HHS
Trig-Star Program
GO TIGERS!!!!!!
What is Land Surveying?
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Measuring the land to…
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Retrace Property Boundaries
Create and Mark New Subdivisions
Create Topographic Maps
Pre-Design Mapping
Construction Staking
Aerial Surveying
Why is Land Surveying
Important?
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Land is Valuable- Owners count on
Professional Surveyors to correctly map
their boundaries.
Infrastructure cannot be designed and
built without Land Surveying
Infrastructure helps us maintain our 1rst
World Status.
Infrastructure creates health and wealth.
Surveying is as Old as Time
Careers in Land Surveying
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Land Planning & Development
Utilities
Transportation
Right-of-Way & Boundary
Government
GIS
Photogrametry
Your Education
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Bachelor’s Degree (4-6 years)
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Apprenticeship Period
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Licensure Testing
PROJECT LIMITS
DIGITAL
TERRAIN
MODEL
What is Trig-Star?
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Contest Sponsored by NSPS & UCLS
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Get Paid to Take a Test!
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Local, State, & National Cash Prizes
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Test Questions Apply Trigonometry to
Land Surveying Situations
Trig-Star Test
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Practice Tests Available
Test is April 9, 2013 at 1:30 pm in Mr.
Cahoon’s classroom
Hands On Activity!
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Tools Required:
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Trigonometry
Total Station
Prism Rod
Calculator
Paper & Pencil