Agenda

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT


Agenda:
Presented by Deward “Karl” Bowles

Working with Metes and Bounds Descriptions

  • History of land descriptions in the U.S.
  • Basic land description concepts:
  • Terminology
  • Bearings
  • Distances
  • Circular curves
  • Mathematical closure
  • State plane coordinates
  • Monuments, natural and artificial boundaries

Metes and Bounds Workshop: Writing, Drawing and Locating Descriptions

  • Writing a description
  • Drawing a description
  • Software for mapping, drawing and locating described lands

Handling Special Issues in Metes and Bounds Descriptions

  • “Part of” descriptions
  • Exceptions and reservations
  • Water boundaries
  • Easements and other access rights
  • Hybrid descriptions

 

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Credits

Engineers
6.0 PDHs*

Land Surveyors
6.0 PDHs*

 

Continuing Education Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in most states. *This course is not approved for New York professionals; please refer to specific state rules to verify eligibility.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, and New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300). HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE10600325), and Maryland.

This course has been registered with the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers for 6.0 CE hours. This course has been review and approved by the Missouri Board of APEPLSPLA for 6.0 PDUs for land surveyors.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

*On-Demand Credits*

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. 

Speakers

Deward “Karl” Bowles

Independent Professional Land Surveyor and Owner of B&B Surveying Company in Houston

Mr. Bowles began working in the field of land surveying in 1978 and is certified as a registered professional land surveyor in the State of Texas. He has given seminars to lawyers, real estate professionals and other land surveyors on land surveying principles, practice and codified standards. Mr. Bowles has been an expert witness in a number of legal actions centering around boundary disputes and land surveyor negligence claims. He has given expert testimony regarding boundary resolution, minimum standards and minimum content regarding land surveys. Mr. Bowles is a member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and a former member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.