Software Medallion Reseller.
The Surveyor’s Role in Machine Control
2 hours – General
This course will provide the knowledge to develop site models for use with machine control applications, how machines operate, the different modes of operation, the different types of sensors as well as setting up a project site with necessary control for machines and ways to interface both survey instruments and construction instruments so that it assures both the contractor and surveyor that they are on the same system.
Instructor Scott Masciantoni, PSM is the President of Environmental & Construction Technologies, Inc, a professional services firm located in Broward County, Florida which provides surveying services and machine automation support throughout the country. He is also the President of RTKLink Corporation, a southeastern US company continuously operating wide area GPS RTK network. He has been a licensed surveyor since 1999 and has extensive experience with digital terrain modeling with most major software applications.
GIS for Surveyors (Part 2)* – presented by ESRI
6 hours – General
Course Description: see above
Instructor Profiles: see above
Photogrammetry and the Mapping of the Space Shuttle
2 hours – General
This course explains the basics of Photogrammetry and how this mapping science is applied to ground mapping and to close range mapping. Topics will include the technical advances of photogrammetry over the past twenty years and how this art has become mainstream due to these advances. Topics will also include the use of Photogrammetry for the close range application of mapping NASA’s Space Shuttle surfaces during orbit.
Instructor Mike Kitaif is one of the authors of the Vr Mapping software and other successful mapping systems, directs Cardinal Systems software development team. He brings over twenty years of engineering, software design and programming to Cardinal Systems. He has worked in the photogrammetric production for many years and wrote the first versions of his mapping software for personal use.
TIER III 2:00 pM – 4:00 pM
Understanding Land Descriptions, Surveys and Boundary Evidence
2 hours – General
The primary purpose of a land description is to describe a particular parcel of land in a way that uniquely describes only the subject parcel, without ambiguity. Part I describes several types of land descriptions in detail and gives a better understanding of the language of legal descriptions and offers suggestions on handling "problem" or incomplete descriptions. Part 2 goes into detail about each type and discusses some of the problems that are unique to each type. In addition, the different terms and acronyms related to boundary control are discussed.
Instructor Michael J. Whitling, PSM is the County Surveyor for Miami-Dade County and has been employed in surveying for the county for forty years. He holds degrees in Land Surveying and Civil Engineering from Miami-Dade College and has been a licensed Surveyor since 1989. Mr. Whitling is also certified as an instructor of insurance education in the area of Surveying Legal Descriptions. He has served on the FSMS state level as President, Vice-President, and District Director.
3D Laser Scanning
2 hours – General
This class will be an overview of 3D laser scanning for surveying applications. Topics covered include: overview of 3D laser scanner hardware, overview of Point Cloud Software, pre-qualification for 3D laser scanning, implementing 3D laser scanning and project examples.
Instructor Frank J. Hahnel, III has been employed with Leica Geosystems, Inc. for more than ten years now as the Accident Investigation Account Manager. His background is in land surveying, where he worked for a major Civil Engineering and Land Surveying company in both Florida and Georgia on a wide variety of projects. This included numerous Florida and Georgia Department of Transportation projects, as well as the generation of 2D and 3D as-built drawings for the Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom construction projects.
GIS for Surveyors (Part 3)* – presented by ESRI
6 hours – General
Course Description: see above
Instructor Profiles: see above
LEED for Surveyors
2 hours – General
This course will introduce the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) v3 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Building Certification and Professional Accreditation Programs. An emphasis will be made on presenting “credit” application opportunities that would be applicable to the survey professional, which may help LEED Project Teams acquire project certification. Specifically, surveyors may find particular interest in professional service opportunities associated with field survey work, mapping and exhibit preparation that could be useful towards the certification process of a project. In addition to revealing valuable advice on the application of survey services for LEED projects, the course will also discuss the opportunity to become personally professionally accredited in the LEED Program through the program’s Green Building Certificate Institute (GBCI), which could increase project award opportunities for the Survey firm as well as contributing to the enhancement of personal growth and career advancement opportunities.
Instructor Scott A. Ward is a registered professional civil engineer and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional. He is Vice President and a Principal at Travis Pruitt & Associates and serves as the key leader in a new company called GreenPoint US, which is solely dedicated to professional training in environmental issues and sustainability. GreenPoint has earned a reputation among Atlanta’s architects and engineers for their training programs, especially for training to prepare professionals for the LEED examination. He has been instrumental in the design of LEED-certified projects in the Atlanta metropolitan region and has been teaching workshops and seminars for many years.
*SIX HOUR SEMINAR – MUST ATTEND TIERS I, II & III TO RECEIVE CREDIT
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