33 people per square mile ...

These issues are a good reason to have everything tied to state plane. With OPUS, there's little reason not to do it on most jobs.

An "integrated solution" would certainly help, but so would a full license of StarNet:-). You might consider keeping a chronological record of your c...

pdop 1.0: Does this help?

You said his point to point dimensions match the plat? I take that to mean he's located the plat points and is calling the rebars out of position? N...

But what does the ellipse of the 49.65' measurement look like? Better go with 49.6'. And set the building face a tenth behind the R/W line.:bored:

I'd suggest that any calling out of sub-standard work follow this order:1) Disclosing surveyor (or County Surveyor) to sub-standard surveyor.2) If sub...

Your comment makes me think of a couple reasons a surveyor might not accept another's monuments: meeting minimum land area and minimum frontage widths...

I'm not arguing against your point, but to make this post more educational, let's say these several (say 3) found monuments are all along a single st...

Found this related item in my "field procedures" collection:

Thanks Jerry, I always enjoy your posts. How long ago was that B.T. at Wind Cave #30 established? It seems small to be an older BT.

I took him to mean "feeling around" not with hands but with with a designated "stinky rod", used only for that purpose.

Hmmm... I've got an ALTA Survey of a big shopping mall coming up....

Also here:

That's weird. At about the same time you posted, I was looking up the origin of the name of the Gin Blossoms band. It was a woman who drove me to dr...

"One of the claims is that the above rod was already in place..." But since the prior surveyor didn't cap it or fully describe it, he/she can claim t...