I work in Nebraska. "Modern" surveys are posted by the state surveyor. Is there one convenient site that links all available surveys in the US in the "modern" era, (and perhaps by the grace of the allmighty, more) in all states?
Recently finished an interesting job in Custer Co. Neb. Beautiful location. The client is a very interesting individual as well as quite the artist. Ex:
Sorry. No such luck. Many States do not even require filing surveys anywhere, let alone with the State. It's the age-old debate over whether or not surveys should be made public. Some areas seem to hold steadfast to the idea that what is done for a client should only be made available to that specific client and absolutely no one else.
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> I work in Nebraska. "Modern" surveys are posted by the state surveyor. Is there one convenient site that links all available surveys in the US in the "modern" era, (and perhaps by the grace of the allmighty, more) in all states?
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Nope. In fact, here in Maine there was a man (MacImage) who tried to tie all the County Registries together onto one site, and met very stiff opposition from the Registries.
What is interesting here is that the MacImage system actually made money for Hancock County.
Unfortunately for the Registry staff however, many positions would eventually be eliminated, with the remaining employees likely being required to enter IT training to perform their jobs effectively.
I can see both sides of the argument, and I think eventually in the end sites like MacImage will win the fight. After all it always boils down to $$$.
There is no requirement to record our survey's in Kansas. We must file reports and ties to all Section Corners only. Many Surveyors were recording their work, until a requirement was made for a review by another Surveyor. Sounds like a good idea. Only problem was each county handled this differently. In some counties they charge outrageous fees for these reviews ($400 or better), others are more reasonable. Our state needs to put a fair number on these fees, before many will record. One way around this is to give a copy to Public Works/ Road Dept., so there is a record of ones work. I'm all for recording, but it has to be done more reasonably here. It's hard to justify high fee's, when we can do a farm plot in a few hours. The recording costs are as much as the labor.