10/17 1 PM - 5 PM | Instructed by Daniel Phillips, PS - State Surveyor |
Abstract: Daniel will cover land surveying topics which could be helpful to GIS specialists. These items include the basics and history of the PLSS, survey instruments, surveying procedure, surveyor’s duties, riparian boundaries, junior/senior boundary rights, legal descriptions, survey plats, ground evidence, and the State Surveyor’s duties.
Bio: Daniel is a lifelong native of central Arkansas and is passionate about all things surveying and GIS. He has been involved with land surveying and GIS for over 13 years and has been a licensed surveyor since 2016. As State Surveyor of Arkansas, Daniel is responsible for leading Arkansas’s Division of Land Surveys. This role includes maintaining Arkansas’s Public Land Survey System, prescribing statewide surveying rules, and managing an archive of over 200,000 survey plats. Daniel works closely with landowners, various government agencies, and Arkansas’s surveying