Posted by: thebionicman Evidence of original location doesn't move any corners or lines, it perpetuates them.. The true aliquot part corners don't mov...

Dave hit the nail on the head.?ÿ We must differentiate between situations were it is appropriate to utilize the true aliquot part corners versus the e...

There is no reason to continue using state plane coordinates. Today's software can easily handle the real curved surface of the earth. We don't need t...

Posted by: thebionicman Operations of law move boundaries between owners, but they do not move or multiply corners of the PLSS. I think you misunderst...

You know you are in trouble when you start out with a 1/2 of a 1/2. You say the 1/4 section corner was set at a road and fence intersection, but reall...

Posted by: RADAR The plot thickens... You're right @aliquot the original owner still had an interest in the property; is it "OK" for them to grant an ...

Posted by: RADAR This is more of a legal issue than survey, so it might need to be in a different category... In July 1968, my clients, Mr. and Mrs. S...

A magnetic field flip would in no way be catastrophic. Previous flips happened over thousands of years and have not caused any widespread catastrophe....

I wasn't suggesting that you would find a living a tree, but if it hasn't been plowed and the river hasn't moved through, finding signs of the pits an...

If this is not a developed area and that creek is stable I would be optimistic. If you are looking in the middle of a cultivated field or the cemterli...

If this is not a developed area Nd that creek is stable I would be optimistic. If you are looking in the middle of a cultivated field or the cemterlin...

Posted by: Just A. Surveyor leegreen, A topographic survey does not require X&Y control to be a proper topographic survey and if it meets the stat...

Posted by: Dave Karoly I personally think Curtis Brown oversimplified the issue by inventing the concept of simultaneous and sequential conveyances.?ÿ...

Maybe their is more than was presented in this article,?ÿ but it sounds like there is not much more to know. This man is ignorant of 200 years of Amer...

Interesting blog. One thing to be remembered though, is that the conflict between Texas and the federal government and Oklahoma is controlled by feder...

Nate, To consent to move a boundary a land owner has to realise what he is consenting to. Very few land owners would expect to loose area because of r...

Yes, often the current road location is the best evidence of the location at the time of the grant.

Nate, I think you knew the answer already. I know there are some strange opinions about ROWs on here, but to claim the actions of a county bulldozer o...

Nate, I think you knew the answer already. I know there are some strange opinions about ROWs on here, but to claim the actions of a county bulldozer o...