XVI Surveying and Mapping Educators Conference

Hosted by New Mexico State University

June 9 - 11, 1997

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Planning Committee: Drs. James P. Reilly and Steven Frank

CONTENTS

• 60 Years of Surveying Teachers Conferences by Paul Wolf
• FIG Commission Profile and Plan of Action by Stig Enemark
• Educational Outcomes and High Quality Learning by Robert Hodgkinson
• Broadening Surveying into Geomatics: Are We Promoting Obesity, Fattening the Calf for Slaughter, or Living off the Fat of the Land? by N. W. J. Hazelton
• A 21st Century Geomatics Engineering Curriculum by Gerard LaChapelle
• Using Technology to Reach Out to Professionals by Charles Ghilani
• An Experience with Modern Surveying Education: The Distance Education Program at Michigan Tech by Indrith Wijaratne
• A Self-Evaluation Report on an Experience in Distance Education by Roland Hardy
• The Professional Surveyor as an Educator by Walter Robillard
• A Working Partnership: Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado by Tom Cave
• Bringing New Surveying Technology in Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology by Roger Ferguson and John Bean
• Geomatics Education for Civil Engineers by K. Jeyapalan
• A Geospatial Information Engineering Course for Civil and Environmental Engineeringby David Mezera and Alan Vonderohe
• Progress of the Penn State Surveying Program by Charles Ghilani and Thomas Seybert
• Geodetic Science and Surveying at Ohio State University: Phoenix or Fiasco by N. W. J. Hazelton
• The Status of the Four-Year Surveying Degree Towards Professional Registration by Steven Frank
• The Process of Writing and Publishing a Textbook by Paul Wolf
• Book Reviews by Arthur McLaughlin
• JUPITER: A Multi-Purpose GPS Post-Processing Software Package by Mohamed Abousalem
• Teaching Surveying Applications with MathCad by Sayed Hashimi
• The Campus Map Project: An Educational Experience Resource by David Mezera, Alan Vonderohe, Richard Fayram and Frank Scarpace
• The San Joaquin Experimental Range 1:10 Scale Model USPLSS Township by James K. Crossfield
• The Role of Universities within Provision of Continuing Professional Development by Stig Enemark

Resolutions

1. WHEREAS there needs to be several years lead time to schedule locations for conferences; and WHEREAS there need to be continuity from one conference to the next; and WHEREAS there needs to be along range planning of scheduling of conferences so as to not interfere with meeting times of other related meetings, such as FIG Commission 2, and education institution course scheduling; THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED that beginning in 1997 the host institution and venue for the Surveying and Mapping Educators Conferences, and a first alternate host institution and venue, be selected four years in advance during each conference. Be it further resolved that the chairs of the immediate past, current, alternate and next designeated conference would form the conference executive committee for the next conference.
2. RESOLVED that the delegates of the 1997 Surveying and Mapping Educators Conference support the concept that the fundamentals portion of the NCEES Surveying examination concentrate on subjects included in an ABET accredited 4 year surveying degree.
3. WHEREAS surveying is a profession that encompasses the fields represented in both ACSM and ASPRS; and WHEREAS membership in both organization is overlapping; THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED that the leadership of ACSM and ASPRS find methods to increase cooperation and convene joint conferences semi-annually.
4. RESOLVED that the delegates of the 1997 SURVEYING AND MAPPING EDUCATORS CONFERENCE thank Drs. James Reilly and Steven Frank, Faith Reilly and the New Mexico State University for planning and hosting the XVI SURVEYING AND MAPPING EDUCATORS CONFERENCE.
5. RESOLVED that the delegates of the 1997 SURVEYING AND MAPPING EDUCATORS CONFERENCE encourage ACSM to establish guidelines for minimal criteria for quality distance learning in Surveying/Geomatics.
6. RESOLVED that when this group meets 4 years from now, the conference theme be "2001 - A SPATIAL ODYSSEY."
7. RESOLVED that this conference promote honors courses/options in surveying and geomatics in an effort to promote excellence in the profession.
8. RESOLVED that institutions offering Surveying/Geomatics programs are encouraged to develop articulation and transfer agreements so that 2-year degree graduates can enter 4-year programs.

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