I had a client that was having difficulty this spring.
It seems he was being trespassed on more than usual.
The neighbor had approached him declaring (in a nice way I guess) that his newish cabin, grounds, and outbuildings were on the neighbor's property.
And so he was wanting some answers.
Seems his deed was not the greatest and it had led to some assumptions by the county on how to present the property on the GIS.
The recorded acreage on the deed was 20 acres in the E1/2 + the W1/2 of a small section adding up to 170 ac.
After the survey the acreage is 210 instead of 170 and I sent a copy of the ROS to the GIS dept.
I've noticed on the GIS map that the parcel is on it correctly now,,,,,,,COOL
This should help keep all the hand held users off the property (which was the basis for all the problems to begin with) and settle down the neighbor thinking they own something they don't.
It's amazing when people realize that one of the meanings of the term "GIS" stands for "Get It Surveyed" 😉
Well done!
I still remember the "I have a dream" speech a GIS guy gave at a seminar I went to 20 plus years ago.
He was dreaming of the GIS having all the record deeds attached to the plot of land and the land being in the "correct" place.
It looks like it's still a dream, but every little bit helps.
I'm glad that they took the time to imput my survey, I should do a better job of getting them info....
MightyMoe, post: 394397, member: 700 wrote: I still remember the "I have a dream" speech a GIS guy gave at a seminar I went to 20 plus years ago.
He was dreaming of the GIS having all the record deeds attached to the plot of land and the land being in the "correct" place.
It looks like it's still a dream, but every little bit helps.
I'm glad that they took the time to imput my survey, I should do a better job of getting them info....
That's why every registered survey in our little state (and we are required to register something every time a corner is marked) has had to be coordinated since 2005.
I know there are a lot of people in this forum that disagree with that sort of approach for various reasons but it is really nice for a lot more.
I get the call more frequently than I should... "I need my lines staked bc my neighbors house is on my property" ummm. No. It's not.
[USER=7509]@Seb[/USER]
But.....................didn't I read a while back that you all are speeding along at something like a meter per year to the northwest or something like that. Therefore, there must be gaps and overlaps in the data.
Holy Cow, post: 394414, member: 50 wrote: [USER=7509]@Seb[/USER]
But.....................didn't I read a while back that you all are speeding along at something like a meter per year to the northwest or something like that. Therefore, there must be gaps and overlaps in the data.
That's why you reference everything back to a common epoch and have a lot of CORS.
Your Most Divine Bovinesss,
The gaps and overlaps at a speed of one meter a year especially in a northwesterly direction are caused by the difference in mass, friction, and acceleration of Grandmom's cottage and a shopping mall. Just something to think about. Now get your physics books out.
Have a good weekend
Seb, post: 394409, member: 7509 wrote: That's why every registered survey in our little state (and we are required to register something every time a corner is marked) has had to be coordinated since 2005.
I know there are a lot of people in this forum that disagree with that sort of approach for various reasons but it is really nice for a lot more.
There is a mountain of Record of Surveys, corner records, plats, Independent Resurveys, much of it with SPC, lat, long, info, etc.
All of it sitting in the files at the county and the state, public record available online. Basically none of it has made it into any GIS data base that I know of. Except of course something like my computer files, but that's just info used on projects I work on. The problem seems to be using that data and not earth point, or stuff like it.
New subdivisions get put in, along with new dependent reserveys (sometimes) but that's about it.
Holy Cow, post: 394414, member: 50 wrote: [USER=7509]@Seb[/USER]
But.....................didn't I read a while back that you all are speeding along at something like a meter per year to the northwest or something like that. Therefore, there must be gaps and overlaps in the data.
You forgot that sarcasm font again.... hehehe
A metre would make life interesting but we are only moving 7cm sorry.
It sure is satisfying to tie some old survey to a new one in the office and go out and find an old mark easily and quickly.
Seb, I really enjoy your participation here. Heck, I was only off by a factor of 13, that's not too bad at all. Especially since I'm a sort of Flat Earth type of person.
Dave Karoly, post: 394419, member: 94 wrote: That's why you reference everything back to a common epoch and have a lot of CORS
Dave Karoly, post: 394419, member: 94 wrote: That's why you reference everything back to a common epoch and have a lot of CORS.
And Coor's! 😉
Speaking of Coors. Remember when it was only available in certain States? Michigan was one of the places where it was not available. I hope the statute of limitations has expired because it's possible I may have transported a trunk full more the once to the place where "If you are looking for a friendly peninsula, you have found it". Silly people thought it was special stuff simply because it wasn't readily available.
Are you busily welding armor plate to the survey truck?
Holy Cow, post: 394493, member: 50 wrote: Silly people thought it was special stuff simply because it wasn't readily available
I seem to remember Coors being good in the '70s, but maybe it was just the novelty of it.
Crude people referred to Coors as "sex in a canoe" because it was f****** near water.
Holy Cow, post: 394493, member: 50 wrote: Speaking of Coors. Remember when it was only available in certain States? Michigan was one of the places where it was not available. I hope the statute of limitations has expired because it's possible I may have transported a trunk full more the once to the place where "If you are looking for a friendly peninsula, you have found it". Silly people thought it was special stuff simply because it wasn't readily available.
For years the only States that you could get Coors in, was Colorado & Wyoming. About maybe 1965 they started branching out to other states. When we were on a job in the Oklahoma Panhandle in May of 1969, all the stores had signs saying " WE HAVE COORS BEER". In the 1950's some guys I knew that were working seismagraph jobs would bootleg car loads of Coors whenever they would come back to Wyoming for a break and go back to out of state to the job location, if I remember right, were in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. They said that that was a pretty good money maker. At that time a case of Coors was $3.00, give or take a litttle and they could more than double their money on a case.
We always referred to Coors as "teenage beer" because that was what the beginning drinkers used.
When I moved to Texas in 1976 Coors was not available in Georgia but it was in Texas. I thought OK I'll try it. I drank a lot of it. At the local convenience store Coors was cheaper than Coca Cola. I never could develop a taste for Lone Star though.
Andy