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Your courses will be facilitated by APD's President, Douglas A. Thompson. Mr. Thompson has more than 40 years experience as a professional land surveyor and mapper. Licensed in several states, he has been providing tidal boundary survey training since 1996 in coastal states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast.

His work at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection included directing the Florida – NOS Joint Funding Agreement (Marine Boundary Program) from 1981 through 1991 during which time more than 1000 tide stations were established along the state’s 8,400 mile shoreline. Since 1991, Mr. Thompson has administrated the Florida Coastal Mapping Act of 1974.

Author of The Florida Mean High Water Surveying Handbook, Mr. Thompson is known and respected throughout the United States by both public sector and private sector survey professionals for his in-depth knowledge of the requirements, practices, procedures, and laws governing tidal boundary surveys.  While attached to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region IV in Atlanta, GA, Mr. Thompson completed a comprehensive review of the entire body of case law concerning tidal datums in the Southeast United States.

Mr. Thompson's formal education includes the Ohio College of Applied Sciences (now the University of Cincinnati) and Florida State University. He has been employed as a survey professional in the private sector and has extensive public sector experience in State and Federal positions. Mr. Thompson is a recipient of the coveted State of Florida Davis Productivity Award.

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