Orthometric Heighting with GNSS
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Agenda
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Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
9:00 am – 1:15 pm CDT (incl. a 15-min break)
Presented by
Dr. Thomas Meyer
Agenda
Gravity, Geopotential, and the Geoid
- Gravity affects almost everything a surveyor does
- Water flowing downhill is not the same as geometric separation
- The quest for a perfect vertical datum
- Mean sea level
- Definition of the geoid
- Definition of an orthometric height
- Normal gravity
- Gravity potential energy
- Geoid models
Heighting Systems
- Physical (geopotential) heights
- geopotential numbers
- dynamic heights
- orthometric heights
- Geometric heights
- Geodetic (aka ellipsoid) heights
- NAD83 vs WGS84
- Geoid heights
- Leveling
- Geodetic (aka ellipsoid) heights
- Orthometric correction for differential leveling
Orthometric Heighting with GNSS
- Occupation times
- Passive vs. active control
- Error budget
- Practical example
Webinar Instructions
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Credits
Professional Engineers:
4.0 PDHs
(No credit in NY)
Land Surveyors
4.0 PDHs
(No credit in NJ, NY, TN),
4.0 FL PDHs
(Course No. 10244)
Continuing Education Credit Information
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available. Individual courses for engineers and architects are not subject to preapproval. HalfMoon Education does not apply for landscape courses in NY or land
surveyor courses in NJ or TN, unless expressly stated.
HalfMoon Education Certifying Entities
American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (No. J885)
International Code Council (No. 1232)
Landscape Architect Continuing Education System
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Boards of Engineering: Florida (No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059),
Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), and North Carolina (No. S-0130).
Course-by-Course Providers:
Association of State Floodplain Managers
International Society of Arboriculture
Society of American Foresters
HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider
for engineers, architects, and landscape architects via its registration with the
American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the
Commissioner §68.14(i)(2), §69.6(i)(2), and §79-1.5(i)(2)). Only AIA HSW-approved
courses qualify for New York engineer and architect credit.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event,
respond to prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the
presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Dr. Thomas H. Meyer, Ph.D.
Professor of Geodesy, University of ConnecticutDr. 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.