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.
In Oregon giving quarter section, section, township, range and meridian references is required per state law, so there is no need to give the matter any further thought.
Sometimes that information is crucial, sometimes the adjoining street names are more useful.
I'd like to see Section Township and Range on every plat not because it is always helpful but because sometimes it is very helpful.
I actually know several surveyors who believe it isn't their job to check the drafting. Sign and out the door with glaring errors, including in one case the surveyor's name misspelled.
I actually know several surveyors who believe it isn’t their job to check the drafting.
And their reasoning is?
Publishing a map with a spelling error would be an embarassment. Although I use the spell check feature, I always put the map aside for a day or more and then read all the notes to be sure they make sense.
