you will get my field books when you pry them from my dead cold hands
If my business model was exclusively control & boundary I could see going without a field book. I don't think I would want to, but it could be done. For topo, I could maybe go with some manhole data sheets and eliminate the field book.?ÿ Same caveat.
But for construction staking I consider the field notebook essential.
I work in a recording state. Future surveyors will have my Records of Survey, as I have theirs. It is a an extremely rare circumstance were I give anybody else's notebooks the slightest thought for surveys done during the recording era.?ÿ
The only possible reason I can see for keeping fieldbooks after they are scanned, other than nostalgia, is as backup during the 10 year statutory period. After that, pitch 'em if you like.?ÿ ?ÿ?ÿ
@jaccen only the final plan matters here. It is expected to be correct. Coordinates on the plans and to be used by other people. Only if something goes to court is there additional info asjed but if you're got paper notes or not is not of any relevance. It's all about defining the line. How it was measured doesn't interest anybody but the surveyor himself.