Was reviewing a survey plat yesterday and had to laugh. The call for connecting the POC to the POB actually read: TO THE POINT OF BEGGING.
A simple typo that spellchecck won't catch. Proves that the signing surveyor is not as careful as one should be when delivering a professional product.
I have become found of using Word's ability to read my documents back to me. It really helps the typos as well as just plain old readability. I usually write my narratives in Word then import the text into CAD.
Great Tip. I did not know that Word would do that. I am very good at grammar, spelling, etc. But not perfect. My late mother was a professional proofreader (and translator). It was somehow passed down to me and my two daughters, all excellent spellers. But as I said, things sometimes slip through.
Thanks!
So what's the problem?
To the Point of Begging, that is too good a phrase to ever correct.
Sometimes when you are looking at things long enough the obvious gets overlooked. Every plan and description that I create gets checked by a second set of eyes before it goes out the door. That does not mean that it will be perfect but does, at times, catch overseen typos and the like.
A little QA/QC goes a long way.
Many men can relate to getting to the point of begging but something other than surveying is the goal.😆😆😆
A nearby Register of Deeds Office has become anal about what appears in the title block and will reject a survey for what they deem errors. How much time do you spend looking at the title block? They insist that the quarter section, section township and range be provided for subdivisions and additions inside city limits. For what purpose?
They insist that the quarter section, section township and range be provided for subdivisions and additions inside city limits. For what purpose?
That doesn't seem unreasonable at all to me. In fact, I think it would be weird if a plat didn't have that info.
Our grantor grantee indexes are based on PLSS information. While few here know how to use them, they are the backbone of good deed research...
The city plats, subdivsions and additions already have their own indexes. That is why it is not needed.
Our STR indexes are great. It is extremely rare that we need to search through the grantor/grantee indexes.
If it's raw land then yes, it needs the TRS information even if its annexed. In the city and inside of an existing subdivision then no, it's not necessary.
The city plats, subdivsions and additions already have their own indexes. That is why it is not needed.
Yeah, but I'm guessing the plat description is based on the PLSS which seems to me like it makes the index not needed.
The place I worked in OR it became standard practice for the Office Manager to give a final review of anything before it went out the door, she would only look for the spelling and grammar errors, the technical stuff was of coursed left to me and the boss.
I've been a big proponent of a no-technical person looking things over, those of us looking at the technical can easily miss the spelling and such
So, you are doing a survey inside the Town Plat of Kumquat, New Mexico dated August 22, 1887. Just your everyday boundary survey of a single lot, The Register of Deeds has an index for all blocks and lots in said Town that contains all of the goings-on since 1887 and the original Town Plat. What is the purpose of insisting on knowing the quarter section, section, township and range of wherever you happen to be within the Town Plat?
I support Richard Germiller's mention of using a non-technical person to proofread. However, I heard of one case where the proofreader marked one specific word used multiple times as being spelled incorrectly. What he was reviewing was a paper written by his wife, a professor in child development studies. He, on the other hand was a professor in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on air handling systems.
He used psychrometric data almost every day.
She regularly worked with psychometric data.
Our Clerks and Recorders have an index as well. In most counties it's based on the PLSS. In those Counties who have abandoned that system you still need the PLSS index to look at older records. Perhaps you don't have the need in your locale...
About twenty years ago I was at a large firm and walked into another surveyor's office. There was a mylar subdivision plat on his desk ready for final signatures by the county and then recordation. It had gone through internal QA/QC, two rounds of review by county planning and DPW, and was signed by the owner and the PLS.
I glanced at it for half a second and said, "street name is misspelled". Largest text on the plat said "Goergia Avenue"
A subdivision with Civil War themed streets was created a couple decades ago. Had Cannonball Lane, Battleridge Drive, etc. and the main drag through the whole thing was........ Calvary Road.
A touch of Southern Baptist to go with the theme? Lol
A pet peeve is finding what should be a straight line with four different bearings (seconds don't match). This happened again the other day. The section line was split into four segments with bearings ending in 6,7,8 and 6 seconds. Everyone except the draftsman understands this is truly one line.