@jimcox What I remember about Jaws is that on the day it opened in theaters, the USC cafeterias served shark, and it was the best meal I ever had ther...
@bstrand In Vermont filing a plat for an existing property is $25 to the town clerk. The clerk may review it for signature, seal, and size of the myla...
What if a law said, in essence, it doesn't have to be recorded, but if it isn't, it can't be used. Suppose the law stated that if a survey is not reco...
@bill93 I find it a little frustrating that I am free to work in my own attic by myself, but I can't work alone in the attic of a nonprofit I voluntee...
I don't know how it works in California. But I would expect the basic public policy goals to be similar around the country. Here in Vermont, a municip...
California notaries can't just order a stamp. They have to notify the Secretary of State's office they want to order a stamp, then they receive a spec...
@bill93 The input medium is the screen of a GPS device in the hand of a ground searcher, or in the cockpit of a single-engine aircraft, or a position...
Is there a similar tool by NGS or others that runs stand-alone on a laptop or phone, where there is no internet accessdoes not require a Java run-time...
Some sources, such as Handbook 44 (page B-7), treat the rod, chain, and link as being based only on the survey foot, with no corresponding internation...
@aksurveyor Relevant quotes from US Constitution Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power... To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of fo...
I'm not a surveyor, but am a Vermont justice of the peace, and have some responsibility for property taxes. What often appears in GIS websites are tax...
@bstrand I would think questions in a courtroom would be highly technical. If asked "Is this a copy of your survey?" perhaps an appropriate answer wo...
@wa-id-surveyor I don't agree with "A digital signature would be considered a facsimile signature used to paste over your signature on a PDF. " Variou...
If you want to use private key/public key, there are basically two approaches. With either approach, you start by going through a process with a certi...
The way I read it, paragraph 1 says you have to sign your work. Paragraph 2 says you can accomplish this either by generating a final hard copy and si...
@norman-oklahoma Like most Vermont towns, in my town the plat from the surveyor is just placed in a hanging file; it isn't scanned. Maybe someday all...
@norman-oklahoma How is the permanency of colors compared to black?
A similar scheme has targeted Justices of the Peace (JP). Someone stranger wants to arrange a wedding; no detailed knowledge of the area, and no local...
Due to the length of time involved, surveying without a license might be moot. But to settle the probably moot point, one would have to figure out whe...
