Reading, Interpreting and Writing Land Descriptions Workshop
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Agenda
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Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Friday, April 29, 2022
9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT (incl. two 30-min breaks)
Presented by:
Barry Savage, PLS
Agenda
Understanding The Survey Process
Research
Title research vs. boundary research
Field work
• Reconnaissance
• Measuring angles and distances
• GPS
Understanding what controls location
• The importance of monuments and descriptions
• The primary function of measurements in descriptions
• Order of importance of conflicting elements
Understanding Survey Drawings and Legal Descriptions
North basis
Understanding bearings and azimuths
Title Identity
The importance of qualitative calls
Closing the description
Handling water boundary issues
Precision vs. accuracy
Handling special situations: arcs, chords, curves, etc.
Writing Metes and Bounds and Strip Descriptions
Easement basics
Preparing strip descriptions for routes
Do’s and don’ts when writing descriptions
Writing the qualitative portion first
Including measurements with survey precision in mind
Metes and bounds description workshop: writing two sample descriptions
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Professional Land Surveyors:
6.0 PDHs
(No Land Surveyor credit offered in NJ; MO & TN Pending)
Professional Engineers:
6.0 PDHs
Attorneys:
See CLE Credit Information for details
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states, and 6.0 PDHs to land surveyors in most states; no land surveyor credit is offered in New Jersey, and credit in Missouri, New York and Tennessee is pending.
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). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
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) and §68.15(i)(2)).
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has assigned this course number 10135 for Florida surveyors.
HalfMoon Education Inc. is a New Jersey CLE Service Provider (No. 164), and this course offers 6.0 CLE hours to New Jersey attorneys.
HalfMoon Education is an approved CLE provider for California, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont attorneys. This course provides 6.0 CLE hours in those states.
This course provides 6.0 CLE hours to Arizona and New Hampshire attorneys. Providers and courses are not subject to preapproval in these states.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond to all prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Barry E. Savage, PLS
Survey Products Group Manager with Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TNPrior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.
