I don't think it has any place on a plat.It goes in direct conflict with the surveyor’s statement I must include on the plat.If you read the old post ...

On the other handI heard a sermon from a popular preacher one time and he reminded all that –It’s impossible to be a savior or miracle worker in your ...

I agree totally, I am amazed when local people go out of town to hire an engineer or a surveyor for that matter. Most of the out of town hiring I enc...

Engineers have told me that they want a local surveyor because-Local surveyors are supposedly cheaper than getting someone from out of town.Local surv...

I think that attitude is wonderful. I plan on using that line if you don't mind.

Ken,I was responding to a question from tragmerse of why I was asked to comment on the plat notes of another surveyor.I am not anywhere near a soap bo...

Thanks to all for commenting, in an answer to a couple points-Why I asked – The platting authority does not have a surveyor on staff or anyone with fo...

Ladd,I have wasted much time talking with Carlson and Leica people about these issues and your simple suggestions in your response make me sound lazy...

Hey Mark,I too have been a diehard Carlson user, using it in office and data collectors for 10 plus years. I even went to the extreme of only purchasi...

We had been a Leica shop for 20+ years but I can tell you after my last Leica GPS and Robot purchase we will not purchase Leica again. Both had mechan...

jef221Just an observation, but it seems that from your responses you are the insecure one, I mean really, to call someone unprofessional with knowing ...

Looking at the website, he has worked in Alaska several times, I just talked with an unlicensed surveyor staking on a construction project here in Ala...

This type of “service” is offered in Alaska by several non-licensed surveyors, mostly for construction companies. I think it is “legal” if it is limit...

I am unfamiliar with transcripts? All that the BLM here in Alaska will let the public look at are the public record - The official field notes for t...

Rain has no effect on us for field work except to make it unpleasant. Freezing rain can cause some problems. Wind and rain is tough as most equipmen...

Hey Keith, are you or have you been connected to the BLM? I wouldn’t think you would find many private surveyors that believed that the BLM has some c...

About 15 years ago I was doing a boundary survey in a village here in Alaska and I found where the BLM had done a retracement survey that looked like ...

AKPLSYou have your opinion and I have mine, both derived from our own personal experience.As far as jabs, your reputation precedes you on this one but...