Papers Available On-Line

Primary and Secondary Methods of Data Collection in GIS/LIS.  K. Thapa and R. Burtch, Surveying and Land Information Systems, 51(3): 162-170, 1991.

Global Positioning Systems, Opinions and Approaches. PowerPoint Presentation Notes in pdf format for the 2nd Annual Michigan Counties GIS Conference, Boyne Falls, MI, September 10-11, 1997.

A Look at the Education of Surveyors at Ferris State University. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of MSPS, Grand Rapids, MI, February 1999.

Computing Missing Data in a Polygon, SURE Technical Memorandum 3, April 1999.

Analytical Photogrammetry Lecture Notes, Notes in pdf format prepared for SURE 440 class, August 2000.

Education or Training: Are We Serving Our Student's Needs? Paper presented at the XVIII Surveying and Mapping Educators Conference, 2001: A Spatial Odyssey, Wilkes-Barre, PA, July 15-19, 2001.

Lidar Principles and Applications.  Paper presented at the 2002 IMAGIN Conference, Traverse City, MI, May 2002.

Datums: How to Work With Them. Paper presented at the 2002 IMAGIN Conference, Traverse City, MI, May 2002.

Over 45 Years of Surveying Education.  Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of MSPS, Grand Rapids, MI, February 2003.

An Invitation to Host the North American Surveyors Teachers Conference.  PowerPoint presentation that is very large.

Licensing and Certification of GIS Professionals.  PowerPoint presentation at the 2004 IMAGIN Conference, Lansing, MI, May 2004

Orthophotography as a GIS Mapping Product.  PowerPoint presentation at the 2004 IMAGIN Conference, Lansing, MI, May 2004

Surveying Education and Technology: Who's Zooming Who.  Paper presented at the XX Surveying and Mapping Educators Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, June 2005. (Click here for PowerPoint presentation).

The Model Law and Surveying Education: A Look at the Professional Component.  PowerPoint presentation at the XX Surveying and Mapping Educators Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, June 2005.

A Comparison of Methods Used in Rectangular to Geodetic Coordinate Transformations.  Paper presented at the ACSM Annual Conference and Technology Exhibition, Orlando, FL, April 21-26, 2006.  To view the MathCad programs used in the evaluation, click here on the Appendix to the presented paper.

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