In what location would you include
> I have to go with Kent on this. Senior rights are very important to me and the law. Don't get your junior line in my senior property. You'll have a problem. I don't necessarily show Jr/Sr ownership on my map every time, but when there is a discrepancy between calls like Actual and Record, you'd better have your chain of title ready. Had this problem a couple years ago and ownership of the wind turbine were in play: Money was changing hands and then changed direction. Our tract was senior and the line was struck accordingly.
Senior rights are of paramount importance... when there is a discrepancy between descriptions in sequential conveyances or when a certain distance is needed between original monuments that isn't there. When there is no conflict between adjoining descriptions and or when the monuments are found that demarcate adjoining parcels then there is no need to invoke senior rights.
Actual and Record dimensions can occur anytime whether Jr/Sr rights are involved or not.
Stephen
LOL! Our maps and our descriptions carry the following statement
"If this plat/document is not signed in pale blue ink and the seal present in crimped form, it should be considered an unlicensed copy and presumed to contain altered or unauthorized material."
Now, the blue ink, is disappearing ink. So, you can get the blue with a color copier, but you don't get the seal, or you can rub graphite on it, but you can't tell if it's crimped, or you photocopy it and the blue goes away.
So far, the East Texas Title companies haven't worked around it because we get calls all the time about it. One even said we had to remove it. I told them no and they accepted it anyway.
Dress up your North arrow just a bit. 🙂
In what location would you include
> Just ask yourself why every book, magazine, and newspaper ever written is done so in lower case text aside from the grammatically called for capitals. Why should drafted survey maps be any different.
Well, you understand that mixing large and small capital letters isn't using upper and lower case letters, right?
> LOL! Our maps and our descriptions carry the following statement
> "If this plat/document is not signed in pale blue ink and the seal present in crimped form, it should be considered an unlicensed copy and presumed to contain altered or unauthorized material."
So, are you thinking that statement can't just be removed from your map? Much better practice to use security features that are obvious, like a foil seal that is obviously a copy of a ... foil seal.
In what location would you include
For reproduction needs, upper case should be no smaller than 0.09" and lower should be the same, to mix them you need to use different letter scales to do that. I use all upper case at 0.10" which is typical of most around here and they are legible when reproduced or faxed. What and how things are placed on a drawing needs to first comply with statute and then some thought about the needs of those who will be using the record in the future. This is a recording State, so what we do, and how we present it will be available to the public for as long as records are kept, probably longer than most tombstones will last.
jud
In what location would you include
The text you're referring to on my map examples is done with Technic font which mimics Leroy lettering with a technical pen. It uses small caps for lower case letters. I only use that font for the parcel areas and bearing text. So, yes I see what you are saying, but you are indulging in trivialities as per usual.
Stephen
In what location would you include
> For reproduction needs, upper case should be no smaller than 0.09" and lower should be the same, to mix them you need to use different letter scales to do that. I use all upper case at 0.10" which is typical of most around here and they are legible when reproduced or faxed.
Naturally, the lettering and designs of symbols need to be adapted for the methods by which the map will be archived and/or reproduced. No question about that.
0.09" = 2.3mm, which strikes me as conservative for maps to be copied by scanning and output to a plotter. It sounds more like a standard for microfilming.
For copying by scanning and plotting, I don't see any problems with lettering that is 0.06" = 1.5mm high.
I agree that lower case fonts should be reserved for uses when the height of the shortest font meets the minimum height requirement.