GEODETIC DATUM PROFESSIONAL

This seminar offers a professional enrichment opportunity to geologists. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers and land surveyors (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and §69.5(i)(2)). HalfMoon Education is also an approved education provider for Florida and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for professional land surveyors and engineers in Indiana, North Carolina, and North Dakota. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility. Individual courses are not subject to preapproval.Įngineers and land surveyors seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Maryland engineers and land surveyors. This seminar is open to the public and offers 7 PDHs to Maryland professional engineers and 7.0 CPC Units to Maryland land surveyors.

Computing approximate horizontal and vertical positional differences.

Gravity for the redefinition of the American vertical datum (GRAV-D).

New geometric/geopotential datum definitions.

National geodetic survey plans for new national datums

Introduction to international terrestrial reference frame (ITRF).

Rationale for replacing current geodetic datums

Vertical datum transformations – VERTCON New Geodetic Datums for the United States 2022.

national vertical datums – NGVD 29 and NAVD 88

Vertical datums definitions – geodetic and tidal.

Horizontal datum transformations – NADCON, Molodensky.Foundation of space-based positioning up to GPS/GNSS.

national horizontal datums – NAD 27 and NAD 83ĭevelopment of satellite positioning systems

Classical horizontal positioning – triangulation and traverse.

Positioning elements of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS).

Geodetic surfaces – ellipsoid and geoid.

Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 5:00 pm Fundamentals of Geodetic Datums

Geodetic datum