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>Potential encroachments are revealed half the time or more when surveyors go to conduct residential surveys, correct. But with the advent of technology's big brother in the sky style aerial photography views and attendant technologies, isn't surveying becoming an antiquated professional craft?
>At least with respect to my corner of the world and how it relates to surveying, the answer is a resounding: No!
I've worked with aerial photograpy for MANY years. I've seen a lot of LIDAR stuff and all the other aerial platforms. NONE of then give the accuracy of a survey performed on the ground. Straight photgrammetry fron aerial photography will never be able to locate corner pins located 6" underground. Neither will LIDAR. Some will try to do it on Google Earth.
The new technologies still require tight ground control. Not all GPS units are that tight. First Order surveys are still years away with just the new technology. It's a very helpful tool , but the idea that it is the "Be All, End All" is simply absurd.
After reading the article and a few other pages I believe surveyors need to introduce this fellow to a few real estate agents. The article When Do Bad Neighbor Relations Start? should be required reading for real estate agents!
> After reading the article and a few other pages I believe surveyors need to introduce this fellow to a few real estate agents. The article When Do Bad Neighbor Relations Start? should be required reading for real estate agents!
That's a good article, and lots more sense making in other articles. Great link.
