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GeoLearn is an online education company founded in 2013 by leaders in the geospatial industry and exists to serve professionals in the surveying, mapping, GIS and related communities with interactive online videos designed to be engaging and immersive. Since Nov 2023 we offer training program courses for techs and license takers. As users, customers get full access to the course for 100 days; take
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Certified Survey Technicians-NSPS NSPS - The National Society of Professional Surveyors KC Chapter of KSLS & MSPS, Inc. Kansas Society of Land Surveyors Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors Midwest Geospatial Academy
For friends in Missouri and nearby states needing college level courses.... Midwest Geospatial Academy offers five Missouri-board approved courses. This semester they are Surveying I (hybrid, meaning you have to do lab sessions on campus, Rolla, MO, and work with a signed agreement from a PLS mentor), Land Records: Researching and Using and Elements of Surveying Practice (both of these are online). Classes begin Aug 26. Apply at www.geospatialacademy.us go to academics for the scoop and admissions to apply. Late registration Sep 3. For more info, write to [email protected].
A new post-secondary school, Midwest Geospatial Academy (MGA) for land surveying education has been launched. Headquartered in Missouri, its current offerings are the five courses (3 sem. hrs. each) required by the Missouri licensing board for applicants wishing to be professional land surveyors in Missouri. The courses have been reviewed and found acceptable by the Missouri Licensing Board.
Admissions and registration for courses are expected to open sometime during the week of July 22nd, 2024. The website is at geospatialacademy.us. Click the button on the site to get more information if you would like to be a student.
Course offerings for fall 2024 (classes begin August 26) are Surveying I, Land Records: Researching and Using and Elements of Surveying Practice. MGA will offer a Basic Certificate in Land Surveying to those who complete these five courses satisfactorily. Transfer credit will be considered for some of the 15 hours required for the certificate.
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Robert Bailey addressed workshop participants on managing one's business in a recession general pointers on the sales and marketing, and even customer service sides that need attention, even in surveying businesses.
Mike Zahner used MSPS President as his model during his talk during the panel discussion on Survey Necessities. Mike made good points on how each team member carried weighty responsibilities such as the surveyor's license, liability, firm's safety record, errors and omissions record, etc.
GeoLearn was pleased to support MSPS by sponsoring the break on Friday April 28th at the 2023 Spring Workshop.
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A Unique Point on Earth - Most people are aware of the Greenwich Meridian. Set as 0 degrees longitude, it separates east from west in the same way that the Equator separates north from south. It also sits at the center of our system of time zones.
However, few people are aware of the four locations on earth where 45 degrees latitude and 90 degrees longitude intersect.
In rural western Marathon County, Wisconsin (USA), near Poniatowski, a small county park has stood since 1969 marking the intersection of the 45th Parallel North of Latitude and the 90th Meridian West of Longitude. Why is this important? This point in Marathon County is the most accessible as two points are located in oceans (Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean) and one point is found in a remote location in a mountainous region of China.
The New Guy: Tim Burch takes over as executive director of NSPS
I am a second-generation surveyor, having started my career in high school as a last-minute rodman for my father’s survey crew. It was my career goal to become an architect but several summers of field and office tasks in a surveying company convinced me to try it for a year after high school. Almost 40 years later, I don’t regret that decision.
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NSPS - The National Society of Professional Surveyors
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Faculty Spotlight: Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM.
Wendy Lathrop, president, and owner of Cadastral Consulting is licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a Professional Planner in New Jersey. She holds a Master's degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Wendy is also a Certified Floodplain Manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM).
A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, Wendy has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. She has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. Wendy is a contributing editor for "The American Surveyor" magazine and has four articles included in the American Bar Association's text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE recently completed co-authoring a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Wendy represented the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping on the Technical Mapping Advisory Council to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the five years of that advisory group's appointment. She was a panel member of the National Academy of Public Administration's study of US Geographic Information resources and of the National Research Council's study of flood hazard mapping accuracy. Wendy is a past President of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors and has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.
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We are pleased to bring you a course entitled “Intro to GIS for Surveyors” This course is presented by Christine Gayron, PLS.
Course Description:
This course gives you an introduction to the basic concepts of GIS with emphasis on how GIS is used by land surveyors. GIS - Geographic Information Systems, is a database with a geographical component. You will be presented with many examples and descriptions of what GIS can do and how it is used. We are living in the data age and this course is designed to get you to think about how GIS could be an effective tool for managing data. The cost of GIS ranges from free to very expensive and this course will also explain how you can get started using GIS.
BONUS: Use code GeoLearn2022fC38 at checkout and receive 20% off. We thank you! This discount ends on March 31, 2022. This code is good for the purchase of up to 5 courses per customer.
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We are pleased to bring you a course entitled "UAS Photogrammetry” This course is presented by Joe Paiva, PhD, PS, PE.
Course Description:
In this course, the concepts of close-range photogrammetry and vision software are introduced as they are used in UAS. The subject of calibration is discussed. We begin with a discussion of camera features that are critical to UAS operation. The differences between “conventional” aerial photogrammetry and UAS photogrammetry are covered. The workflow in which UAS imagery is used to create an automatic aerial triangulation process (AAT) that leads to a bundle block adjustment (BBA) is then presented. The process of generating feature or match points in overlapping images from 75% or more overlapping imagery is outlined. These points are matched up at the rate of hundreds or even thousands of points per image. Using least squares techniques, camera position, which is measured in flight to the level of meters, and pitch, roll, and yaw, measured in the 1° to 2° range are then refined to levels of centimeters and arc-seconds. The prime purpose of the onboard measurements is to provide an initial estimation for the camera position and orientation values. This calculation also generates the interior orientation of the camera (calibration). The course concludes with some operational examples and examples of projects and data products that can be accomplished.
BONUS: Use code GeoLearn2022fC38 at checkout and receive 20% off. We thank you! This discount ends on March 31, 2022. This code is good for the purchase of up to 5 courses per customer.
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- the NYSAPLS Young Professionals Committee offers a panel discussion that speaks directly to what any new surveyor may be asking themselves? Dive into their past conversations on YouTube for a refresher! And sign up for NYSAPLS annual conference to hear them discuss Diversity in Land Surveying. Last day to register is 1/12. https://loom.ly/e0nxcW8
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GeoLearn is an online education company founded in 2013 by leaders in the geospatial industry and exists to serve professionals in the surveying, mapping, GIS and related communities with interactive online videos designed to be engaging and immersive. GeoLearn offers professional development courses that are taught by acknowledged experts and have been approved for Professional Development Hours (PDHs) by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and are accepted as continuing education credit by most licensing boards and accrediting organizations. As users, customers get full course tracking and reporting capabilities. GeoLearn also supports tracking of education taken via other educational outlets. Courses are available online for computers and can also be viewed via downloadable app on iPhones and iPads (Android app coming soon). For further information about GeoLearn call: 1-877-225-0317 or visit www.Geo-Learn.com.
