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Joined: September 14, 2011 5:19 pm
Last seen: September 6, 2025 2:18 pm
Topics: 16 / Replies: 2307
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RE: "Apropriate Scale"

A ruler works at any scale.?ÿ

7 years ago
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RE: Can you ethically survey your own property? Can you prepare survey for closing?

Every state does require a license, but most states define the practice of land surveying as performing a service, so it is legal to survey your own l...

7 years ago
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RE: Can you ethically survey your own property? Can you prepare survey for closing?

The issue is not how you would react. The issue is how everybody else reacts. Giving up on?ÿ avoiding the appearance?ÿ of conflicts of interest becasu...

7 years ago
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RE: Can you ethically survey your own property? Can you prepare survey for closing?

Nothing wrong with vacating your own property lines, or an easment, or anything that doesn't required you to come to a boundary decision. 

7 years ago
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RE: Can you ethically survey your own property? Can you prepare survey for closing?

yes of course, there is nothing wrong with surveying your own land for your own satisfaction. Would any state require a survey be recorded in this cir...

7 years ago
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RE: Can you ethically survey your own property? Can you prepare survey for closing?

But it does, it doesnt matter if its the best possible retracement if it has the appearance of a conflict of interest. The value of a boundary survey ...

7 years ago
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RE: Property Rights SCOTUS Decision

And that could very well be what the federal courts rule in the end. 

7 years ago
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RE: Can you ethically survey your own property? Can you prepare survey for closing?

I have no doubt most of us would survey our own property just like someone else, but I am shocked that so many don't see a problem with the appearance...

7 years ago
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RE: Property Rights SCOTUS Decision

Zoning restrictions, and this ordinance, which requires public access to private property when no additional burden is being placed on public faciliti...

7 years ago
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RE: Property Rights SCOTUS Decision

This case is of interest, but it hasn't strengthened any property rights. It may lead to that, but the federal courts haven't discussed the merits of ...

7 years ago
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RE: Letƒ??s go Metric they said, Itƒ??ll be fun they said...

Whats with Americans and the resistance to change. Canada didn't have to hard of a time making the change. There was some grumbling, but everyone figu...

7 years ago
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RE: Definition of Responsible Charge

I think to be counted as work as a supervisor, you have to oversee people. Maybe not in charge of hiring and firing, and pay, but you need to have som...

7 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot Scheduled to Die of Natural Causes in 2022

Change is hard, but progress cant be made without it, but this is half hearted, if we are going to change the unit of measument used for surveying in ...

7 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot Scheduled to Die of Natural Causes in 2022

Change is hard, but progress cant be made without it, but this is half hearted, if we are going to change the unit of measument used for surveying in ...

7 years ago
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RE: Definition of Responsible Charge

"Does not include experience as a draftperson"  Will your new job include decision making exceeding that required from a draftperson? If not it ...

7 years ago
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RE: Definition of Responsible Charge

I haven't read the Alaska regulations in a while. I don't remember the need to be a supervisor to count experience as responsible charge. Is that new?...

7 years ago
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RE: Does NY State need LDP with SPCS2022

Software support is here. Carlson handles it well. I've heard Traverse PC does too.  As far as engineers go, what they need is ground distances. ...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveyor Retainer/Research Fees

Five weeks? I call that quick turnaround.

7 years ago
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RE: Surveyor Retainer/Research Fees

The problem is that without doing a few hours if research the price range can be huge. Like $1,000 to $50,000 huge. 

7 years ago
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RE: Does NY State need LDP with SPCS2022

Fear of change is keeping us on the grid. We dont need 20th century approximations of the round earth anymore.

7 years ago
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