Agenda

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 
9:30 am – 4:30 pm CST

 

Presented by: Jeffrey Horneman

Introduction

    •  About the author
    •  Online poll discussion
  • Definitions
    •  Acronyms
    •  Definitions used in GIS
  • Sources of GIS Data
    •  Sources lists (Local/State/Federal/World)
    •  Coordinate systems
    •  Projections
  • Coordinate Systems/Projections
    •  Coordinate systems and transformations
    •  Projections – why so many and usage
    •  GPS validation
  • Metadata
    •  Requirements
    •  Usage and review of datasets
  • Usage
    •  Various examples of real-world GIS mapping
  • Software demonstrations (Hands on if available)
    •  Autocad/Map
    •  Carlson GIS
    •  Google Earth
    •  ArcGIS
  • Field Maps
    • • Continued map demonstrations
  • Wrap Up
    •  Additional references
    •  Questions and answers

   

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Credits

Engineers
6.0 PDHs

Land Surveyors
6.0 PDHs

 

Continuing Education Credit 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 that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No:
CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300) and North
Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York
engineers and land surveyors via its registration with the Practicing Institute of Engineering.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana
(License No. CE10600325), Maryland, and North Carolina (S-0130). This webinar has been registered
with the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers for 6.0 CE hours and has been approved by the
Missouri Board of APEPLSPLA for 6.0 PDUs for land surveyors.

This webinar has been evaluated for compliance with NYS Mandatory Continuing Education requirements
for professional engineers and land surveyors by the Practicing Institute of Engineering, and has been
approved for 6.0 PDHs.

 

Speakers

Jeffrey A. Horneman, PLS (PA, WV, NY), GISP

Horneman Surveying & Cartography

Mr. Horneman, PLS/GISP, has been working in the survey/geospatial field since joining the U.S. Army Reserves in 1984 as a geodetic surveyor. He attended the Defense Mapping School (now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) in Fort Belvoir for geodetic surveying and received continuing education at the U.S. Army Professional Development Institute, the Community College of the Air Force, and various conferences, acquiring more than 400 continuing education credits in surveying, mapping, geology, GIS, and engineering. Mr. Horneman’s experience over the past 40 years includes surface and underground mining surveying, design and permitting, boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, subdivisions, construction surveying, GIS oversight, oil and gas wells and pipelines, and consulting. He has worked with several small to large private engineering and survey firms, as well as the U.S. Government (U.S. Army Reserves, U.S. Air Force Reserves, and as a civilian with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Mr. Horneman retired from the Reserves as a Master Sergeant with 24 years of service. He currently works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, as the Deputy Chief of Real Estate/Chief of the Geospatial Branch for cadastral projects and GIS base mapping. Mr. Horneman is also managing his own firm, Horneman Surveying, LLC. He has been teaching professional classes for the last 15 years in various continuing education venues, including Half Moon Education, PSLS, and WVSPS. Mr. Horneman is licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York, and is also a GIS Professional. He is a past president of the PSLS Southwest Chapter and has served as the PADEP‐PSLS Liaison Committee chair and on the Geospatial Committee and Legislative Committee. Mr. Horneman resides in Natrona Heights, PA, with his wife Sharon of 32 years, living near his four grown sons (two which are surveyors) and two grandchildren.

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