NGS webinar 22 June 2023 transitioning to new NSR

Thanks for posting this.

Either you are quicker than Erika Little sending me an email with this info, or…?

I wish NGS would post these notices to this (and other) sites. While I have posted them in the past, due to travel and other issues, I have not done so recently.

Perhaps someone else might do so in the future.

As for the timing, I was looking for something on the NGS site and happened upon this information. I have not received the email from Erika Little regarding this webinar.

@brad-ott I get the emails lol.

@geeoddmike I will pass that advice on. Great idea.  For sure.

@geeoddmike i received mine through email yesterday afternoon.  Fyi. I signed up years ago. But i have no idea how there emails do I assume some batch file or something in the background.  I passed on your idea about posting to this site. I get a glimpse sometimes on linked in but don’t know if its someone else or ngs doing it. I hardly look at linked in. I don’t do FB so have no idea if they post on that. My morning routine is to boot computer and do a little quick look on ngs site before diving into emails etc.

https://geodesy.noaa.gov/INFO/subscribe.shtml

This link will take you to NGS to subscribe for emails FYI.

emails for News

for webinars

for training

for GPS on BM

Once you sign up you will begin receiving the emails for whatever categories you choose. So all those emails come from the subscribers thing. Hope this helps.

https://geodesy.noaa.gov/INFO/subscribe.shtml

This link will take you to NGS to subscribe for emails FYI.

emails for News

for webinars

for training

for GPS on BM

Once you sign up you will begin receiving the emails for whatever categories you choose. So all those emails come from the subscribers thing. Hope this helps.

https://geodesy.noaa.gov/INFO/subscribe.shtml

 

This link will take you to NGS to subscribe for emails FYI.

emails for News

for webinars

for training

for GPS on BM

 

Once you sign up you will begin receiving the emails for whatever categories you choose. So all those emails come from the subscribers thing. Hope this helps.

 

Make sure you sign up for the different categories of your interest. One doesn't get you all FYI. 

 

 

@olemanriver I just got mine, too.  We sure do appreciate that Erika Little!

@brad-ott well she doesn’t send those out she helps but she does send emails for training when someone signs up. Hey I appreciate her very much as well. She has a lot she does and she can’t always do what she wants as government has rules. But she always tries and works hard. I am very lucky man. I went to FIG and thats the first time in years i have got to see her present. She has come along way. I just wish i had half her intelligence.  Lol. She keeps me going for sure. Maybe i can get her into surveying when she retires lol . I will ponder that as she already helps with farm and all.

Hey! The webinar is tomorrow!  See original post. 

A good webinar. If you missed it you can catch the recorded version in a week or so. 

Some pretty intelligent people on this panel.

We've had the discussion here about grid is ground. First point on screen shot slide

We've had the discussion here about grid is ground.

Oregon has had a system of Low Distortion Projections incorporated in state statutes for a decade, but I still can't get my GIS department to output data in that system - apparently ESRI doesn't support it. Nor will Nearmap.  I can get output in Botswana Central Zone, but not ORCS.

I had never heard of the AAGS before. I'm interested in their training materials and certificate program. Will look into that further.

People with GIS backgrounds were asking about PLS licensure for these control matters. They fail to understand that licensure exists because of boundary surveying. Conversely, this may be why some LS's have trouble dealing with control issues.   

I had never heard of the AAGS before. I'm interested in their training materials and certificate program. Will look into that further.

As Brian Fischer stated, AAGS is in the process of putting together the exam materials for the Geodetic Certification program. They are partnering with the NSPS, who will administer the examination. The goal is to have it stood up by the end of 2023. 

I am not surprised that you have never heard of AAGS even though they have been around for decades. I hadn't either when I was contacted a couple of years ago and asked to get involved on the Board of Directors. I am currently the President-Elect and was instrumental in recruiting Brian to run for the Board of Directors last year. We are both State Geodetic Coordinators (Arizona and California) and professional land surveyors. Brian has brought a lot of energy, experience, knowledge, and vision to AAGS and is really helping to push the effort to get the Geodetic Certification in place. 

I agree that it was a very well done webinar with much diversity in the panel members to more effectively represent the geospatial data user community and industry, rather than just an NGS perspective.

I had to jump off only a short time into the webinar, but I am looking forward to watching the recording.

AAGS is in the process of putting together the exam materials for the Geodetic Certification program. They are partnering with the NSPS, who will administer the examination. The goal is to have it stood up by the end of 2023.

People with GIS backgrounds were asking about PLS licensure for these control matters. They fail to understand that licensure exists because of boundary surveying. Conversely, this may be why some LS's have trouble dealing with control issues.

Considering the implications of poorly performed geodetic control surveys and the potential to harm the public, and the fact that folks are looking to licensed surveyors for answers on the subject, I'm looking forward to the certification rollout.

With the NSPS being involved, I wonder whether this is a sign of possible changes down the road i.e., official endorsements for professionals?