Canada adopted a similar system to the U.S.'s PLSS but they were smart and limited it to relatively flat lands that are practical to use when divided ...

@holy-cow And yet I have had more success finding 19th century wood stakes than 19th century stones in the southern plains. Both are easier than pits....

@bill93 I have experienced tax lot numbers changing in two different?ÿ tax jurisdictions. Neither had records of the changes. In one I was able to get...

I think one problem we have is refusing to copy others. We have endless political debate about issues as if we were alone in the world, and there aren...

Writing is something that other degrees will do a better job of teaching (except engineering) and conteact law I could care less. A surveyor in busine...

@murphy yep. I love math, and considered it as a proffesion, but it's not what land surveyors need to learn more of to be a good land surveyor.

@williwaw what are the uses listed above? Maintenance is definitely acceptance, but the first step is to determine if there was an offer, and what exa...

Hopefully the description is unambiguous so the area won't matter.

What were the exact words in the patent?

Congragualtions! Don't let yourself go stagnant.?ÿ

Before hiring a consultant I would talk to the Cadastral group at the appropriate BLM office. If there is no federal land involved they won't be able ...

The 30x30 "program" isn't going to offer to buy their land. Land in conservation easements already count for the administration's conservation goals.?...

@holy-cow NRCS conservation easements will not become public land. That's not part of the program and there is no mechanism built it for that to happe...

It's not just the "American Way". Almost every devopled country requires the equivalent of a U.S. Bachelors degree to be a boundary surveyor.

Yes! There just isn't enough first time college freshman interested in land surveying, or enough people willing to get a second Bachelors degree.?ÿ A...

What you described is an exception rather than the rule. The vast majority of the checkerboard lands are public domain, not federally acquired land. T...

@moe-shetty your reworded answer is correct, but an entirely different answer than the existing C.

@robertusa I don't agree with this either. Engineers have codes that vary between states but those are minor things that can just be looked up. Being ...

FYI, although the term is often used in most states "by comity" doesn't mean much. Usually you get to use the regulations that were in effect when you...

I can understand that you would want protection from an oil derrick next door. But if you get bent out of shape about seeing someone drying their clot...