I would never use something like that?ÿ as a monument, but I have often used hardware store spikes as traverse/control points.?ÿ

Although it is not of unheard of, what you are proposing might not be legal. It would be very tough to thread the needle between the conflicting requi...

@stlsurveyor Its not what he asked, but Canadian Citizens can certainly become licensed in the U.S. ?ÿ

Bad practice, but you will generally find the consensus is that either there were specific circumstances at the time of platting that required the eas...

@mightymoe Irrigation pipeline is a term everyone will understand?ÿ

@mightymoe I think you have been on this site long enough to recognize that using localisms can lead to massive confusion in the future. Local terms ...

Sure, the attorney can put it in the conveyance, and that is why I said that I don't think it needs to be changed?ÿ but it it does look a little unpro...

Another option is to rotate by reference to two points. This will preform an exact rotation.?ÿ

I don't know if it needs to be changed. You are technically correct, but 90% of the population will think potable water when they hear the term, "wate...

@holy-cow Very well said.

@jph This seems to be a commonly repeated myth on this site.?ÿ Every other profession can be held liable for damages or third parties. For Texas engi...

When we do a boundary survey we are performing a quasi public function. We are always surveying the boundaries of owners other than?ÿ our clients. If ...

You don't work in the rain?

If not a surveyor then who?

@mightymoe Looks good, but I wouldn't put it on the Subdivision plat. Zoning ordinances and there interpretations change all the time. If the new zon...

@holy-cow In most places in the U.S. the county workers don't have the authority to reject a deed because of an insufficient description.

@andy-bruner And most times they don't keep records that make it possible to link the old number with the new one.

@richard-imrie So you are saying a curve is a curve is a curve, right?

@true-corner as the length of any curve segment gets approaches zero it will still be curved, until it reaches zero, and then it will be a point. ???...

For all of you that insist on A, what do you do when you have very heavy angles? Do you show areas hundreds of feet from the corner as being within th...