Land Surveying Standards and Procedures Manual (NYSDOT) Part 2 of 2 (Chapters 10-17) - a PDH Online Course for Surveyors & Engineers

Land Surveying Standards and Procedures Manual (NYSDOT)
Part 2 of 2 (Chapters 10-17)

Course Description

The heart of this course is the publication titled, New York State Department of Transportation Land Surveying Standards and Procedures Manual. Links to additional references are provided within the Manual. Topics within the Manual cover both technical and practical matters of interest to all surveyors and related professionals, not just those participating in NYSDOT survey activities.

NYSDOT Standards provide valuable general guidelines and data. The Manual is carefully worded, well organized and thoughtfully constructed. The generously wide spectrum of covered material will benefit those surveyors who perform many types of surveys for varied purposes using numerous technologies.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this 8 hour course, the student will have studied:

Timing considerations related to photogrammetric flights and field control surveying
Minimum standards for photogrammetric horizontal control
Requirements for establishing photogrammetric control using GPS techniques
Requirements for establishing photogrammetric control using TPS techniques
Photogrammetric vertical control standards
Differential leveling techniques and minimum standards
TPS techniques and minimum standards
GPS techniques and minimum standards
Procedures for GPS techniques for photogrammetric control
Procedures for TPS techniques for photogrammetric control
Network design for photogrammetric control surveys and statistical requirements
Planning and field observations for photogrammetric control surveys
Requirements for Network RTK (NRTK) and Local RTK (LRTK) surveying
Requirements for Fast Static methods
Minimum specifications for total stations used for photogrammetric project control
Techniques and methods required for TPS photogrammetric project control
Differential leveling techniques, network geometry, equipment and procedures for photogrammetric project control
Data processing standards for photogrammetric control using GPS, TPS techniques
Data processing standards for photogrammetric control using differential leveling
Field editing of photogrammetric mapping
Reporting requirements for raw and processed data
Survey Report requirements
Terrain Data (Topographic) Surveys minimum standards, field procedures and data processing
Adjustment of Terrain Data (Topographic) Surveys
DTM data processing and adjustments
Feature attributes for Terrain Data (Topographic) Surveys
Supplemental DTM (SDTM) data for photogrammetry
Appropriate areas for SDTM data
SDTM data file integrity, quality control, field notes and records
Merging DTMs in Terrain Data (Topographic) Surveys
Alternative terrain data collection systems
Feature naming, location procedures and data attributes
Minimum standards for Right of Way (ROW) surveys
(ROW) surveys point features and linear feature accuracy standards
(ROW) surveys field research and verification of record evidence
(ROW) surveys interviews of property owners and local residents
(ROW) surveys searching for unrecorded monuments
(ROW) surveys monument perpetuation
Field procedures for (ROW) surveys
Radial surveying techniques and side traverses for (ROW) surveys
Survey records for (ROW) surveys
Bridge project types (new and replacement) and location requirements
Waterway and hydraulic surveys – bridge locations
Cross Sections Required for Scour Susceptibility Study
Railroad Survey safety and procedures
Memo re: "Surveying on Railroad Property"
Establishing project control for Construction Surveys
Construction Surveys corrections and adjustments
Construction Surveys – Establishing Permanent Survey Markers (PSM's)
Construction stakeout
Survey classifications and accuracy standards
Relevant highway law (Section 30, Paragraph 17)
Eminent domain procedure law (Section 404)
Right-of-Entry form HC 176
Description of terms used in the Manual (glossary)

Course Author

In his career of over four decades, your instructor obtained registration as a surveyor in eight eastern U.S. states from Florida to Maine. He’s served as assistant construction superintendent, teacher, writer, civil engineering technician, site planner, and land surveying department head. He established and managed the construction layout division of a large commercial construction management firm in the Washington, DC area. His experience ranges from rural farm surveys in the Green Mountains of Vermont to laying out Interstate highway bridges in Florida. He has founded both successful surveying and construction layout businesses, and also served as an employee of civil, surveying, and architectural firms, developers and state government. As a training consultant, he successfully taught both EFB/CaiCE data collection and office processing to both field and office staff of several Florida firms and taught automation techniques with Land Development Desktop data collection and processing plus CAD standardization for multi-discipline firms. His surveying career began in 1963 and continues to the present.

Course Content

The publication titled, New York State Department of Transportation Land Surveying Standards and Procedures Manual will provide the primary study material for this course. Links below open this publication and others of interest, some of which are referenced within the primary study document (the Manual). Standard and guidance for all surveyors is contained within the DOT material, and most surveyors or engineers supervising survey operations in multi-discipline firms will benefit from its study and consideration.

You are required to study Chapters 10 through 17 of the document that opens with the first link listed below. Optional subjects are found in the additional links below as well as other links referenced within the Manual.

L165 Course Content (1.82 MB, 181 pages PDF file)

Related Links

For additional information related to this subject plus additional sources of general interest, please visit the following websites or web pages:

Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications for Using GPS Relative Positioning Techniques, FGCC, 1989 (1.9 MB PDF file)
Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks
NOAA Manual NOS NGS 3 Geodetic Leveling (13.5 MB PDF file)
FGCS Specifications and Procedures to Incorporate Electronic Digital/Bar Code Leveling Systems (22.4 KB PDF file)
Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDHonline.com or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered professional engineer. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.