AOLS In Sight: Election of Council Member; Voting on Proposed Regulations; Draft Business Practices; Time to Share

AOLS In Sight

Issue 6

March 19, 2021

In This Issue

Election of Council Member

Voting on Proposed Regulation Changes

Draft Business Practices

A Time to Share

7th Annual Boundary Law Conference

GeoEd News

Chronology of Legislation of MTC, 1961-1980

Presenter for a Drone Geolgnite Workshop

Local Surveyor Saves Elderly Man

CIG-YU - Geo Talks Series

Election of Council Member

On February 11, 2021, a notice was sent out to the Membership advising that Ron Berg, OLS, was nominated for the vacant Councillor position in 2021. The notice required that Members eligible for nomination may be added to the list of candidates for this position, if such nomination was received by the Registrar no later than March 8, 2021. You will note that no nominations were received, and Ron has been acclaimed and therefore no election is necessary.

Voting on Proposed Regulation Changes

under the Surveyors Act

You should have received an email from ElectionsBuddy with instructions for voting on the Proposed Regulation Changes. If you have not received this, please check your spam folder and if it is not there, please contact Executivedirector@aols.org. Please take a few minutes and cast your votes.

Draft Business Practices

The Professional Standards Committee has completed a draft of Business Practices that members should consider. This is in draft form and comments are welcome. They are located under: https://members.aols.org/splash/member-tools/practice-manual/survey-practice/best-practices. Please provide any comments you may have to: Executivedirector@aols.org.

A Time to Share

by Peter Moreton

Over 400 Ontario Land Surveyors participated VIRTUALLY in the AOLS AGM this year. Have you stopped to think about how much money stayed in your pocket this year by not having to travel or book accommodations, not to mention the night life? What a great time to share some of that saving by donating a few hundred dollars per OLS to the Educational Foundation. I have done just that, and I challenge you to do the same.

7th Annual Boundary Law Conference

Complex Cadastral Problems: Searching for Solutions

The Seventh Annual Boundary Law conference, Complex Cadastral Problems: Searching for Solutions, uses the perspective of "surveyor as expert witness" as an overall theme to address complex cadastral surveying scenarios using jurisprudence, legislation and legal principles in a changing environment. The event will be held on eight consecutive Wednesdays, starting April 7, as a series of weekly lunch and learn sessions via our interactive virtual meeting room.

This conference is a great way to earn 12 Formal Activity CPD hours. To register:

1. Click on this

link.

2. You will be redirected to the login page. If you have an account with Four Point Learning, log in with your username and password. If you have not already created an account, follow registration instructions.

3. Once you log in or click on the link in the confirmation email, you will automatically be directed to the enrolment page of the conference.

GeoEd News

Here is the link to most recent GeoEd e-newsletter: https://conta.cc/3evzXPi

Chronology of Legislation of MTC, 1961-1980

The Ministry of Transportation has posted a document that may

be of value for historical roads and highways research purposes.

The Chronology of Legislation --- Transportation and Communications Legislation from 1961 to 1980 is a scanned "compilation and summary of amendments and new legislation that either change or add to the responsibility of the Minister of Transportation and Communications, Ontario" and includes a foreword by J.B. Gollob. It is a follow-on document to a two-part compilation that was referenced in In Sight in the past.

Although a large portion of the chronology relates to vehicle licensing and rules under the Highway Traffic Act, there are also references to changes to the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.

The document be found by searching on key code "apzh" from the main library page at Ontario Ministry of Transportation Library (gov.on.ca). For similar referencing in the Practice Manual, the direct link is here.

We have also added this under Historical Information in the AOLS members' website: https://members.aols.org/splash/member-tools/practice-manual/historical-information which you could reference as well.

Presenter for a Drone GeoIgnite Workshop

GeoIgnite is holding a three-hour workshop titled Drone-derived data and geomatics quality and accuracy standards on the afternoon of April 27^th. The workshop is part of the GeoIgnite 2021 conference. They have asked us if a surveyor would like to participate as a presentor/panelist. You would likely be one of four presenters. If you are interested please contact: clement.charre@gogeomatics.ca.

Local Surveyor Saves Elderly Man

WINDSOR, ONT -- Local Surveyor and his neighbour hailed as heroes after pulling elderly man from burning home in Lakeshore, Ont. Please see newsfeed attached.

CIG-YU - GeoTalks Series

Wednesday, March 24th @ 3:00 p.m.

About this Event

Speaker Geoff Zeiss, Principal of Between the Poles.

GeoTalks Webinar is a biweekly virtual seminar series organized by York University Geomatics Engineering and Canadian Institute of Geomatics Toronto Branch. The seminars will host industry leaders and entrepreneurs in Geomatics and explore geospatial science and engineering.

We will invite industry leaders in Canada and worldwide who introduce their latest development of cutting-edge geospatial technologies through this seminar series. The topics that will be discussed during this seminar series cover a range of Geomatics fields, including:

* GeoAI

* Internet of Things

* Mobile Mapping

* Unmanned Aerial Systems

* Autonomous Navigation and Transportation

* Building Information Modeling (BIM)

* Geographical Information Systems

* Satellite Image Data Processing

* Global Navigation Satellite System

* Mobility Data Analytics

* Surveying Engineering

* Critical Asset Management

* Smart City and Urban Planning

The next GeoTalks Webinar will be hosted on Wednesday March 24th, 2021 on Zoom from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. We will welcome the undergraduate and graduate students from York University as well as all levels of audiences who are interested in Geomatics Science and Engineering.

To access our webinar, please register here.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cig-yu-geotalks-webinar-series-tickets-146469061907

More detailed information about the GeoTalks webinar seminars can be found through our website https://yugeomatics.ca/geotalks/.

Do you have suggestions for the AOLS In Sight content?

If you have come across some information that you think will be of interest to other members, please let us know by emailing cgambier@aols.org. Your suggestions are always welcome!