Minnesota Land Surveyor Continuing Education

This course covers the topic of land seizures using the power of the eminent domain law. Eminent domain is a legal power legislatively granted to city, state or federal government entities for the purpose of seizing private property deemed necessary to serve the best interests of the general public. 

This course covers the topics of adverse possession and prescriptive easements.  Both are legally-established means in which a party may acquire either legal title, or the deeded privilege, to use land belonging to another party without the expressed consent of that owner. Surveyors who perform boundary retracement surveys must be familiar with this legal doctrine; these types of boundary surveys are often muddled by the existence of an adverse possession or prescriptive easement situation. 

This course covers the topics of adverse possession and prescriptive easements.  Both are legally-established means in which a party may acquire either legal title, or the deeded privilege, to use land belonging to another party without the expressed consent of that owner. Surveyors who perform boundary retracement surveys must be familiar with this legal doctrine; these types of boundary surveys are often muddled by the existence of an adverse possession or prescriptive easement situation. 

Geophysical surveying is an applied branch of geophysics which uses seismic, gravitational, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic physical methodologies at the Earth’s surface to measure the physical properties of the subsurface. Geophysical surveying methods generally measure these geophysical properties, along with anomalies, in order to evaluate various subsurface conditions such as the existence of groundwater, bedrock, minerals, oil and gas, geothermal resources, voids and cavities, and much more. This course details the various methods used in geophysical surveying and provides an overview of the many applications of geophysical surveys.

This course covers the topic of land seizures using the power of the eminent domain law. Eminent domain is a legal power legislatively granted to city, state or federal government entities for the purpose of seizing private property deemed necessary to serve the best interests of the general public. 

This course covers the performance of as-built surveys, along with the emerging popularity of 3D scans, for the creation of quick, easy, and highly detailed and accurate surveys for use in a wide range of applications. This course is designed to offer an overview of 3D scanning technology and the many applications which are possible with these types of surveys. 

In this course, the surveyor will learn the surveying procedures used to perform a roadway route survey. Additionally, the surveyor will learn some of the pertinent design principles of geometric roadway design used by transportation designers. These include: The use of superelevation (or banking of curves), tangent to curve transition, sight distances, and design speed.

This course covers the performance of as-built surveys, along with the emerging popularity of 3D scans, for the creation of quick, easy, and highly detailed and accurate surveys for use in a wide range of applications. This course is designed to offer an overview of 3D scanning technology and the many applications which are possible with these types of surveys. 

Geophysical surveying is an applied branch of geophysics which uses seismic, gravitational, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic physical methodologies at the Earth’s surface to measure the physical properties of the subsurface. Geophysical surveying methods generally measure these geophysical properties, along with anomalies, in order to evaluate various subsurface conditions such as the existence of groundwater, bedrock, minerals, oil and gas, geothermal resources, voids and cavities, and much more. This course details the various methods used in geophysical surveying and provides an overview of the many applications of geophysical surveys.

• Creating thematic maps which represent a given theme, such as displaying a certain combination of data in order to visually describe a desired concept. 
• Analyzing spatial and database data, then outputting the results to a map composition or in a textual form

• Creating thematic maps which represent a given theme, such as displaying a certain combination of data in order to visually describe a desired concept. 
• Analyzing spatial and database data, then outputting the results to a map composition or in a textual form

In this course, the surveyor will learn the surveying procedures used to perform a roadway route survey. Additionally, the surveyor will learn some of the pertinent design principles of geometric roadway design used by transportation designers. These include: The use of superelevation (or banking of curves), tangent to curve transition, sight distances, and design speed.