@norman-oklahoma In this case the helpful thing to do would be to describe it as a pinched top, mushroom top, and add as much additional identifying ...

@murphy Its ridiculous that experienced surveyors still do this, surely they have encountered situations where this causes uncertainty at least a few...

8' is still better than the search area for chained monument in rough and remote terrain, or the 1960's?ÿ helicopter EDM surveys in Alaska.?ÿ?ÿ

@jbranson When this thread first appeared clicking on "surveying" brought up a list of companies offering "surveying". It included the subjects compa...

@mightymoe Look at the "services" section.

@tommy-young I think that is almost the way that it should be (through in some title stuff, and creating boundary stuff), but that is not at all true...

@mightymoe I think the fact that they offer surveying as a service is why the land surveying board is interested.?ÿ

This thread title is extremely misleading. The cease and desist letter was to stop offering "surveying and mapping" services, not flying a drone. ?ÿ ...

Implied easements are a tough nut to crack. Prescriptive rights are usually more straightforward, especially if a public entity has maintained the roa...

@bstrand I made that much (adjusted for inflation) as an unlicensed crew chief/office technician and I was often the only customer facing survey repr...

@bstrand No one implied any of those things. Not everybody in the profession needs to be, wants to be, or a has the ability to work at the highest le...

I have never understood people who are so much like their neighbors that they don't mind ceeding decisions about their property to the whole neighborh...

@jph I think part of our disagreement is illustrated well by the use of the term "substandard". My problem is not so much with the substandard survey...

@bstrand This of course is the age old problem with drawing lines.?ÿ

@jph What is in the scope of the licensing board then??ÿ If we are going to bring up "facts" based on our own assessment of the situation here is mi...

@jitterboogie You are certainly right, it is a complicated problem, and education requirements are overly simple solutions. We can talk about what th...

@jph This is not a self esteem issue. This is crucial for "protecting the public". When the surveyor involved in an issue can not communicate, debate...

@bstrand In many PLSS states getting to the PLSS corners more often than not requires something more than driving around. Many years ago county surv...

@murphy "Once a state decides to mandate the recording of all surveys, it is only a matter of time before municipalities figure out that they can inc...

@vasurvey3004 Was this directed at me? I don't disagree with this at all.?ÿ Too many surveyors service customers. Unlike costumers who will return f...