Posted by: Andy Nold I'm working on my first big project in Oklahoma and so far I have reviewed 48 corner records, about 3/4 of the way done. On the s...

Posted by: MightyMoe Posted by: James Fleming The federal law is based on long held principals that are not federal law The argument that the federal ...

Posted by: MightyMoe The federal?ÿ1805 statute?ÿdirects the subdivision of Federal lands, however the fixing of areas was based on case law long estab...

Posted by: MightyMoe The federal?ÿ1805 statute?ÿdirects the subdivision of Federal lands, however the fixing of areas was based on case law long estab...

By federal law the area of a parcel of land is what the last official U.S. government survey says it is, but that only applies to the federal governme...

Posted by: Adam North Carolina is one of those states.?ÿ?ÿ Looks like an engineer can do a topo for his own project, but if the projects are on parcel...

Is this a program for technicians or professional surveyors? If it is a four year program for professional surveyors I think it is inappropriate to re...

If you are willing to spend some time learning I recommend the CFedS program.?ÿ

@mightymoe Older GLO plats show the variation on each line to account for local attraction. Newer plats don't show each line because they didn't use a...

Posted by: endoz74 I just got notice on Thursday that my company wants someone to take the Texas RPLS exam. I just finished up with Indiana a few week...

Posted by: tjnap 1988 Survey It looks like there may be at least two competing southwest corners of Section 1 about 100' apart, but more interesting ...

From his FAQ's Q: What do land surveyors think about your business?A: Some land surveyors agree that people can have legitimate reasons for wanting an...

Posted by: tjnap Have attached subject township plat (I hope) It didn't work, but anyone can get it at GLO records. What would be more useful is to po...

The way you decided to describe it is perfect. It is definitely not a witness corner.?ÿ

Posted by: Dave Karoly I don't mean to say they weren't there but in the intermountain west they didn't Survey it like the Notes. One of the County Su...

Posted by: holy cow In my area the townships were divided into sections in the most common way where the error was thrown against the north line of se...

Posted by: Dave Karoly The official field notes are really a work of fiction. They didn't lay out the sections that way. Somehow the notes always show...

It looks like the patent areas for the quarter quarters were calculated as 1/16 of the official area of the entire section, so there were no implied l...

Posted by: Andy Bruner Question.?ÿ Is the right of way of the road constant??ÿ If so the road itself is the monument.?ÿ I would set a monument where s...

Posted by: JKinAK Posted by: thebionicman Some States require residency for issuance of a first license. I did not know that - which ones are you awar...