General introduction and review of the various types of evidence that relate to land boundaries.
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Speaker: Tony Gregory
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General Education
8:00 AM
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Michael Cook, Senior Applications Engineer at TopoDOT
This presentation aims to show a concise, efficient and intuitive process for establishing LiDAR project data requirements, incorporating them into project requirements and assessing the data against those requirements. An overview of LiDAR technology and data uncertainty provides insight into the reasoning behind point cloud and calibrated image data requirements. Methods for assessing the spatial orientation of the data yield a well-documented lineage from the data to network survey control coordinates. Additional methods are presented to assess the fundamental characteristics of point clouds and calibrated images assuring extracted features, measurements and models will meet project requirements. Examples employing TopoDOT® software tools demonstrate the execution of each process. The examples contained herein are predominately for civil infrastructure applications although the methods may be broadly applied in other areas.
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General Education
8:00 AM
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Speaker: Kory Allred
Land Surveyors are given the opportunity to be part of the best profession there is, as long as they do it sensibly and ethically. In this session, we’ll review an updated set of court cases related to land surveying as well as some industry practices then discuss if we can do it more responsibly.
8:00 AM
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Speaker: Gary Kent
Professional Surveyors frequently encounter railroad rights of way in their work as they retrace boundaries, deal with questions of seniority between public roads and railroads, address abandonments or reversionary rights, or guide clients on their needs for easements or licenses over railroad rights of way. In the process they often face confusion over the status of a railroad right of way: Is it a fee ownership or just an easement? Is it abandoned or just inactive? Is it active? How does one know? How does one find Railroad Valuation Maps and vesting deeds? What about "Rails to Trails?" In this session, we will review several judicial decisions regarding railroad rights of way including Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, 1990), Howard v. U.S. (2012), several contemporary state cases, Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Lewellen, and Clark v. CSX. We will also exam the National Trails System Act of 1969 and its 1983 amendment in order to better understand the "Rails to Trails" process and how the standing of a railroad's right of way can be perplexing.
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General Education
8:00 AM
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PDH=1 Speaker: Steven Zeets, Whirrx
Steve will share his background and experiences with the commercial use of drones in Surveying & Engineering applications. He will go over what he has learned to do, and what not to do, for obtaining the highest vertical accuracy possible with Drone Photogrammetry; which is less than 0.05ft at the 95% Confidence Level. He will showcase a variety of projects completed using Drone Photogrammetry, from Industrial Sites to Interstate Highways. After this class, you will have a better understanding of how to successfully integrate drones at your company for use on High Accuracy Engineering Design Projects.
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General Education
9:00 AM
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Advancements in technology over the past few decades have affected the field and office processes and methodologies involved in finding and incorporating boundary evidence. How can the modern land surveyor stay current with these advancing technologies without affecting the accuracy of the results of their boundary type?
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Speaker: Tony Gregory
Category
General Education
9:00 AM
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Speaker: Kory Allred
Land Surveyors are given the opportunity to be part of the best profession there is, as long as they do it sensibly and ethically. In this session, we’ll review an updated set of court cases related to land surveying as well as some industry practices then discuss if we can do it more responsibly.
9:00 AM
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Speaker: Gary Kent
Professional Surveyors frequently encounter railroad rights of way in their work as they retrace boundaries, deal with questions of seniority between public roads and railroads, address abandonments or reversionary rights, or guide clients on their needs for easements or licenses over railroad rights of way. In the process they often face confusion over the status of a railroad right of way: Is it a fee ownership or just an easement? Is it abandoned or just inactive? Is it active? How does one know? How does one find Railroad Valuation Maps and vesting deeds? What about "Rails to Trails?" In this session, we will review several judicial decisions regarding railroad rights of way including Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, 1990), Howard v. U.S. (2012), several contemporary state cases, Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Lewellen, and Clark v. CSX. We will also exam the National Trails System Act of 1969 and its 1983 amendment in order to better understand the "Rails to Trails" process and how the standing of a railroad's right of way can be perplexing.
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General Education
9:00 AM
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Land surveyors "follow the footsteps" of original and other previous surveyors, and need to also leave "footsteps" for future retracement surveyors to follow. These "footsteps" provide for the theory of location applied to determine the location of boundary corners.
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Speaker: Tony Gregory
Category
General Education
10:00 AM
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Speaker Ladd Nelson
True Field to Finish is one of the most powerful tools a Land Surveyor can use to reduce the office time required to produce a finished product. But it remains one of the most underutilized. This session will cover the complete field to finish process including pre-collection office and field setup, field collection coding techniques and office processing for surveying maps made easy. We will use Carlson SurvPC and Carlson Survey to demonstrate the complete solution.
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General Education
10:00 AM
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Speaker: Marilyn Sucoe
Marilyn Sucoe, Acting Illinois NFIP Coordinator, will be discussing flood maps, how to determine the base flood elevation, prepare an accurate Elevation Certificate, and submit a LOMA.
Category
General Education
10:00 AM
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Speaker: Gary Kent
Professional Surveyors frequently encounter railroad rights of way in their work as they retrace boundaries, deal with questions of seniority between public roads and railroads, address abandonments or reversionary rights, or guide clients on their needs for easements or licenses over railroad rights of way. In the process they often face confusion over the status of a railroad right of way: Is it a fee ownership or just an easement? Is it abandoned or just inactive? Is it active? How does one know? How does one find Railroad Valuation Maps and vesting deeds? What about "Rails to Trails?" In this session, we will review several judicial decisions regarding railroad rights of way including Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, 1990), Howard v. U.S. (2012), several contemporary state cases, Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Lewellen, and Clark v. CSX. We will also exam the National Trails System Act of 1969 and its 1983 amendment in order to better understand the "Rails to Trails" process and how the standing of a railroad's right of way can be perplexing.
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General Education
10:00 AM
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Some states, including Indiana, require written surveyor reports to be included with boundary survey plats. In addition to providing a method to explain the theory of location used to determine the location of boundary corners, the reports allow for statements of uncertainty relative to found monumentation, lines of occupation, conflicts with adjoining parcel descriptions , and precision of measurements.
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Speaker: Tony Gregory
Category
General Education
11:00 AM
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Speaker: Marilyn Sucoe
Marilyn Sucoe, Acting Illinois NFIP Coordinator, will be discussing flood maps, how to determine the base flood elevation, prepare an accurate Elevation Certificate, and submit a LOMA.
Category
General Education
11:00 AM
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Speaker: Gary Kent
Professional Surveyors frequently encounter railroad rights of way in their work as they retrace boundaries, deal with questions of seniority between public roads and railroads, address abandonments or reversionary rights, or guide clients on their needs for easements or licenses over railroad rights of way. In the process they often face confusion over the status of a railroad right of way: Is it a fee ownership or just an easement? Is it abandoned or just inactive? Is it active? How does one know? How does one find Railroad Valuation Maps and vesting deeds? What about "Rails to Trails?" In this session, we will review several judicial decisions regarding railroad rights of way including Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, 1990), Howard v. U.S. (2012), several contemporary state cases, Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Lewellen, and Clark v. CSX. We will also exam the National Trails System Act of 1969 and its 1983 amendment in order to better understand the "Rails to Trails" process and how the standing of a railroad's right of way can be perplexing.
Category
General Education
11:00 AM
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