Master the integration of GIS data into professional surveying and engineering workflows while avoiding common liability traps.
Discover the transformative power of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tailored specifically for the engineering and land surveying professions. This foundational course explores the core concepts of spatial data, digital mapping, and geospatial analysis that drive modern infrastructure and land development projects. It provides a comprehensive overview of how GIS technology bridges the gap between field data collection and advanced spatial analysis, seamlessly integrating with traditional surveying practices, CAD environments, and engineering workflows.
The curriculum covers the mechanics of vector and raster data models, the critical importance of coordinate reference systems, and the utilization of robust geospatial databases. By examining real-world applications in site development, topographic mapping, infrastructure planning, and asset management, this overview illuminates how GIS enhances spatial reasoning, streamlines project execution, and elevates precision across complex engineering and surveying environments.
Online Courses for Engineers
HalfMoon Education is a nonprofit continuing education provider offering live webinars and on-demand courses for engineers, architects, landscape architects, land surveyors, attorneys, paralegals, accountants and others. Since 1996, we’ve helped thousands of professionals nationwide stay current with industry standards and codes, earn CE hours, and advance their expertise through practical, expert-led learning experiences. Learn more about us at: www.halfmoonseminars.org
Pittsburgh Regional Manager, Honor Engineer Co.
Jeffrey Horneman, PLS/GISP, has been working in the survey/geospatial field since joining the U.S. Army Reserve in 1984 as a geodetic surveyor. He attended the Defense Mapping School (now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) in Fort Belvoir for geodetic surveying and received continuing education at the U.S. Army Professional Development Institute, the Community College of the Air Force, and various conferences, acquiring more than 400 continuing education credits in surveying, mapping, geology, GIS, and engineering. Mr. Horneman’s experience over the past 40 years includes surface and underground mining surveying, design and permitting, boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, subdivisions, construction surveying, GIS oversight, oil and gas wells and pipelines, and consulting. He has worked with several small to large private engineering and survey firms, as well as the U.S. government (U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Air Force Reserve, and as a civilian with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Mr. Horneman retired from the Reserve as a Master Sergeant with 24 years of service. He currently works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, as the Deputy Chief of Real Estate/Chief of the Geospatial Branch for cadastral projects and GIS base mapping. Mr. Horneman is also managing his own firm, Horneman Surveying, LLC. He has been teaching professional classes for the last 15 years in various continuing education venues, including Half Moon Education, PSLS, and WVSPS. Mr. Horneman is licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York and is also a GIS Professional. He is a past president of the PSLS Southwest Chapter and has served as the PADEP/PSLS Liaison Committee chair and on the Geospatial Committee and Legislative Committee. Mr. Horneman resides in Natrona Heights, PA, with his wife, Sharon, of 32 years, living near his four grown sons (two of whom are surveyors) and two grandchildren.
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