Aerial Mapping: Technologies and Procedures
DISCLAIMER
Before undertaking any on-demand effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity. It’s your responsibility to determine whether or not this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz in order to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz. Once the quiz is completed, you will be asked to download your certificate.
Videos that qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA, or CLARB credit will require an extra week for processing.
Streamable MP4/PDF
Available approximately 1 week after the date of the live event or the date of your order, whichever is later.
To track your purchase you will need to create an account on the website using the email address used for your registration.
For most customers, the videos run like most streaming videos on the web. For videos that qualify for AIA credit there will be occasional question prompts that will not allow the video to progress unless they are answered and you will not be able to skip forward while watching the video.
If you attempt to resume watching the video on a separate device, your progress will not be saved.
Click the link which appears at the end of the video to be taken to the course quiz.
USB MP4/PDF
HalfMoon will mail these materials via USPS. Please allow 2 weeks from the date of purchase to receive your product. If the live seminar is in the future, please allow 2 weeks from the date of the live seminar.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.
Please contact HalfMoon Education if you have any questions during the process of taking this course. (715) 835-5900 or qchapman@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar.
Day One: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 8:30 am – 12:00 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
Day Two: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 8:30 am – 12:15 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
(please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time)
Aerial Mapping: Technologies and Procedures Day One
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
Aerial Mapping Program Overview
UAS-Drone Platforms
Types of UAS/sUAS platforms
Cameras
Uses of drone technology
UAS Costs
UAS Mapping Principles
General aerial photography
Photogrammetry
Terrain modeling
GIS dataset acquisition
Ortho-photos
30 models
LiDAR point clouds and scanning
History and Development of the UAS Platforms
UAS Photogrammetry-Principles and Procedures
Photogrammetry basics
Data georeferencing
Data acquisition
GPS and coordinate systems
Survey control
Post processing and adjustments
Aerial Mapping: Technologies and Procedures Day Two
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | 8:30 am – 12:15 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
Post Processing – Software Applications
Basic data requirements
Computer hardware
Commercial software applications
• Pix4D
• Drone Deploy
• AutoDesk
• Others
Demonstration of Small Photogrammetry Project
Live demonstration of a small project using Pix4D
FAA Commercial UAS Regulations
Commercial use activities
FAA Part 107 licensing requirements
Flight regulations for UAS
Airspace restrictions
FAA Knowledge Test – General Overview
Primer on the FAA Part 107 knowledge test
Knowledge test areas of study
Do I need to be a pilot?
General do’s and don’ts of UAS operations
Commercial operator liability considerations
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
Webinars are presented via GoToWebinar, an easy-to-use application that can be run on most systems and tablets. Instructions and login information will be provided in an email sent close to the date of the webinar. It is highly recommended that you download, install and test the application before the webinar begins by clicking on the link in the email.
GoToWebinar App requirements:
Windows 7 – 10 or Mac OSX Mavericks (10.9) – macOS Catalina (10.15)
Web Browser:
The two most recent version of the following browsers:
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge
Internet Explorer v11 (or later) with Flash enabled
Internet connection: Minimum of 1Mbps Hardware: 2GB RAM or more
For more information, visit the Support section at www.gotowebinar.com
Credits
Professional Engineers:
6.5 PDHs in all states
Floodplain Managers:
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Land Surveyors:
6.5 PDHs, excluding FL, KS, NJ, TN, TX
Continuing Education Credit Information
This interactive webinar offers 6.5 PDHs/continuing education hours to professional engineers licensed in all states, and 6.5 PDHs to land surveyors licensed in all states, except those in Florida, Kansas, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Texas.
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.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 6.5 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
Course completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete the webinar in its entirety, respond to all the verification prompts during the instruction, and earn a score of 80% on the quiz that follows the instruction (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal at Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLCMr. Jones, P.E. is president of Hartech Engineering which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the USAF and continues his Masters education locally through Penn State. Additionally, he is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona and Georgia.