Exploring Texas Boundaries
Total Credits: 4 Professional Development Hours
- Average Rating:
- 52
- Faculty:
- John Harvill | Jib Ahmad
- Duration:
- 3 Hours 18 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- License:
- Access for 30 day(s) after purchase.
Description
Exploring Texas Boundaries - A brief history and development of state boundary lines – The Macro. It takes a closer look at some key Texas boundary decisions – The Development. This includes presumptions of law: “Where the boundary is is a matter of fact, What the boundary is is a matter of law”. The course will also have some case studies – The Micro
Handouts
| Exploring Texas Boundaries Handout (12.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Jib Ahmad Related Seminars and Products
Mr. Ahmad started his surveying career in Oregon and Washington in 1994 and instantly loved looking for property corners. He is a licensed Land Surveyor in Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota, a Certified Floodplain Manager, and has been a Professional SCUBA Divemaster for over 27 years. His diverse range of projects in land, aerial, hydrographic, seismic, and pipeline surveying has given him the opportunity to work in 7 states. His experience includes large boundary surveys in Texas and in the U.S. Public Land system, GPS control network design and processing, watershed mapping, coastal mapping for surface and underwater sites, riverine mapping, hydrology and hydraulics studies, and archaeological surveys. Surveying projects in 42 Texas Counties has inspired him to seek registration as a Licensed State Land Surveyor. Jib is a graduate of the University of Houston and is an active member of the TSPS, NSPS, ASPRS, AUVSI, ASCE, TFMA, and the Archaeological Institute of America.
Jib has been active in TSPS since 2002 and served at the State level as the CST Committee Chair, the GLO Liaison Committee Chair, the TSPS Ethics Committee, and helped with the LSLS Committee since 2015 for Mike Hoover and Nedra Townsend. He has also been the Chapter 9 President, Chapter 9 Vice-President, Chapter 9 Director, and an Alumni Life Member of the TSPS Student Chapter at the University of Houston.