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Friday Webinar Series



          Join us on a Friday of every month as we present lectures on a variety of business, project management and surveying subjects. All from the
        convenience of your office! And most courses have been approved for NY CE credit! Register on our website, www.nysapls.org.

        Featured March Program…                                 Featured April Program…

        Digital Signatures, Seals and Data                      Colonial Surveys
        Presented by Timothy W. Burch, LS                       Presented by Eric Gladhill, PLS
        March 7, 2025                                           April 4, 2025
        Registration Fees: $75 members, $99 non-members         Registration Fees: $75 members, $99 non-members
        1.0 NY CE hour for LS/PE                                1.0 NY CE hour for LS/PE
          As we bravely navigate what is known as the Fourth Industrial   This course will cover the beginnings of land surveying in America,
        Revolution, the surveying and geospatial professions work in and   when land grants from the crown of England allowed private citizens
        create data for a digital environment. Along with the advancements of   (land developers) to separate parcels of land to sell to immigrants
        productivity and capability are legal and ethical challenges of utilizing   from Europe to settle the land. Various tools of the surveying profession
        digital data from many sources. Part of the professional surveyor’s   and old deed descriptions from the early years will be shown and
        duties is to attest for the work completed by them and/or under their   discussed.   A federal court case, which involved ancient deed
        direction, but what if some of the data is not theirs to certify? And how   descriptions int he mountains of Western Maryland will be outlined
        do our laws apply to “signing” professional opinions of a survey plat?   and discussed. This hearing granted adverse possession against the
        Digital seals and signatures differ from electronic signatures, so this   state of Maryland, which is contrary to the norm.
        session will explore what is the right tool for the surveyor to utilize.  By the end of this session participants will be able to:
        By the end of this session participants will be able to:  1.  Explain the history of the beginnings of land surveying in the
          1.  Explain the differences between electronic versus digital seals   Eastern USA.
             and signatures and it matters legally.               2.  Explain the difficulties in reading and understanding ancient
          2.  How and why open-source data can be a help and a hindrance   deeds and know how they were prepared.
             to professional liability.                           3.  Describe the process of appearing in federal court as an expert
          3.  Describe various ways to protect the professional’s liability and   witness.
             reputation through effective data management.      About our Speaker
        About our Speaker                                       Eric B. Gladhill, PLS has over 45 years of experience in the surveying
        Timothy W. Burch, PLS, is the Executive Director of the National Society   profession. He has worked on boundary surveys, topographic surveys,
        of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). He also served as President-Elect, Vice   title surveys, GPS control, and construction stakeout. His work has
        President, and Secretary (2015-2019) of the NSPS Board of Directors,   primarily been in South-Central Pennsylvania and Western Maryland. He
        and as Governor/Director representing Illinois (2007-2014). Tim has   has presented surveying workshops in Kansas and Pennsylvania. He has
        been involved with the organization for more than 20 years as a member   written a book about the interesting people that he has met while
        of the Certified Survey Technician Board, Joint Government Affairs, and   surveying and is a monthly contributor to xyHT Magazine. He currently
        ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey committees.  Tim serves as Chair for the   serves as the Director of Survey Services for KERAMIDA Environmental,
        International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Commission 1 (Professional   Inc. surveying, mapping and GIS. He is a nationally known speaker and
        Standards, 2023-2026) and serves as the Advisory Committee of   lecturer on these subjects and writes a column called “The Business
        Commission Chairs representative to the FIG Council. He also led the   Side” for a trade magazine. Mr. Denny recently finished publishing a
        local organizing group in partnering with FIG to host the annual Working   book on the history of surveying measurement called “Surveying the
        Week 2023 in Orlando. As part of his role as NSPS Executive Director, Tim   Land: Survey Measurement Devices 1620 to 1920”. He is currently serving
        serves as association liaison to the International Property Measurement   on the Board of the Surveyor’s Historical Society and teaches part time
        Standards and International Ethics Standards working groups as well as   for the Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
        maintaining communication with like minded surveying associations
        from around the world. In addition to content manager for NSPS social
        media, Tim is the creator and producer of the NSPS podcast “Surveyor
        Says! The NSPS Bulletin.” He also serves as a Brand Ambassador for the
        “Get Kids into Survey” (GKIS) initiative created by Elaine Ball and was
        instrumental in establishing NSPS as the North America distributor for
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        the GKIS posters and educational material. Mr. Burch is a Professional   Register online at www.nysapls.org
        Land Surveyor, licensed in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin. He lives
        with his wife, Susan, in West Virginia.
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