> > Also, don't you have to state how the lat.-lon. was determined?
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> Not really. When you state your Lat and Long you have to state your Horizontal Datum (NAD 1927 or NAD 1983).
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> And then in Section D you have to state to: "Were latitude and longitude in Section A provided by a licensed land surveyor"
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> So you don't really have to state your procedure for how it was determined.
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> Carl
I stand corrected, in the long form instructions it states something about the method used to obtain the lat/long.
The instructions do not specify the method used to supply the lat/long only that you describe how or where you got them in the comments section. Maybe they just want some coords so they can look the structure up on Google Earth 😉
Something tells me FEMA doesn't have a problem utilizing the GE data
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3293
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3289
The last one I did I used google earth. I made a comment that the datum used to determine Lat & Long in item A5, is based on WGS84, obtained from google earth. Works for me.
Bob
so its better to stand there in the front center of the house with a handheld unit than to pick off the centroid of the house on GE? hmmmm, not sure about that.
If my office help gets the lat/long off of GE, do I have to check that box?
Does anyone even look or care about that info? I don't know.
Carl at your peril.
Google have now fixed the visual mis match one near my beach house that I used to show people .....100s of metres difference .
You must remember that google earth was put together with sweat labor following a process and not knowing the geography . Have a look how far road overlays are off visual .
It is good for local preliminary design And getting other viewers to look at same referenced spot.
RADU
> The last one I did I used google earth. I made a comment that the datum used to determine Lat & Long in item A5, is based on WGS84, obtained from google earth. Works for me.
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Bob, that's exactly what I did. Thank you for the info.
Carl