911th Civil Engineer (Site Development)

Pittsburgh, PA

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Pittsburgh District

Horneman Surveying & Cartography

Natrona Heights, PA

PA Society of Land Surveyors

Harrisburg, PA

January 2002
 Short Biography - Jeffrey Alan Horneman, PLS
• Education:
• Defense Mapping Agency, Ft. Belvoir, VA - U.S. Army, Basic Geodetic Survey, 1985.
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Major in Computer Science for one year (1986).
• U.S. Army Institute of Professional Development, Total: 83 credit hours - Courses: Geology, Soils Engineering, Geology and
Surface Material Analysis, Drainage Engineering, Construction Surveying, Quarry Operations I, Cartography I, II, and III.
• U.S. Army Defense Mapping School, Ft. Belvoir, VA – MSGR 4000 (Military Survey Grade Receiver) GPS instruction, 70 hrs.

• Experience:
• U.S. Air Force Reserves (Civil Engineer), 2000 to Present
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1998 to Present
• Horneman Surveying and Cartography, 1998 to Present (Owner)
• John M. Saban Company, 1996 to 1999 (Part Owner)
• Borough of Brackenridge, 1996 to 1998 (Building/Zoning Officer)
• Various Coal Companies and Consulting Firms, 1987-1996 (Assistant Chief Enginee/Land Manager/Safety Director)
• U.S. Army Reserves (Survey Detachment) 1984 to 2000, acting as a Party Chief and Survey Coordinator (E-5) for the unit.

• Certifications/Licensure:
• Mine Safety and Health Administration: Safety Instructor (1993), Foreman Certifications (1994), Methane and Oxygen Detection
(1994), and Noise Level Testing (1994).
• Pennsylvania Professional Land Surveyor (August 1997)
• Real Estate Planning and Control (May 1998)
• MGE Foundations (GIS) – Windows NT (April 1999)
• Leadership Development (December 1999)

• Personal:
• Grew up in Freeport, PA, currently reside in Natrona Heights, PA
• Married 10 years, 4 boys
• Hobbies: Wargames, RPG’s, History, Tae Kwon Do

January 2002
 Types of Surveying

• Geodetic
– High Precision, taking many variables into account for
measurements (temperature, pressure, earth’s curvature,
refraction, etc.).

• Topographic
– Shows relief of the ground through contours and elevations.

• Construction
– Designing and laying out various civil/architectural projects
(buildings, roads, railroads, sewers, etc.)

• Property
– Cadastral (plane surveying), dealing with recorded deeds, plans of
lots, and other items dealing with real property.

January 2002
 Surveying Techniques

• Global Positioning Surveying (GPS)

– Positioning from satellites based on time, vectors and additional
base station triangulation.

• Digital Theodolite/EDM
– Measuring through digital readout of horizontal circle (degrees,
minutes, seconds) and distances (slope, horizontal, and vertical)
through infrared.

• Transit and Tape

– Measuring through a vernier readout of horizontal circle and using
a steel chain (tape) to measure distances.

January 2002
 Mapping (Cartography)
• Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD)
– AutoCAD, Intergraph Microstation, Carlson Software, Terramodel, etc.
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
– AutoCAD Map, Intergraph MGE and GeoMedia, ARCview and ARCinfo, etc.
• Coordinate Geometry (COGO)
– Analytic Geometry (Polar Coordinates) - Northing (y), Easting (x), Elevation (z)
• Remote Sensing
– Aerial photographs from satellites or aircraft, (infrared, color, black & white)

January 2002
 Surveying Facts
• To obtain a professional
surveyors license in
• George Washington, Ohio, a four year
Abraham Lincoln, and degree in surveying is
Thomas Jefferson were now required.
all land surveyors. Pennsylvania is leaning
towards the same.

• The exam for licensure

January 2002 is given twice a year,
and is two 8 hour
 A Surveyor’s Job
• A surveyor shares many different roles/disciplines:
– Historian - tracing deeds and ownerships to their past, determining
original sizes of property, where roads and rights of way were located, etc.
– Archeologist - determining when buildings were constructed, ages of
barbed wire and fence posts, dating monuments by materials, etc.
– Botanist - identifying trees called for in deeds (14” shagbark hickory or a
8” pin oak tree), not to mention staying away from poison ivy….
– Mathematician - studying analytic geometry and trigonometry.
– Artist - some maps and plats (especially the older hand drawn ones) are
exquisite forms of artwork. Surveying is also known as both a science and
an art form, due to some measurements and evidence not fitting together
as they should.
– Lawyer - knowledge of Local, State and Federal laws pertaining to property
(adverse possession, eminent domain, riparian rights, navigable rights, etc)

• A surveyor usually spends about 50% of the time in the

field (measuring and locating), and the other 50% of
time
January 2002in the office and courthouses (calculating, drafting
and researching).
 Surveying Curriculum
Defense Mapping School (NIMA)
Military Occupation Specialty 82D (Survey)
Fort Belvoir, VA

Penn State Surveying Program

Wilkes-Barre Campus
2 and 4 year Degree Program
http://surveying.wb.psu.edu/

Ohio State University

Department of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Sciences
4 year Degree Program
http://www-ceg.eng.ohio-state.edu/people/dept_CEG.html

Community College of Allegheny County (Boyce Campus)

Certificate in Surveying/Drafting -
other programs offer degrees in drafting/engineering
http://www.ccac.edu/

Butler County Community College

Certificate in Surveying/Drafting
http://bc3.cc.pa.us/

Other Schools (US and Worldwide Surveying Colleges):

http://homepage.interaccess.com/~maynard/schools.htm

Note: This list is not exhaustive, and was conducted by internet research of local area and speakers knowledge.

January 2002
 Surveying Positions

Company Position Location Pay

US Army Corp Engineers Land Surveyor Pittsburgh, PA GS-9/11 ($30-$40k/yr)
911th Civil Engineers Civil Engineer Asst. Pittsburgh, PA Enlisted/Officer
US Air Force (Civilian) Survey Technician Worldwide GS01-11
Ken Pahutski Surveying Surveyor Assitant Oreland, PA Commensurate
City of Kansas City, Missouri Engr. Tech III (GIS) Kansas City, MO $2300-3600/month

Other job sites can be checked at the following web addresses:

USAJOBS - OPM - Federal Employment http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
Pittsburgh Student Vacancy Announcements (Corp of Engineers) http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/hr/student.htm
Penn State Job Announcements http://surveying.wb.psu.edu/jobs/index.htm

January 2002
 Additional Information
• Jeffrey Horneman, PLS • Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
(412) 395-7132 or (724) 224-4651 (PSLS)
horneman@icubed.com Harrisburg, PA 717-540-6811
http://members.xoom.com/jeffhorn/index.html http://www.psls.org/

• 911th Airlift Wing • American Congress of Surveying and

Mapping (ACSM)
(Civil Engineering Assistant)
http://www.afrc.af.mil/units/911aw/fact.htm http://www.survmap.org/

• • National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

US Army Corp of Engineers
http://www.usace.army.mil/ (Dept. of Commerce and NOAA)
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov

January 2002