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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Understanding Subsurface NYSAPLS Conference
MORNING SESSIONS Utility Engineering and ASCE 38-22 Welcome Keynote Presentation
Standards 9:45am – 10:15am

NYS GIS Clearinghouse NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5 Join your fellow conference attendees
in this welcome presentation. Meet
Brian J. Holder
NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5 8:00am – 9:30am NYSAPLS leadership while learning
Elisabetta DeGironimo, GISP & Sean O’Connell Knowing the location of underground what’s new and on the horizon for our
8:00am – 9:30am utility lines reduces costs during design association and annual conference.
In New York State we are fortunate to and more importantly during construction
have a large and growing set of publicly (hitting utilities during construction The Last Mile – Final Push for New
available GIS resources including datasets results in work stoppage and possible Datums, Progress, and What is Still
and apps. The NYS ITS Geospatial Services redesign, and usually at a significant
bureau hosts the state’s framework data cost). This course will discuss the to Come
program, the NYS GIS Clearinghouse, GIS importance of utilizing Subsurface Utility NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5
Coordination Program, and a GIS web Engineering best practices within the Daniel J. Martin
services platform. This training will expose land surveying industry and provides a 10:30am – 12:00pm
participants to framework data resources detailed explanation of the Quality Levels NSRS Modernization has, and continues
and other available GIS data resources. used to classify the reliability of utility to be, a significant undertaking. In
Framework data collections require data on survey drawings. addition to new paradigms related to
partnerships, some with local governments, datum definitions, it has also required
and others with private companies. This How Accurate are Drone Surveys – NGS to rethink how we collect, process,
program will describe Geospatial Services’ store, manipulate, and deliver data. In
partnership strategies and vision. Finally, and How to Prove it this session, we will review the need, and
participants will gain an understanding NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5 status of the major projects associated
of the benefits of connecting to GIS web Logan Campbell with NSRS Modernization.
services or using available apps which 8:00am – 9:30am
removes the burdens of downloading and Drones are used more and more in Land
handling large GIS data sets while making Surveying, but many questions about
use of their content. The GIS Clearinghouse accuracy remain. Especially in a world
(data.gis.ny.gov) is the gateway to these where inexperienced users often create
programs, as well as data resources bad data with drones, the actual users
provided by many other agencies. of drone data are rightly concerned with
their accuracy. In this presentation, we
Survey Reports will cover exactly how accurate drone
NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5 surveys can be, how to get there, and Bathymetric Surveying Methods
Scott R. Reeser, PLS most importantly, how to measure and and Applications
8:00am – 9:30am prove it to data users down the line. NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5
This session will provide an overview Steven J. MacDonald, PLS, PE, CH
of a survey report. The typical parts of 10:30am – 12:00pm
a survey report will be reviewed and Bathymetric surveying in New York State
discussed with the attendees. Reasons for has many applications in a wide array
the preparation of a survey report will be of water bodies. Bathymetric surveys
discussed, as well as the future value of sometimes referred to as Hydrographic
a well written report. The attendees will or Fathometric surveys, play an essential
be asked to share their uses and opinions role in numerous aspects of the surveying
of survey reports. The session is geared profession: riparian boundary delineation,
to be presented to experienced surveyors safe navigation, engineering design,
as a refresher on survey reports. The volume computations, and environmental
attendees will be encouraged to discuss assessments. The course will help
the usefulness of a report of survey and attendees understand project specifications
share their experiences with the group. and equipment required to accurately and
safely perform bathymetric surveys in the
diverse waters of New York.
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