2023 ASPLS Summer Conference

Hilton Pensacola Beach
12 Via De Luna Drive
Pensacola Beach, FL 32561

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Time	Session	Room
4:00 - 6:00 pm	Registration; Exhibitors Set Up	TBD
6:00 - 8:00 pm	Board of Directors Meeting	TBD

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Time	Session	Room
7:00 - 8:00 am	Registration; Breakfast with exhibitors	TBD
8:00 am - 11:30 am	Session 1: Deprecation of the Survey from the Registered Surveyors Perspective presented by Milton Denny & panel (3.5 PDHs)	TBD
9:30 - 10:00 am	Morning Break	TBD
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Session 2: Ethics presented by Kevin Hinkle (1 PHD) and Lunch	TBD
1:30 - 5:00 pm	Session 3A: How to Run Your Survey Business for Profit, Enjoyment and Retirement presented by Milton Denny (3.5 PDHs)	TBD
1:30 - 5:00 pm	Session 3B: CST Training  presented by Jason Bailey	TBD
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Afternoon Break	TBD
7:00 - 9:00 pm	Possible group activity	TBD

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Time	Session	Room
7:00 - 8:00 am	Registration; Breakfast with exhibitors	TBD
8:00 - 11:30 am	Session 4A: The Rectangular Land System: Subdivision of the Public Lands presented by Milton Denny (3.5 PDHs)	TBD
8:00 - 11:30 am	Session 4B: An Alternative Approach to Resurfacing Projects - A Case Study on Mimicking Mobile data presented by Angela Bailey (3.5 PDHs)	TBD
8:00 - 12:00	CST Exam offered	TBD
9:30 - 10:00 am	Morning Break	TBD
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Lunch	TBD
12:30 - 2:20 pm	Session 5: Standards of Practice presented by Tony Manary (2 PDHs)	TBD
2:20 - 2:40 pm	Afternoon Break, exhibitors break down and depart	TBD
2:40 - 4:30 pm	Session 6: NGS presented by Denis Riordan (2 PDHs)	TBD
4:30 pm	Meeting concludes

Course Descriptions

All courses will be submitted for continuing education in Florida and Alabama (and other self-reporting states).  Courses are being reviewed for Tennessee approval.

Session 1

This will be an open forum moderated by Milton Denny on how the change to the International Foot and State Plane will affect the everyday work of the Land Surveyor.

The first speaker will be Steve Strickland, Current Present ASPLS, giving an overview of our current situation.

The Second Speaker will be Jason Bailey, PLS, addressing how changes to the survey law could draw the Land Surveyor closer to the GIS community.

A member of the Alabama Board of Registration will talk on what legal changes need to be made and how the changes would affect Standards of Practice.

The floor would be then open to discussion for member of ASPLS and other registered surveyors present.

Session 3A

Running a survey business is multi-faceted endeavor:

Number One: To keep stress at a minimum you must position your company to make money. Making money opens many doors on how to live your life. Making money is dependent on many things including a proper estimate, good efficient field operations and collection of accounts. Your family deserves this from you!

Number Two: If run properly surveying can be an enjoyable way to make a living. Having the resources to take vacations, attend state and national meetings with your peers and not having to take every job to keep the doors open is important. Running your business properly is utmost important. Including such things as having contracts, managing the production of the final product and collection of accounts.

Number Three: It’s never too early to start to prepare for retirement. It can be something as simple as using profits to invest in other things, such as real-estate. Come learn Milton’s tricks to maximize your Social Security payments, or learn about investments to avoid.

Session 4A

This seminar will examine the United States Public Lands, their extent and how the government acquired them. It will also cover the system of survey contracts and the surveyors that walked the land. You will understand the instructions for field operations and why modern survey distances differ from historic records. The seminar also contains actual maps and diagrams of government surveys along with information on equipment used to complete this survey. You will learn to appreciate how these original surveys became the basis for every modern resurvey - a must for anyone dealing in land boundaries in Mississippi, Alabama or Florida.

Also pictures and information on governmental land offices (GLO) locations and staff will be part of this seminar. Included will be a section on the accuracy of the original surveys.

Session 4B

GPI Geospatial was awarded a project through an FDOT contract to provide detailed roadway mapping deliverables for an upcoming resurfacing project of SR 8A (I-110) in Escambia County, FL. GPI Geospatial has typically utilized mobile mapping for these projects but instead developed a strategic methodology of acquiring high-density aerial lidar, combined with survey control and check shots, to create a dataset that could support feature extraction in a mobile mapping atmosphere. This unique approach allowed GPI’s team to reduce costs in the office and field while increasing the efficiency and overall schedule for this project. This presentation will review GPI Geospatial’s methods for data collection and feature extraction, as well as an in-depth look at conventional surveying cross-sections to verify that accuracies and standards were met.