I spent half a day (mostly driving) going back to a couple lots surveyed over 5 years ago. Last I was there was 2008 when I checked the foundation for a house being built on one of the lots. I went back to show a perspective buyer the line between the lots. I had marked it with some T-posts. The T-posts were hard to sort out now because a lot of pine trees had been planted which need to surrounded by posts and netting to keep the deer from killing the new trees until they get better established.
I'm not sure how many trees they have planted but suppose on the two lots they must have spent maybe a half million dollars. Money wise I should have never left working in the Park City, UT area. There is money there as back home here in central Utah there is not survey work that pays respectable money.
Anyway it was good to see the final result of some of the stuff I worked on. I got in one of the houses and was given the tour. I did the site plan on the house. Nicest home I ever been in. Ever seen what 7 million dollars will buy you in a home?
And also. Left with a check in hand, no map to file, all I did was set up the GPS and tie flagging on a half dozen T-posts. I did the tour for free.
Good on you Leon!!
Enjoy it while you can, because apparently it won't be too long before the homeowner can punch-up the county GIS, and have survey grade accuracy and precision to locate the "true" property line themselves. Tee posts or not!!
Brian:
The county I primarily work in went to an online GIS many years ago. Tax parcel lines, aerial photography, 35,000 filed survey maps; all of it went online for free. I thought business was going to suffer.
In retrospect, I think the GIS going online CREATED more work. People could see that "hey, it looks like my neighbors shed is over the line". People see what their property could be, but can't translate that to the ground.
Maybe I'm wrong and as online information improves that may change, I don't know.
Edit: I had not read the GIS thread prior to posting this. My bad.