Task Force on NCEES Model Law for Surveying.ppt

1、Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Task Force on NCEES Model Law for Surveying,Albuquerque, New Mexico February 22, 2000Jim Plasker Task Force Facilitator Report and Slides: www.asprs.org,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Todays Outline,History/Background Who Has Been Involved Review Initial Report Outcomes

2、Current Status,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Before We Begin - Some Initial Thoughts,Words Are Important - And There are Many Words With Many Meanings to Many People Embedded in These Issues Skilled Professionals - Respect Others Skills and Unique Knowledges Fear of the Unknown is Natural - And Ther

3、e is Much Unknown Licensing - First Priority is Public Health, Safety and Welfare Sessions Such as These are Very Valuable Communication is Very Important - and the Only Solution,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,More (Difficult) Thoughts,Where Does the Profession Want to Be in the Next 20 - 30 Years? S

4、hould the “Profession” be a Niche or Expand in Coverage and Impact? Will Our Educational Institutions Be Able to Develop Adequate Talent - or Will the Profession Need to Look Outside Traditional Sources and Venues for Talent? If the Profession Doesnt Embrace the Broader Geospatial Practitioner - Who

5、 Will? Communication is Very Important - and the Only Solution,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Task Force History,1995 - NCEES Modifies Model Law to Include Photogrammetry and GIS/LIS 1996 - Concerns Raised/Letters Written by ASPRS, MAPPS, ASCE. Discussion at Winter NCEES/POLC Meeting 1997 - Five Orga

6、nization Summit Meeting (ACSM, NSPS, MAPPS, ASPRS, ASCE) 1997 - Task Force Begins to Address Photogrammetric Issues 1998 - First Task Force Report to NCEES,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Task Force History,1998 - NCEES Modifies Model Law to Include Savings Clause (Grandfather Language) per Task Force

7、 Recommendation 1999 - NCEES Modifies Model Law to Address Issues Related to Reciprocity/Comity and Ease of Mobility 1999 - Three GIS Organization Invited to Participate in Extension of Task Force to Address GIS/LIS Issues (URISA, NSGIC, UCGIS) 1999 - 2000 - Task Force Addresses GIS/LIS Issues,Task

8、Force on NCEES Model Law,1995 NCEES Model Law:,(4)Practice of Land Surveying The term “Practice of Land Surveying“ within the intent of this Act shall mean providing professional services such as consultation, investigation, testimony evaluation, expert technical testimony, planning, mapping, assemb

9、ling, and interpreting reliable scientific measurements and information relative to the location, size, shape, or physical features of the earth, improvements on the earth, the space above the earth, or any part of the earth, and utilization and development of these facts and interpretation into an

10、orderly survey map, plan, report, description, or project. The practice of land surveying includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following:,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1995 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(a) Locates, relocate

11、s, establishes, reestablishes, lays out, or retraces any property line or boundary of any tract of land or any road, right of way, easement, alignment, or elevation of any of the fixed works embraced within the practice of land surveying.,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1995 NCEES Model Law: Practice

12、of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(b) Makes any survey for the subdivision of any tract of land. (c) Determines, by the use of principles of land surveying, the position for any survey monument or reference point; or sets, resets, or replaces any such monument or reference

13、 point.,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1995 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(d) Determines the configuration or contour of the earths surface or the position of fixed objects thereon by measuring lines and angles and applying the principles of ma

14、thematics or photogrammetry.,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1995 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(e) Geodetic surveying which includes surveying for determination of the size and shape of the earth utilizing angular and linear measurements throug

15、h spatially oriented spherical geometry.,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1995 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(f) Creates, prepares, or modifies electronic or computerized data, including land formation (sic) systems, and geographic information sy

16、stems, relative to the performance of the activities in the above described items (a) through (e).,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Original Task Force Members,American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) American Society of Civil Engineers - Geomatics Division (ASCE) American Society for Photogra

17、mmetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS) National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Original Task Force Representatives,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Original Issues,Grandfathering Reciprocity/Comity E

18、xaminations Identity of the Profession,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Original Issues (cont.),Exclusion of Practice Education requirements Continuing Education/Professional Development,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommendations - Grandfathering,Adopt Uniform Guidelines Accomplished During 1998 Ann

19、ual Meeting,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommendations - Reciprocity/Comity,Recognize Generic Professional Practice, Especially in the Non-Boundary Arena Simplify mobility Responsive to NAFTA Goals,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommendations - Examinations,NCEES Exam Inclusive of All Covered Di

20、sciplines Three Part Examination 1. Fundamentals of Measurement Science 2. Principles and Practice (Discipline-based) 3. Legal and Boundary Practice (Jurisdiction-specific),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommendations - Examinations (cont.),Principles and Practice Exam Provide Wide Choice of Discip

21、line-specific Items Easy Transfer of Exam Credit Among Jurisdictions NCEES Utilize ASPRS Exam Resources,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommendations - Identity of the Profession,Retitle Model Law Use Generic Language Reserve Term “Professional Land Surveyor”,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommenda

22、tions - Exclusion of Practice,Promulgate Guidelines Recognize Areas of Low Regulatory Interest,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Regulatory Interest Levels,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Regulatory Interest Levels (cont.),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Regulatory Interest Levels (cont.),Task Force on NCEE

23、S Model Law,Recommendations - Education Requirements,Four Year Degree ABET Accredited Program Preferred,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Recommendations - Continuing Education,Standardize Criteria Streamline Recording of Credits CEUs PDUs,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law:,(4) Practice

24、 of Surveying or Land Surveying - The term “Practice of Surveying or Land Surveying,” within the intent of this Act shall mean providing professional services such as consultation, investigation, testimony evaluation, expert technical testimony, planning, mapping, assembling, and interpreting reliab

25、le scientific measurements and information relative to the location, size, shape, or physical features of the earth, improvements on the earth, the space above the earth, or any part of the earth, and utilization and development of these facts and interpretation into an orderly survey map, plan, rep

26、ort, description, or project. The practice of surveying or land surveying includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following:,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(a) Determining the configuration or

27、contour of the earths surface or the position of fixed objects thereon by measuring lines and angles and applying the principles of mathematics or photogrammetry. Same as 1995 (d),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following

28、:,(b) Performing geodetic surveying, which includes surveying for determination of the size and shape of the earth utilizing angular and linear measurements through spatially oriented spherical geometry Same as 1995 (e),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying i

29、ncludes any one or more of the following:,(c) Determining, by the use of principles of surveying, the position for any survey control (non-boundary) monument or reference point; or setting, resetting, or replacing any such monument or reference point. New section parallels old Section (c) without bo

30、undary reference,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(d) Creating, preparing, or modifying electronic or computerized data, including land information systems, and geographic information systems, relative to the pe

31、rformance of the activities in the above described items (a) through (c). New section parallels old Section (f),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(e) Locating, relocating, establishing, reestablishing, laying out

32、, or retracing any property line or boundary of any tract of land or any road, right of way, easement, alignment, or elevation of any of the fixed works embraced within the practice of land surveying. Same as 1995 (a),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying inc

33、ludes any one or more of the following:,(f) Making any survey for the subdivision of any tract of land. Same as 1995 (b) (g) Determining, by the use of principles of land surveying, the position for any survey monument or reference point; or seting, resetting, or replacing any such monument or refer

34、ence point. Same as 1995 (c),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Practice of Land Surveying includes any one or more of the following:,(h) Creating, preparing, or modifying electronic or computerized data, including land information systems, and geographic information systems, relati

35、ve to the performance of the activities in the above described items (e) through (g). Same as 1995 (f),Task Force on NCEES Model Law,GIS Community Issues,Breadth of Preamble Paragraph Licensing: Practice v. Use of Tools Regulatory Interest: High v. Low,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Additional Task F

36、orce Members,Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Invited,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Additional Task Force Participants,NSPS - Lee Hennes (G) Replaced Al M

37、atherly URISA - Bruce Joffe (P) NSGIC - Linda Wayne (A/G) and Gene Trobia (G) UCGIS - TBD,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: GIS Community Concerns,(4) Practice of Surveying or Land Surveying - The term “Practice of Surveying or Land Surveying,” within the intent of this Act shall m

38、ean providing professional services such as consultation, investigation, testimony evaluation, expert technical testimony, planning, mapping, assembling, and interpreting reliable scientific measurements and information relative to the location, size, shape, or physical features of the earth, improv

39、ements on the earth, the space above the earth, or any part of the earth, and utilization and development of these facts and interpretation into an orderly survey map, plan, report, description, or project. The practice of surveying or land surveying includes, but is not limited to, any one or more

40、of the following:,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Current Task Force Draft Proposal,(4) The term “Practice of Surveying or Land Surveying” within the intent of this Act shall mean providing, or offering to provide, professional services involving both (1) the making of geometric

41、measurements of, and gathering related information pertaining to, the physical or legal features of: the earth, improvements on the earth, the space above the earth, or any part of the earth; and (2) utilization and/or development of these facts into survey graphics, data sets, and/or descriptive pr

42、oducts such as maps, plans, reports, descriptions, or projects. Professional services include acts of consultation, investigation, testimony evaluation, expert technical testimony, planning, mapping, assembling, and interpreting gathered measurements and information related to any one or more of the

43、 following:,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: GIS Community Concerns,(d) Creating, preparing, or modifying electronic or computerized data, including land information systems, and geographic information systems, relative to the performance of the activities in the above described i

44、tems (a) through (c).,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,1999 NCEES Model Law: Current Task Force Draft Proposal,(d) Creating, preparing, or modifying electronic or computerized data relative to the performance of the activities in the above described items (a) through (c).,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,

45、Exclusion of Practice Guidelines Current Draft Proposal - Exclusions,Water and air navigation charts Common road maps prepared for use as guides to motorists or pedestrians Maps prepared for publication in a gazetteer or atlas as an educational tool or reference publication,Task Force on NCEES Model

46、 Law,Exclusion of Practice Guidelines Current Draft Proposal - Exclusions,Maps prepared for or by educational institutions for use in the curriculum of any course of study, provided the map contains a statement “for educational purposes” or similar wordingMaps produced by any broadcast or print medi

47、a firm as an illustrative guide to the geographic location of any event. Maps prepared by lay persons for conversational or illustrative purposes. This includes advertising material and users guides,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Exclusion of Practice Guidelines Current Draft Proposal - Exclusions,Th

48、e direct transcription of existing geo-referenced data, without spatial modification, into GIS/LIS systems by manual or electronic means The direct transcription of public record data, without spatial or legal modification, into a cadastre (tax maps and associated records) and the maintenance of tha

49、t cadastre by either manual or electronic means, including tax maps and zoning maps,Task Force on NCEES Model Law,Exclusion of Practice Guidelines Current Draft Proposal - Exclusions,The preparation of any document by any Federal Government agency that does not define real property boundaries. This includes civilian and military versions of quadrangle topographic maps, military maps, satellite imagery, and other such documents,