By: Eric Fuller

• Personal Introduction• Reference Frames, Datums and Coordinate Systems • The Minnesota County Coordinate System

• Name: Eric Fuller• Assistant Professor LS&MS, Geography Department , St. Cloud State University• Educational Background

• Undergraduate and Graduate studies at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

• B.S. Land Surveying Engineering, May 1995• M.S. Engineering, December 2007

• Licensed Land Surveyor• State of Maryland, December 2000• State of Virginia in, December, 2002

• Land Surveying related work experience• Helped start All In One Surveys, Inc. in Maryland, April 2001 and worked as Company President and Licensed Land Surveyor until August 2006• Worked for various land surveying companies in Indiana and Maryland as Assistant Surveyor and/or Licensed Surveyor

• American Horizontal Datums• North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27)• North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)

• American Vertical Datums• National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29)• North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88)

• American Grid Coordinate Systems • SPCS NAD27• SPCS NAD83

• Ground Plane Coordinate Systems (Minnesota)• Roscoe Coordinate System• The Minnesota County Coordinate System (MN CCS)

• Projections Used• How established• Ground Planes

• Method of Creation

• Important ideas to keep in mind about MN CCS

• What are some benefits of Coordinate Systems?• Provide common reference frame for relating different surveys

• GIS capabilities through common data link• Ease of recovery / re-establishment of corners • Ease of computation of directions (Azimuth / Bearings) of vectors• Etc.

• MN CCS possible topic of future Continuing Education Seminars?• My contact Information:

• Phone : 320-308-3203• Email: eifuller@stcloudstate.edu