Aerial Mapping – Technologies and Procedures
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Overview of Aerial Mapping Technologies
Manned aircraft vs. unmanned
UAS photogrammetry
UAS LiDAR
UAS Platforms
Strengths and weaknesses of UAS platforms
Fixed wing
Rotorcraft
Mapping using UAS
Software
Preflight planning
Flight operations and considerations
Post flight review
UAS Photogrammetry
What can I expect to achieve using UAS photogrammetry?
Strengths and weaknesses of UAS photogrammetry
Best practices for achieving good deliverables
Post Processing Software Applications
Application overview
Post processing in cloud vs. local hardware
Photogrammetry Demonstration/Case Study
Pix4D demonstration
Working with control points
Deliverables
FAA Commercial UAS Regulations
Commercial/recreational UAS
Part 107
LAANC
Waivers/COA
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot License
When is it needed?
Resources to prepare for test
Where to take the test?
Credits
This seminar offers 7.0 CPE
hours to Utah professional
engineers and land surveyors.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing professional education hours/PDHs to professional engineers and land surveyors in most states, including Utah. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Utah.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for professional land surveyors and engineers in Indiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is also an approved education provider for Florida and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Paul Wheeler, AIA, NCARB, LEED Certified
Principal Architect at Farnsworth GroupMr. Wheeler manages architectural services for Farnsworth’s Springfield, Ill. office. He has served as project manager and design architect on a multitude of projects in both the public and private sectors. His 30+ years of experience as a registered architect have helped him hone his design sense and given him a wealth of experience to draw from for each new project he takes on.