Agenda
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Monday, October 28, 2024
11:00 am – 3:30 pm CDT
Presented by: Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS
Agenda
- Professional Responsibilities of Surveyors
- Understanding Historical Context of the Written Description
- Clarity and Completeness: Extrinsic Evidence
- Clarity and Completeness: Consider The Future
- Clarity and Completeness: Addressing Three Dimensions
- Regional Lexicon and Local Practice
- Marketable and Registered Title
- The Effects of Legislation and the Courts on Real Property Descriptions
- Introducing Uniform Language (Including Grammar and Punctuation)
- Breaking Old Habits
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Credits
Engineers
4.0 PDHs
Land Surveyors
4.0 PDHs*
PIE - Practicing Institute of Engineering
4.0 PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 4.0 PDHs for professional engineers in land surveyors in most states. 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 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 4.0 PDHs, approved by the Missouri Board of APEPLSPLA for 4.0 PDUs, and approved for 4.0 PDHs by the Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors.
*This course is not approved for land surveyors in New Jersey.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers and land surveyors via its course approval with the Practicing Institute of Engineering. Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
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 4.0 PDHs.
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
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS
President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLC in Pennsylvania
Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a Certified Floodplain Surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book titled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.
