Introduction to GNSS Surveying
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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
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Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 10:30 am – 2:30 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Friday, February 19, 2021 | 10:30 am – 2:30 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Presented by Chris Pucci, PLS
Introduction to GNSS Surveying Day One
Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 10:30 am – 2:30 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Introduction to GNSS
History of GPS
GPS vs GNSS
Applications in surveying
Benefits and draw backs
Fundamentals of GNSS
GNSS theory and science
GNSS measurements
Overview of methods of GNSS surveying
GNSS Surveying Errors
Accuracy vs. precision
Single vs redundant measurements
Error/quality estimates Error causes
Error mitigation
Coordinate Systems and Units
Meters/feet/us feet/international feet
Geodetic coordinates
Projected coordinates
Local system vs defined system
Q&A/Wrap Up
Aerial Mapping: Technologies and Procedures Day Two
Friday, February 19, 2021 | 10:30 am – 2:30 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
GNSS Surveying Methods & Best Practices
Survey setup
Site calibration vs. defined coordinate system
Basic data collection and processing
RTK methods
Static methods
GNSS Surveying Data Management
Data storage/backup/formats
Datum transformations
Time dependency of data
Data processing
GNSS Surveying Case Studies
Static control campaign
RTK control campaign
RTK topography
UAS ground control
Q&A/Wrap Up
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Credits
Civil Engineers:
7.5 PDHs in All States
Professional Land Surveyors:
7.5 PDHs in Most States
7.5 Florida CE Hours
7.5 Texas PDHs
7.5 Tennessee PDHs
Pending Approval in New Jersey
Continuing Education Credit Information
Introduction to GNSS Surveying
This interactive webinar offers 7.5 PDHs/continuing education hours to civil engineers
licensed in most states and 7.5 PDHs to land surveyors licensed in all states. Course approval
is applied for and pending in New Jersey.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida
(Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval
No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina (S-0130), and North Dakota.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education provider for engineers
and land surveyors licensed in New York via its registration with the American Institute of
Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and
§69-1.5(i)(2)).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed
in Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, North Carolina (S-0130), and North Dakota.
Course completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete the webinar in its
entirety, respond to all the prompts during the instruction, and earn a score of 80% on the quiz
that follows the instruction (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Chris Pucci PLS
Project Surveyor – New Technology, Oregon DOT
Mr. Pucci is a project surveyor for the Oregon Department of Transportation in the headquarters level Engineering Automation Section. He is a graduate of Oregon State University and has been a licensed professional land surveyor in Oregon since 2007. Prior to ODOT he worked for two counties and one of the larger cities in Oregon. He has surveyed for planning, project development, right-of-way, construction, and everything in the middle. He is currently working on ground-penetrating radar, contract specifications to support 3D engineered models, automated machine guidance, land survey training, and subsurface utility engineering.