I would like to see examples of what the members here consider good work, of course old hand dimensioned drawings would be interesting but what would be more informative are modern, cad generated drawings that stand out for clarity and aesthetics.?ÿ
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There's actually a national competition for outstanding examples of drafting and platting.
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As a reviewer of survey plats in multiple counties the number one thing consider is if the wording of the description agrees perfectly with what is shown on the plat.?ÿ For example, if the first call begins at the northwest corner of the section, is that corner shown, identified with the same words as in the description and the symbol in the legend in agreement with the one shown.?ÿ I can't tell you how many times I have found differences between the two sources of information that should be identical.?ÿ Another common problem is finding a missing call in the description in tracts with many sides.
My favorite drawings are all one linetype, all one line weight, and all one font, with all text at the same height.
@john-putnam Architects must be taught the same way. Probably ninety percent of the house plans i get where the garage is set at an angle other than ninety degrees with respect to the main body of the house are missing at least one dimension where the garage and house meet.?ÿ Quite often they also forget to give the angle. It makes it difficult for me to find their mistakes or mine.
The most recent case turned out to be a defection angle of 11 degrees 3 minutes and 5 seconds. Coincidentally that was the same as the difference in the bearings of the left and right lot lines but I had to guess and then verify by pulling the pdf into CAD to check the angle and line lengths.
My experience is that drafting styles are as varied and eclectic as the surveyors that make them.?ÿ It is strange because it is graphic communication and art at the same time.?ÿ I guess I judge a plat by the fact I can "follow the footsteps" and find the corners called out.?ÿ Form and function in full effect.?ÿ
There are some beautiful ALTA plats, drawn by very skilled draftspeople, and nare one corner to be found.?ÿ But I guess you could make the argument that if they cared about the drafting, then they cared about the fieldwork.?ÿ
Should the focus be on a uniform title block with a pretty logo and drawn by or checker boxes, or, on ancillary evidence to the line (line trees, ditch ties) when the trencher has its way with the R/W corners?
I'm flashing back to Kent here and the "North Arrows of the Day"...
Just make it so I can read the damn Bearing and Distance and find the corner in 120 years, after the clerk has shrunk the drawing into the cloud or whatever!
@protracted I liked his "broken lines", on his hand drawn plat. It looked like the survey tape, slack on the ground.
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Those are some very nice Records of Survey. A real pleasure to admire. But nobody other than a government employee would have that much time to linger over their work.?ÿ ?ÿ?ÿ
I design mine to be readable, even if shrunk. Typical is readable even to 50%.
Thank you,
Nate
@hi-stakeThanks for pointing out the sarcasm. I almost launched into a rant.
We have two old coggers that hand drafted to the day they died. Depending on weather they sharpened their crayons that day determined if you could read their work or not. Even with sharp crayons 8 , 5, 6, and 3s were indesernable from one another. Absolutely no pride in their drawings at all. Without a typed Deed many could not be used to determine the properties boundary. I often wonder how the Title person decyphered?ÿ the legal description.
Once some mapping fundamentals are met, the aesthetics of a given plat are dependent on the particulars of the parcel's geometry.?ÿ Some plats are too busy no matter what you do, some too bare.?ÿ I'd like to see a plat competition where every drafter is given the same parcel so that you could actually judge the artistry and not just the ability to choose a plat that hits the sweet spot.
Oh, my.?ÿ A minimum of nine spelling, punctuation, grammar and capitalization errors in a comment on doing proper work.?ÿ Pot/kettle.
Here is one I did a few years ago that turned out pretty well:?ÿ
http://www4.multco.us/Surveyimages/Survey/64000-65999/64741.pdf
And another:
http://www4.multco.us/Surveyimages/Survey/66000-67999/66582.pdf
@norman-oklahoma Those were a handy example because there was an article written about them.?ÿ Phil Larson did incredible private work for many decades here.?ÿ His drafting includes great detail and clarity, it does not include the artistic embellishment but the artistry is no less in my opinion.?ÿ Here are a few of his:
http://maps.co.lincoln.or.us/image/surveys/00011036.pdf
http://maps.co.lincoln.or.us/image/surveys/00010206p1-2.pdf
http://maps.co.lincoln.or.us/image/surveys/00008511p1-4.pdf
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