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04/01/2025
OSPS Digital Signatures, Seals, and Datasets Webinar scheduled for April 25!
OSPS Digital Signatures, Seals and Datasets Webinar on April 25
As we bravely navigate what is known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, surveying and geospatial professionals work in and create data for a digital environment. Along with the advancements of productivity and capability are legal and ethical challenges of utilizing digital data from many sources. Part of the professional surveyor's duties is to attest for the work completed by them and/or under their direction, but what if some of the data is not theirs to certify? And how do our laws apply to "signing" professional opinions of a survey plat? Digital seals and signatures differ from electronic signatures, so this session will explore what is the right tool for the surveyor to utilize.
Speaker: Timothy W. Burch, PLS, is the Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). He also served as President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary (2015-2019) of the NSPS Board of Directors, and as Governor/Director representing Illinois (2007-2014). Tim has been involved with the organization for more than 20 years as a member of the Certified Survey Technician Board, Joint Government Affairs, and ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey committees. Tim serves as Chair for the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Commission 1 (Professional Standards, 2023-2026) and serves as the Advisory Committee of Commission Chairs representative to the FIG Council. He also led the local organizing group in partnering with FIG to host the annual Working Week 2023 in Orlando. As part of his role as NSPS Executive Director, Tim serves as association liaison to the International Property Measurement Standards and International Ethics Standards working groups as well as maintaining communication with likeminded surveying association from around the world. In addition to content manager for NSPS social media, Tim is the creator and producer of the NSPS podcast "Surveyor Says!" and the managing editor for both the NSPS newsletter "News and Views" and the recently introduced “Surveyor Says! The NSPS Bulletin.” He also serves as a Brand Ambassador for the “Get Kids into Survey” (GKIS) initiative created by Elaine Ball and was instrumental in establishing NSPS as the North America distributor for the GKIS posters and educational material. Tim is a Professional Land Surveyor licensed in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin.
The registration fee is $39 for OSPS members and $79 for nonmembers. Participants will receive 1 PDH.
Registration closes on Wednesday, April 23.
