What does this mean.... The Responsibility

13. The responsibility for all mapped features must be clearly stated on any map or report signed by a Florida licensed surveyor and mapper. When mapped features surveyed by the signing surveyor and mapper have been integrated with mapped features surveyed by others, then the map or report shall clearly state the individual primarily responsible for the map or report.

"Or is the intent to say that the FL licensed surveyor used somebody else's data or map product and then added his own content and therefore must acknowledge the other person's data/map product?"

Yes.

Have a great week!:-)

First I was gonna say "How great is this site?", but then I decided to say "Why didn't you keep reading?"

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Sometimes mud is just mud no matter how long you stare at it.

I've grown rather tolerant in my waning years. Sometimes the people who write what they write should have to read what they wrote and write a summary of what they read and what it meant to them. The more absolutely certain I am that I have clearly stated precisely what was intended, the more likely the recipient will misunderstand at least a portion, thus clouding the overall message.

I wrote: Beginning at the north quarter corner of Section 15.....
The reader expected it to say: Beginning at the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of Section 15.....
The reader then calls to ask why I started in the wrong place.
What I said was correct. What he expected to read would also be correct.

H.C.

Can I steal that second paragraph as one of my favorite all-time quotes?

D.L.

Yes.

Was that a sufficiently clear answer to your request?;-) 😉

I guess my question was really about how you document the responsibility on your drawing. But I still think the wording is confusing.

Thanks for the replies.

D.L.

Didn't you mean "maybe", if he is capable of copy and pasting it or correctly retyping it, he can have it, but it is in the realm of possibility that a person is incapable of stealing the saying. Also, are you really stealing it, if it is typed in a public forum? Perhaps it depends on what your definition of "steal" is..... Also, if you say yes to the fact that he "can" does that also mean that he "may"?
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Okay, screwing around. here's a good quote.

"When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'" (Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carol)

Dpsluss,

I’m an old booger but I think the rule is addressing specific certifications, but if you want further clarification I would suggest contacting the “Board”.

It’s not uncommon to have boundary, and other types of surveys, to be overlaid on other maps such as aerial photographs, ancient quad sheets and Google maps.

For instance, if you have performed a boundary survey which is overlaid on to anything your certification should only address the boundary survey with a disclaimer, via notes or otherwise, as to any other information shown.

In some instances there can be multiple certifications, each addressing different aspects of the final product.

Of course this is just my opinion.

Where are the rest of the more knowledgeable Florida surveyors that could shed more light on this?

Have a great weekend!

It means just what it says. If you as a surveyor integrate other forms of data into your survey, you must clearly state which data you are responsible for. For instance, a route survey where the bulk of the topography was obtained from an aerial mapping firm. You survey and add the "obscured areas" into the aerial content to produce a base map. You would need to find a way to delineate or describe what you added to the survey, provided of course that you were the surveyor of record and are going to sign this puppy. Happens a lot when doing work for the FDOT.

Why this rule is there, I can't say. I have long ago given up trying to figure out why the board does some of the things that they do.