Agenda

Attend all four courses in this full program series and save 25% ($137)!

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Full Series Course Agendas:

Land Surveying and Climate Change

Friday, December 5, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm CST

Agenda:
Presented by Brian Fischer, PLS

  • Climate change impacts: predicting and monitoring
  • Tracking climate change-related developments:
    • Land use changes, vegetation changes, weather impacts, monitoring groundwater, surface water and other resources
  • Collecting, analyzing and monitoring geospatial data

 

Complying with Survey Standards

Friday, December 5, 2025
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm CST

Agenda:
Presented by Anthony Gregory, PS

  • Precision and accuracy
  • Boundary construction
  • Monumentation
  • Certification
  • Drawings and reports
  • Subdivision plats
  • Written descriptions

 

Complying with Land Surveyor Code of Ethics

Friday, December 12, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm CST

Agenda:
Presented by Anthony Gregory, PS

  • NSPS Code and Canons
  • Offer to perform services
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Representations
  • Unauthorized practice
  • Adherence to statutes and codes
  • Professional conduct
  • Handling common ethical issues
  • Reviewing ethics case studies

 

Orthometric Heights Using GNSS

Friday, December 12, 2025
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CST

Agenda:
Presented by Todd Horton, PE, PLS

  • Vertical datum evolution
  • Ellipsoidal, geoid and orthometric heights defined
  • Geoid development – past, present, and future
  • GNSS limitations and capabilities in height measurement
  • Strategies for robust orthometric heights with GNSS

 

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Credits

Engineers
9.0 PDHs*

Land Surveyors
9.0 PDHs*

 

Continuing Education Information

These webinars are open to the public and is designed to qualify for 9.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in most states that allow this learning method. *These courses are not approved in New York; 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, 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.

These webinars has been registered with the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers for 9.0 continuing education credits. These webinars have been approved by the Missouri Board of APEPLSPLA for 9.0 PDUs.

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

Brian J. Fischer, PLS

Director of Surveying with THD Design Group, Inc. in Chesterfield, MO

Mr. Fischer has over 30 years of experience in the survey field, performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an Oil and Gas services firm in southeast Texas. A former adjunct faculty member for the Engineering Department at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, he holds professional land surveyor licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi and Texas.

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Anthony “Tony” M. Gregory, PS

Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering Technology and former Department Head at Purdue University Northwest

Mr. Gregory is a Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering Technology and former Department Head at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana. He is registered as a professional surveyor in Indiana and Illinois and consults as a Project Surveyor at Abonmarche through their Hobart, Indiana office. Mr. Gregory has presented numerous seminars on various land surveying topics to professional land surveyors, surveying technicians, attorneys, title company officials, and real estate professionals through various settings. He is a member of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors (ISPLS), the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (IPLSA), and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Mr. Gregory previously served on the ISPLS Board of Directors and is a past society president. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of NSPS and chairs the NSPS Education Committee.

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Todd Horton, PE, PLS

Owner of Meridian Geospatial Consulting, LLC

Mr. Horton has provided technician training and continuing education seminars for the land surveying industry since 2005.

Mr. Horton served in the US Air Force and with the Illinois Department of Transportation in planning, design, construction, surveying and maintenance of civil engineering projects including commercial structures, airfields, utility systems and highways. He joined the full-time faculty at Parkland College in Champaign, IL, where he taught land surveying and construction management courses for 25 years. He founded the land surveying associate degree program at Parkland College in 2001.

Having retired from full-time teaching, Mr. Horton has joined Farnsworth Group Inc. as a part-time senior project land surveyor. You can reach him at todd@meridiangeospatial.com.