• CE 2076: Surveyors Records Research

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Introduced to the public, quasi-public, and private depositories of recorded and non-recorded documents that establish land ownership boundaries, easement boundaries, and land use rights and restrictions in both the Public Land Survey System and the Colonial States. Assignments will require work to be conducted during depositories' normal business hours. Prerequisites: none.
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• CE 2080: Pub Lnd Survey I

  1.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Covers historical factors that lead to the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). Basic fundamentals are discussed, including line types, corner types, and the original survey process. Principles of government dependent and independent resurveys and the basic keys to reading General Land Office and BLM survey plats are also discussed. Prerequisite: CE 2070.
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• CE 2082: Pub Lnd Survey II

  1.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Discusses 'bono fide rights' and riparian boundaries in the PLSS. Presents the non-rectangular entities, the process for section subdivision, including normal, fractional, lotted closing corners, and sections lotted for irregularities found in a dependent survey, and the proper use of off-line closing corners. Prerequisite: CE 2080.
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• CE 2083: GIS for Surveyors

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Covers the basic concepts of geographic information systems, the methods and software used to implement them, and their applications to surveying and analysis of other surveying problems. Prerequisites: ES 1060 or 1061 and either CE 2070 or CE 2072.
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• CE 2084: Pub Lnd Survey III

  1.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Covers the importance of and process for records research. Discussion leads into the analysis of corner evidence on the ground, and restoring lost corners after years of deterioration and neglect. Also discusses the role of the present day surveyor in the PLSS and what types of complexities that will be faced. Prerequisite: CE 2082.
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• CE 2085: Public Land Surveys

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Basic fundamentals of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), dependent and independent resurveys, survey plats, "bono fide rights", riparian boundaries, non-rectangular entities, corner evidence and the role of the modern day surveyor. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or equivalent.
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• CE 2086: Adv Pub Lnd Survey

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Advanced topics in situations and problems in the Public Land Survey system, with discussion of major court cases involving everyday applications to surveyors. 1975 BLM casebook and other sources of survey reference. Prerequisite: CE 2085 and CE 3740.
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• CE 2088: Writing Land Desc

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Historical and current issues for land description writing and usage for the practicing surveyor. Relationship between written descriptions and field survey data, interpreting old descriptions and the structure principles of description. Prerequisite: CE 2070.
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• CE 2089: Basic Geodesy for Surveyors

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  he history of geodesy including measurement techniques, coordinate systems, ellipsoids, and datums is reviewed. The modern geodetic and Cartesian coordinates systems, as well as the differences between grid and ground coordinates systems, and the current geodetic and Cartesian coordinate systems available today are discussed. Prerequisites: none.
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• CE 2090: GPS for Land Surveyors

  4.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  rom fundamental theory to practical application and advanced technologies, this class covers all aspects of GPS needed to understand and use GPS as a land surveyor including the basics of GPS technology, common hardware, surveying methods, survey design, planning and observing, real-time kinematics and DGPS. Prerequisite: CE 2089.
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