Well okay then. I'll start now. Thanks.- Doug

Jon,I agree with you. I don't see the purpose of including most of that information.What problem is the Board trying to solve? Has the mis-use of GPS...

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Thinking on larger scales...If this is going to be a long-term project with widespread geographic participation, maybe we could begin a map/database o...

Keith,I considered adding some legal issues but unfortunately those kinds of questions, when raised on the old board, were very situation-specific.Wha...

Who is the intended audience? Aspiring and practicing surveyors? Laymen? Real estate agents?We should be able to compile a list of useful topics by r...

Thanks. It's going to take me a while to digest all of this.- Doug

Higher-degree approximationsHere are some higher-degree polynomial chord approximations, along with accuracy limits.0th degree:[tex]chordapprox 0[/tex...

Thanks CZ. I found a copy of the Act of March 26, 1804.It's not clear to me that this Act was intended to apply to land already sold under the Act of...

Surveillance?In a strange coincidence, I am actually drinking coffee out of a beer mug right now.{uneasily scans room for cameras}- Doug

Equal timeKent,Hmm, I wouldn't want to be considered one-dimensional with just the math, so give me a minute and I'll post a legal question, too.- Dou...

Correction I messed up the accuracy statements for the original approximations. For the given 50-ft radius, this approximation[tex]chordapprox arc[/...

GrantedI agree, Paul, and I wondered about that at the time. Or maybe he had a cheapie calculator with no trig functions?I was just giving the contex...