Pacing or measuring along compass courses would be fine for starting at the well and finding the right big tree. The final leg needs to be a short di...

I hope this isn't too political

He isn't going to be able to do it just from star positions. The best specialized scientific instruments of the day might a position on the ground wi...

Count me with the ones who say that GPS is measuring.My own terminology is that a reading on a tape, an angle turned, a GPS vector is an observation. ...

So it is a choice between:"Over the intervening years it looks like surveyors in Section 36 used that 1/4 corner that was existing to do their breakdo...

They can't claim adverse possession because they say they asked permission from the developer who owns the land. Even without that, although the use ...

I don't recognize that number 3.28083343668 - where is it from?US feet = meters * 3937/1200 = meters * 3.280833333333Int'l feet = meters/0.3048 = mete...

SwamiHe said he shares some boundary with state land.

In Engrish danmitWhy would you apply there?If you're thinking of those pretty girls who lived near Hooterville, Pixley, and Petticoat Junction on TV, ...

I'd never heard of this practice (not that I have that much field experience), but was surprised to find it described in Norman Van Valkenburgh's nove...

I was given a copy of "Mayhem in the Catskills" to read and pass on. I think it is the next in the series after "Murder in the Catskills". It in the...

Sounds like you need a permit to pull your traverse nails after finishing a job and setting the real corners.

GPS on an official baseline may satisfy a requirement, and can be a good check for repeatability, but is still missing some important checks.I'd say g...