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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Introduction to CST

morning sessions NY CE: n/a
Richard C. Brooks, LS
8:00am – 9:30am
Terrestrial Photogrammetry: Whether you are an active Certified Survey
Accurate Reality Capture with Your Technician (CST), a technician who wants to be
Mobile Phone a step above your peers or a business owner
NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ Pending looking for a program to instill professionalism
Thomas E. Cerchiara, Jr., LS in their technicians, or just looking for another
8:00am – 9:30am competitive advantage to win a bid, this
Photogrammetry is not just limited to aerial program will be of value to you. This awareness
platforms. Modern mobile devices contain high level presentation will introduce the attendees
quality cameras and increasingly have LiDAR to the program history, the multiple career
and depth sensors built in. When combined with paths available to technicians and the exam Why a 100' Measured Yesterday May
high accuracy GNSS systems, these mobile application process. Testing techniques will
devices can quickly collect accurate data for be explored, and attendees are encouraged to Not be a 100' Today
utilities, infrastructure, inspection, as-builts, bring a laptop to log into and explore various NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT & NJ Pending
construction, and more. By utilizing these readily CST informational and training sites. Attendees Richard C. Brooks, LS
available devices, we can reduce project delays, will participate in a discussion of the return on 10:30am – 12:00pm
capture better documentation of utilities, and investment a firm can expect by offering this This presentation will examine the evolution of
lay the foundations for the digital infrastructure. program to their survey and office technicians. land measurements in New York and their affect
We will explore how the workflows for terrestrial upon modern day boundary line determinations.
photogrammetry are similar to existing drone NYSAPLS Conference We will review the essential elements of a
workflows and cover the best practices for Welcome Presentation deed and the importance of deciphering the
data collecting and processing. Specific use 9:45am – 10:15am documents true intent. Discussion of the
cases will be presented highlighting benefits for Join your fellow conference attendees in this responsibility of being a retracement surveyor
customers and the lessons learned. welcome presentation. Meet NYSAPLS leadership and how to apply the theories of boundary line
while learning what’s new and on the horizon for determination to historical property descriptions.
Establishment of Survey Control our association and annual conference. Common law provides several rules that guide
the courts when they interpret a property
NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ Pending decision. These Rules of Construction will be
Jason M. Larson, LS GIS and Survey Roundtable explored with the focus on how our modern
8:00am – 9:30am NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5 measurements play into our final boundary
This course will cover: evaluating the project Dawn F. McCall, GISP determination. The history of Surveyors and
needs, project mission planning, post processing 10:30am – 12:00pm their measuring techniques will be discussed.
of collected data, adjustment, and reporting of Members of the Surveying and GIS industry join As professionals we all know that every court
the results for the establishment of high order our moderator to discuss the synergy between case involving a boundary line dispute ends with
survey control. the Surveying and GIS professions. Our panelists the court comparing your survey of a particular
include NY Surveyors and members of the NY property to that property’s creating document.
Researching Case Law State GIS Association. Each panelist will share
NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT & NJ Pending their experience and thoughts on topics related Surveying for Heavy Civil Construction
Laura E. Ayers, Esq. to how Surveyors and GIS Professionals can NY LS/PE: 1.5; NH .25; VT 1.5; NJ 1.5
8:00am – 9:30am work well together on projects, the relationship Michael Carris, LSIT
Practical approach to researching legal issues between the two professions, the challenges 10:30am – 12:00pm
within New York State case law. Topics to be each profession faces moving into the future, Technology used today by heavy civil
addressed will include an overview of both and the role of technology and how each contractors has expanded far beyond just
the State and Federal court systems in NY, the profession can move into the future stronger. requiring a surface. Dozers, excavators, drilling/
jurisdiction of the courts and the citation formats piling machines, skid steers, and even milling
used by various courts. This seminar will and paving machines are using technology to
primarily focus on how to find case law relative increase productivity and construction efficiency.
to a specific topic within a local law library or However, the gains are only achievable if they
law school library.
have good clean data. In this class, the surveyor
will learn the requirements for supporting heavy
civil contractors throughout the construction
of the projects as well as how to use the data
being captured by these machines for mapping
and as-built processing.
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