MAPPING SCIENTIST REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

摘要

Some type of requirements for registration, licensing or certification for professionals has been mandated in United States of America (USA) for over one hundred years. It has been required, but for not quite as long for the engineer, surveyor and others in the mapping sciences (Geomatics). Emphasis has increased in the past few years for Geomatics certification for the Photogrammetrist, Mapping Scientist Remote Sensing and Mapping Scientist Geographic Information and Land Information Systems (GIS/LIS). User of services from these professionals want criteria to evaluate various purveyors qualifications to provide professional services. States and local governments through the registration process want to qualify those whom legally can perform those professional geomatic duties, they justify these licensing and certification requirements under the guise of protecting the health and welfare of the public. This report covers registration and licensing requirements and how they differ in the fifty State governments legislative rules for surveyors (including photogrammetric surveys) and it discusses projected changes in the legal requirement models used by the states. Existing certification programs of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) are described. The summary provides projected actions that can be anticipated in the next ten years of this century and the probable impacts that will be generated on those professionals that are already in and are anticipating entering the geomatics practicing arena.