How does this happen?

Posted by: @stacy-carroll

Why would anyone release a drawing like that?

They're being unrealistically precise?

If the base map was computer generated I would guess that it was "rubber sheeted" to fit a particular paper size.?ÿ Dumb, but possible.

Andy

it's on the surveyor that signs it.?ÿ did he review it??ÿ ?ÿtells me a bunch about the company and their processes

They don't know how to use their printer and plot to scale and others are simply making it fit on a piece of paper without keeping with standards.

Posted by: @stacy-carroll

I saw another 'map' that had a scale of 1"=16'. Why would anyone release a drawing like that?

Because the only scale they had on hand belonged to an architect.

A ƒ??Realtorƒ? probably got ahold someoneƒ??s survey. ?????ÿ

I see no problem with either example.?ÿ The first suggests that the original work is in rods.?ÿ Many old county roads were laid out with a standard total width of three rods instead of 50 feet.?ÿ In the second case this might be a case of a city block being divided into lots where all dimensions are multiples of 16 feet for some reason.?ÿ All that really matters is that the drawing be drawn correctly.

Holy Cow is trying to say it's just another way of saying 1"=3 rods although they are off a tenth of a foot.

You usually see those kinds of scales from GIS software.?ÿ Sometimes they make it really hard to find and set an even scale.

Seems to me like laziness not to take that time.

@dave-karoly

Dang it, Dave.?ÿ You caught me on that one.?ÿ I could have sworn that scale was 1" = 49.5'.?ÿ Will agree that 49.6 is a bizarre scale.?ÿ Maybe it was a typo. ???? ?????ÿ

I have seen maps in both rods and chains, though.

Sticky back implies an older map from the 50's-early 80's maybe earlier, but it says 2019. I agree that it's 1"=3 rods plus a typo.?ÿ

Although rods weren't standard, usually but not always 16.5', however this must be a typo.

One of my favorite scales is 1"=1320', that works with many section sized drawings on letter or legal sized plats AKA?ÿ1"=20chains.

Posted by: @field-dog

They're being unrealistically precise?

The 1 Inch = 49.6 Ft. part. I've never seen any scale written in tenths of a foot.

The scale could have been labelled 1"=50' for all practical purposes.

So everyone in here has no gremlins? ?????ÿ

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I will share one of mine that truth be told would have made a great story down the road. Plat goes through the process. I have reviewed it, the ELS had reviewed and had made the rounds for signatures. I go to the Clerk and Recorders office and lay the two copies on the counter. I proceed to pay and as she goes to get her stamp, I look at the title block..... County of (Correct County), State of (WRONG State).

In my defense,?ÿ the legal description had the correct state. As some very close friends are about the only other people who work in the county, i would have never heard the end of it.

I can explain it without seeing it.?ÿ ?ÿThe pdfs were the only thing the builder had...he ran into a city reviewer saying the scale is off (with a redline comment scale doesn't match)...so a little whiteout of scale to match said redline comment might get him the approval.?ÿ Paper don't equal reality...he's still building the building to dims shown, unless you can tell me any time you saw a builder onsite with a scale argueing that difference...please show rest of plan sheet if i'm wrong.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ?ÿ

@rj-schneider not in some city cities...lil reviewers that have no clue but pdf review are to stupid. Straight outta college.

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Posted by: @stacy-carroll

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This was on a recent "map" (can't rightfully call it a plat) that was an interesting hybrid of hand drawn, CAD and 'sticky backs'. A couple weeks ago I saw another 'map' that had a scale of 1"=16'. Why would anyone release a drawing like that?

My guess would be itƒ??s an auto-generated field in AutoCad that displays the current scale of the given viewport. Someone scrolled forward in the viewport then tried to correct it by scrolling back out. Which produces a scale that is close to the original, but not exact. Just my guess coming from years of reviewing drawings from sub-par draftsmen.?ÿ

They still got it wrong. I put my scale on it and 1"=57.14'?ÿ lol