Yes, pretty standard.?ÿ My question is why it needs to be in a standards of practice.?ÿ How do people get licensed if they don't know how to perform a...

Well, the stated purpose of MTS is to weed out "bad" surveys or surveyors.?ÿ So the theory is if one can't figure out how to express measurement stati...

The only real way with rtk is to generate two reports. First would be documentation of each shot showing some sort of data on quality control procedur...

Not my dream, but yeah the author missed a point or two, so to speak.?ÿ Thanks for finding those points Bill, I don't have an up to date cell phone.

Actually NY had a registry system; it wasn't used much.?ÿ Governor signed a bill to?ÿget rid of it?ÿ15-20 years ago:)?ÿ If the second press release is...

Why didn't you just give?ÿa proposal??ÿ

Start at the beginning, like they do in law school.?ÿ History is the foundation of all boundary law and can't be understood without knowing where it c...

Some surveyors in NY have an AAS degree in surveying from MVCC.?ÿ Kind of a unique program in the US as it taught boundary law more extensively than m...

I mostly use rtn for base position as well, but if the base is there for a couple hours I'll use positions from the post processed base solution as th...

? The OP was a good question, it's you other guys not understanding the complexity of rtn or rtk for that matter.?ÿ A bad fix can easily be worse than...

My take is how much Galileo will benefit is tied to how good current systems deal with GPS/GLONASS.?ÿ The JAVAD system doesn't seem to need it as it c...

Depends on how tight your control needs to be and how good the rtn is in that area and how long your base will occupy the point.?ÿ Sometimes I will st...

If you only need two control points then only use two.?ÿ Last shot is to the original backsight, and the difference is your closure.?ÿ

In most States the courts hold that when all evidence of the original stakes are gone, improvements built at or near the time of first sale of the lot...

I like Escher hatch too, don't see it used often.

True, but if two don't agree do you go for a third with a chance that still no two agree??ÿ Even with todays GNSS systems I still think at times bette...

Agree with Paden, in NY case law at upper level seems to suggest more needs to be purchased, but lower courts may give more to municipalities without ...

Hmm, abandoned real estate (land only) usually escheats to the State.?ÿ Generally can't abandon real property (house, riparian rights). State could th...

Right, I guess the practical question is how to show it on the plat.?ÿ End the area, bearing, distance at the middle of the vacation (to cover your as...