Excellent example of why scale is still important. I don’t understand why anyone would not put a scale on every plat. It takes very little effort.

> You have touched on a pet peeve of mine. > > Is it even necessary to legislate that an appropriate scale be used? Are there similar statut...

So 1" = 33' or 66' Is Out ?The only reason to use an engineering scale is habit. Any surveyor or engineer should be capable using a ruler and the very...

> Number 2. Unless you can prove that the fence corner is not a perpetuation of the original. Notice I didn't say your opinion, I said prove. Th...

You can’t just ignore what you believe to be the best evidence of the corner, but the erroneously set corner be ignored either. If reliance can be sh...

Setting a monument with a cap big enough to indicate what corner it is reduces confusion dramaticly. A 2" cap on rebar or 2.5"-3.25" cap on a pipe is ...

I would never trust GPS for building stakeout either, but you’re comparing apples to oranges. The errors in that report are in absolute position. When...

maybe you liked it when rivers were burning?

Seems To Me Someone Dropped the Ball.........> When the differences in ownership were defined by navigation, recreation use was never considered, t...

I'm in Knoxville, but not currently working as a surveyor.

Most jurisdictions in Alaska prohibit plastic caps also. One even requires 3" brass on pipe, I think that is going to far, but the plastic ones are us...

D- Came to surveying after a BS in physics

40.13ch/20ch*10=20.06ch, The plat is drafted as if the 1/4 cor was set correctly. My first instinct is to set the 1/4 cor per the field notes (mid poi...

> The point is that the beginning/ending point is not two differing places. This is right on. The reason we adjust has nothing to do with statisti...

All you need to tell him is that you cant compute an area for a figure that is not closed.

> Yes, but I'll bet they (the homeowners) could put a gate across it and a member of the "general public" couldn't prevail to have it removed.huh? ...

You are correct that a mineral surveyor is not required to be involved unless the claim is going to patent. This is true for both placer and load clai...

I would notify the surveyor whose license is on the monuments and hope he corrects it, or gives you permission to restamp it next time you are in the ...

> > The second part attempts to describe it. Twenty five feet off the ____ side. This is ambiguous because it does not nail down the twenty fi...

> > For it to become an easement he would have had to convey it to the government at some point. Are you surveying the parcel it is excepted fr...