Agenda

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
8:30 am – 3:20 pm CDT (incl. a 30-min break)

 

Presented by
Dr. Thomas H. Meyer Ph.D.

Agenda Highlights
Introduction and History
History of satellite-based navigation/positioning
Terms and nomenclature
GNSS system architecture (segments)
Principles of system operation
Current status of GNSS

GNSS Positioning Orbits and Ranging
Ranging overview Positioning equations
Orbits Time
Code-based ranging Carrier phase-based ranging

Timing Codes and Carrier Phase
Waves and GPS: signal structure
Timing codes
Ranging by carrier phase
Interferometry
Integer ambiguity

Geodesy and GNSS
Control Coordinates from CORS
Terminology: phase center, phase center offset
Antenna calibration
Position and velocity
NAD27, NAD83, WGS84
Tectonic plate motion

GNSS Accuracy and Precision
Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
Differential GPS (DGPS)
Phase differencing
Static vs. kinematic
Continuously operating Reference Station (CORS)
Real-time positioning Real-time
Kinematic (RTK)
Advanced Continuously Operating Reference Network (ACORN)
Practical considerations

 

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Credits

Land Surveyors:
6.0 PDHs (in Most States)

Professional Engineers:
6.0 PDHs (no credit in NY)

 

Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to offer 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers and professional land surveyors in most states that allow this learning method.* Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility. 

 This educational activity has been evaluated and accredited by The Practicing Institute of Engineering for 6.0 PDHs. It is deemed approved for New York engineers and land surveyors via this accreditation (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2)). 

 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) and North Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE10600325), Maryland and North Carolina (S-0130). 

 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has assigned this course number 10185 for surveyors. 

The Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects has approved this webinar for 6.0 PDUs. 

 This course has been approved by the Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors for 6.0 PDHs. 

 * HalfMoon Education is not seeking course approval for New Jersey or Delaware 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). 

Speakers

Dr. Thomas H. Meyer, Ph.D.

Professor of Geodesy, University of Connecticut

Dr. Meyer is a professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR). He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and he is a fellow and past president (2016, 2019) of the American Association for Geodetic Surveying. Dr. Meyer is a past president (2006-2007) of the Geomatics Society of New England (previously known as the New England Section ACSM) and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Surveying Engineering and Surveying and Land Information Science. Dr. Meyer earned his Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University (College Station, 1998) where he was a research associate in the Mapping Sciences Laboratory. He was named a UConn Teaching Fellow (2015), and he has taught geomatics courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in geodesy, geographic information science, digital terrain modeling, spatial statistics, and global navigation satellite system surveying. Dr. Meyer has authored an undergraduate-level geodesy textbook and numerous peer-reviewed papers about surveying and mapping, and he teaches professional education seminars for surveyors throughout New England and the United States.

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