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Having studied it much deeper, at this point the point he rejected, is probably correct. And the one he set is not.
I’ve not yet done any field work on it. But, I’ve got a pretty solid look at the area based on a study of the section. Its possible that someone moved monuments in the hood. And they did not move the one “set in error”. Intelligent monument movers move all of them the same amount, and same direction.
Of course I’m speculating. But, I have had someone move ALL my monuments west 3 feet along a particular line. If we did not come off our own control, we would not have caught it.
Nate
I don’t recall that we even set new drill holes to mark the locations shot on top of the wall. Everyone knew that the wall was the monument.
Drill holes are nice, so that you have a specific measuring point. And if you’re going to establish bearings to the second and distances to the hundredth, it’s nice if there are some actual physical marks at each end of the segment that’s being dimensioned.
We used to hand drill with a chisel back when I started, and sometimes still do, but with lightweight cordless drills now, it’s kind of lazy not to set drill holes, in my opinion
Having studied it much deeper, at this point the point he rejected, is probably correct. And the one he set is not.
I’ve not yet done any field work on it. But, I’ve got a pretty solid look at the area based on a study of the section. Its possible that someone moved monuments in the hood. And they did not move the one “set in error”. Intelligent monument movers move all of them the same amount, and same direction.
Of course I’m speculating. But, I have had someone move ALL my monuments west 3 feet along a particular line. If we did not come off our own control, we would not have caught it.
Nate
To me this has always seemed the biggest weakness of using monuments for boundaries. Luckily most surveying work benefits of security through obscurity but if more people became aware of how some surveying work is being carried out, they could definitely use it to their advantage.
What is the general law regarding aggressive possession in the US?
I can??t imagine what it would be like surveying in the southern Appalachian mountains if direction and distance was higher in priority than a call for a monument. While current technology has made it much easier to be an expert measured I would find it less satisfying if that was all that was required to be a Land Surveyor. It??s the history and law that make it interesting.
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