American
Land Surveying - A History
American
Land Surveying has a grand and sometimes tumultuous history. Bold
personalities have been attracted to the work. George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, Henry David Thoreau
all worked as surveyors. Theirs were often the original footsteps
which surveyors for generations afterward have retraced. This interactive
online course traces that history from Ancient days to today.
This course also covers early surveying instruments and texts, metes
and bounds descriptions, forms of monumentation, Federal and State
surveyor regulations, differences between civil engineers' surveys
and surveys by boundary surveyors, and an overview of land surveying
university programs, state licensure and accreditation.
CEUs for this
course are not available under the "Buy Direct" options below. CEUs are only available by purchasing the course from either RedVector or PDH.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the course you will be able to:
- Discuss
ancient surveying origins
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Name and discuss early American surveyors
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Trace the evolution of the Public Land Survey System
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Recognize surveying methods, tools, and early monumentation
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Discuss the importance of regulation of surveying, licensure,
and accreditation
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Course Offererings
Decision-making
and Ethics in Everyday Practice for Land Surveyors
This course examines a series of situations
that surveyors may commonly face. The course discusses correct actions
in the context of what the National Society of Professional Surveyors
(NSPS) calls its “Surveyor's Creed and Canons.
Wetland
Primer for Design Professionals (1 hour)
This
online course will acquaint you with the changed perception of wetlands
in North America with contemporary definitions and more. Learn
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A
Wetland Primer, Advanced: Field Evaluation & Permitting Considerations
for Design Professionals (2 hours)
This
online course is a follow-up to my, "A Wetland Primer For Design Professionals"
course [above], for design professionals, many of whom often need
a broader understanding of why wetlands play an increasingly important
role in site considerations, and how they are identified. This course
is crucial for architects, engineers, land surveyors and landscape
architects.
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A
Primer on Inland Wetlands Creation and Restoration
for Design Professionals
This course is a supplement to A
WETLAND PRIMER FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS and ADVANCED
WETLANDS PRIMER: FIELD EVALUATION & PERMITTING. Although
a basic understanding of wetlands—crucial for architects,
engineers, land surveyors, contractors and landscape architects—is
presented in those two courses, design professionals are often expected
to understand the fundamentals of wetland creation and restoration.
Upon completing this course, you will understand the basic parameters
required for all successful inland wetland creation.
Adverse
Possession: An Advanced Course (2 hours)
This online course reviews the historic
concepts of, "adverse possession", the statutory character
of these actions, and the burden of proof against the claimant.
This course examines the effect of surveys on such claims, exemptions
to claims of adverse possession, and the well established elements
of adverse possession. The course also discusses the doctrine of
prescription and its relationship to adverse possession. Learn
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