@bc-surveyor I will leave the discussion about the merits of the two medical systems for another place, but to answer your question, yes, you can decl...

?ÿ Metric v. imperial - whole numbers and decimals in both cases. Different scales but it will probably take you a day, maybe two, to get used to it....

Full time temporary might make finding someone difficult.

@murphy Maybe I have the perspective I do because I have ridden a bike at night in Caracas.

@murphy I get what you are saying, but what I have never really dug into, because I have only ever done two ALTA's is how the certification increases ...

@murphy I don't know the answer to this, but are you really adding any liability? You are already liable for any errors to anybody affected by your su...

I suppose this would be described as the one mile method.?ÿ -- attachment is not available -- These surveys monumented the North, South and E-W Cent...

I suppose this would be described as the one mile method.?ÿ -- attachment is not available -- These surveys monumented the North, South and E-W Cente...

More to the story. It is difficult to distill all of the facts of a situation into a single posting. Questions raised here motivated some additional...

I think one reason surveyors have made this transition is because of our dealings with DOTs. They often bluff their way to what they want. Not true...

@duane-frymire great explanation of how the courts usually look at things. There would be a much stronger argument for a 60' ROW if there was no evid...

@mike-berry yep. The important part of 6.24 that is often ignored?ÿ is "in the absence of monuments".

@aliquot?ÿ A more accurate statement of the second principle which I think is in conflict, is that the right of way always gets its full width. @Mi-...

The two principles you listed can not be in conflict. The first one says the original monuments control. The second tells you what to do when you "mus...

Unless your client requested a specific coronation system cut out more points potential points of confusion in the future and use geodetic cordiantate...

@geeoddmike yes these days survey specific software makes it just button pushing. Matlab is definitely more powerful than Excell, but you can do a lot...

I have used MATLAB but not for surveying. The calculations for surveying are usually simple enough if the software we already have can't already do it...

@mightymoe the only way to produce a usefull product for those prices is in the situation you described, a lot you have already surveyed. Nothing wron...

@aliquot The doctrine looks like something that would get used when the former landowners are dead and it's not possible to confirm their intent; bec...