4PDH- The Surveyor will walk away with confidence in their ability to read and interpret contours. Field crew will develop a true understanding of how to collect data for a topographic survey from both the field and office aspects.  What shots are needed, what are breaklines and how to shoot them.  

This session will give the party chief with little or no drafting experience a view from the draftsman's perspective and subequently, office personnel will learn to interpret field data more efficiently to better direct field crews. What role does stormwater management features play in your survey? What contour interval should you use? What’s an index contour? Learn how to read contours in order to check that your drafting software generated the surface correctly. "Garbage in,  garbage  out." Is that aerial or drone mapping supplied by a subconsultant correct? Be confident in your ability to read and interpret contours and topography. This is not a drafting class and does not focus on any particular drafting software.  

 

This session is geared toward Surveyors of any experience level, field personnel and office draftsman who want a better understanding of the field and office work that goes in to a topographic survey as well as survey managers who must review these types of surveys and products.  This is not a drafting class. 

 

Session: half day, 3.5‐4.0 hours. 

 

Anticipated Learner Outcomes: 

 

1. What goes into producing a Topographic Map? 
2. Learn what features to locate in the field and how to interpret field data. 
3. What is a breakline? How to locate them in the field and generate them in the office. 
4. Verify the aerial and drone mapping supplied by a sub‐consultant. 
5. Did you produce a useful survey?  What does the engineer need for design purposes?