Each BIA region handles things very differently. Some regions require the BILS to approve lease surveys, and many tribes do not allow their surveyes t...

I don't know much about Arkansas, but until 1909 there was no general statutory authority for the government to resurvey anything. Before that there w...

That's the nomenclature I have seen and used. More modern elongated sections would have unique lot numbers for each one. 

This township does have two sets of corners on the Township line, but that is very common. The "double set of corners" that is being discussed here on...

Elongated sections are fairly common. The curious thing here is the method they used for the protracted subdivision. 

I din't have much of an answer for why this was done this way, but except for where there are math mistakes,?ÿ how to protect the plat on the ground i...

AR is covered by BLM by the Eastern States Office in D.C .

What does prior to the acceptance of the plat mean, aren't monuments usually set prior to final acceptance? Are they not referred to by the plat? If t...

Are you leaving the "boundary" monuments in place? It makes sense to use the CL monuments assuming at this point the developer still owns the whole th...

Sure, you have to do enough work to satisfy yourself that the previous survey is acceptable, but if it is, it surely shouldn't cost the same as parcel...

I can't speak to this county in particular, and the situation may be different in different states. but last time I was job hunting the only governmen...

No question that this is an extreme example. They will be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

In most of the country there are two types of government surveyors. The ones that are willing to give up pay to serve the public, and the ones that ca...

I don't think it is a variant of indexing. I look at it as a natural extension of the need to follow in the foot steps. We have to assume the original...

Texas is not one of the easier tests, but most who are already licensed and are decent test takers are able to skate by. There are differences, but th...

The Manual disagrees (see section 6-27) , "..thus, in single proportionate measurement,?ÿ the record bearing and distance is modified, and the witness...

I get 0.01' different than 3 in both northing and easting, but I doubt that is the problem. The explanation that the W.C. is not necessarily on line, ...

It has always been something other than 40. As is usually the case the original measurement was not correct. Proportioning is a legal exercise of atte...

No reason to buy new. Even the oldest RTK systems (1992?) will dramatically improve your productivity. All that matters is that it works. Once RTK was...

Yeah, tests like this certainly have their place, the problem is when the instruction that goes with them doesn't emphasis that the "standard methods"...