Each place I've worked has done it a little differently. Most wanted a copy of the raw data and a coordinate file everyday, but some only worked with ...

Follow up question: Would you agree that a surveyor can under certain circumstances and with sound reasoning determine a property’s location based on ...

You might find that the excepted parcel came back in to common ownership with the others by another deed chain. I’ve seen that happen.Yeah, for the sa...

Yeah, it's quite confusing to me. I did get a copy of those 2 deeds and 1 of them isn't even in the same township, but the other one does describe a l...

If my client's deed doesn't claim part of the alley AND I'm not finding a vacation document for it then I'm certainly not wrapping my boundary linewor...

I think it depends on the type of survey. For a topo I think that would be pretty easy to farm out, but a boundary survey would be a different animal ...

I tend to see it in canopy situations and also near fire stations. I don't know what the deal is with fire stations but I assume they have a gnarly ra...

I posted about this very thing in another thread recently but I don't know if it's going anywhere.

I use adobe but prefer bluebeam, but if I couldn't get bluebeam for some reason I'd probably use foxit. Not sure if foxit does signatures though.

Would it be a cone instead of a tube?Maaaaybe. ...or use the center of the tree.How dare you! You flyspeck fixator ruining the profession! 🙄&...

@OleManRiver When original corners are found undisturbed I was always taught that was without error.That's right. I don't think anyone here is disput...

This is the mindset that has ruined the surveying profession. Monuments are the true corners.No, what ruins the profession is the ridiculous idea that...

One thing is to keep in mind is that the entire monument is the corner.I don't think I agree with that. While I wouldn't say it's some infinitely sma...

Someone must make a handheld theodolite that one could use to get a rough angle and then do some basic trig to get the height.

The references requirement varies by State, but the majority do not require the reference be a former employer or supervisor. The language usually req...

A question that opens the door for personal bias to enter the equation for licensing seems like a terrible idea to me. If they want to do a background...

See my comment in the other thread about computers where I had not 1 but 2 Dell lemons to get my thoughts on the situation. 😏 I've owned 2 lap...

Can you deny a guy's work experience just because you don't like him? I didn't think that was allowed.

So the block should zig zag and not be a standard width?Is the intent for the block to have a zig zag line? Probably not. Do you think the public will...