I'm not sure how much exposure Twichell had to the PLSS system and whether it influenced his corner notation system, but his was definitely linear. Th...

Posted by: R.J. Schneider "Error related to network status: 404 - Not Found"?ÿ First link busted. ?ÿ Yeah, that's a site problem. I put that link in a...

No, the x4 and x5 is his monument identification number. All the monuments listed in his field book that he set or found got a letter and number ident...

Posted by: MightyMoe Is it the usual procedure to look at the field notes and?ÿgive them as much weight as the official typed office notes? This is su...

Posted by: aliquot I use it every day and have never had any problems. Make sure you are comparing apples to apples.?ÿ Why are you using it if you are...

Posted by: ScottySantaFe ?ÿ In the OP, you said that you missed his bearings by 3".?ÿ Did you mean 3'??ÿ If you are worried about missing a 50 year ol...

For what it's worth, he was running east from a known point setting block corners. At Lattitude N 31?ø45'32.1" with an average elevation of 4000', he ...

This is the southeast section corner and I am staking off the west half of the section.?ÿ The southwest corner of the section is missing, so I will se...

This section was created by protraction and the nearest original monument that was set was about 21 miles away. A special surveyor was brought in to c...

Just west of Toledo, Ohio. Seems like it would only have 2 quarter sections and then lots for the remainder. I'm not familiar with surveying in Ohio, ...

I think the answer is to point them to Texas Administrative Code Title 22 Part 29 Chapter 663 Subchapter B Rule 663.15 Precision and Accuracy ?ÿ Surve...

That's nice. I don't use it.

I don't say "more or less". I say "containing a calculated acreage of..."

Property manager whose land we do a lot of work on in sizes from 1 acre to 640+ just sent over new plat standards that require acreage to 4 decimal pl...

Posted by: arctan(x) I want another opinion about the easement labeled as a 30' road and utility easement along Dublin Road.?ÿ That's interesting. I d...

Some of it could be licensure by comity, but I think there are less people attempting SIT each year. I believe it is a sign of a disturbing trend.