Interested parties are only those involved in the contractual relationship. That part after the semi-colon is to avoid violating antitrust laws more ...

My condolences Roadhand. She must have been very proud of you.Sorry for your loss.Duane

Yes, but it may help an unethical (or merely inadaquate) surveyor represent themselves as an ethical one. Therein lies the rub.

It's for the childrenSo we agree; except for the part about "anything goes", that was your impression not mine.We just disagree about how to get there...

It's for the childrenWell, were a question of "anything goes", then I could agree more easily with your position. But what you are suggesting is that...

It's for the childrenOr, save the whales, or ethics requires it.....Couching an argument in a context that can't be disagreed without seeming to put t...

Sounds like they just want you to perform some standard research. These items should probably be contained in your states minumum technical standards...

Of course MLI's were developed by clients to cut costs from MTS based services. And I've seen requests for MLI's to replace ALTA's now. And there is...

or is it accuracy?I agree either way, the least precise or accurate should control. Truncate them all to the nearest foot and put a +- next to them. ...

That is an interesting result, but it does seem equitable at least in that case. But the act does have to do with quality of title, which may or may ...

Generally technical terms are interpreted as having the meaning given them in trade or profession of which they are part. But, this is a special case...

What did the supreme court say? What was the case?

Well, MTS's are an attempt to codify the consensus of the profession. But they are better suited to "technical" matters as the name suggests. And th...

"Kent seems to want to describe our role as the finder of all possible problems for a property parcel, and only after we have apprised the owner and o...

Why GIS [could] prevail [as part of an improved system]Actually you help prove my point. Surveyors need to know about the specific AP law in the stat...

"What am I missing?" About 10 acres on one recent project. Descriptions had been changed in conveyances from default on mortgage. Two surveys perfo...

That's a tough question to answer with any kind of absolute. Typically the original is not all that hard to find. It's the mesne conveyances that ar...

Why GIS [could] prevail [as part of an improved system]Yes, and it's certainly not differences in boundary law that would stand in the way of a nation...

One of the things I was trying to point out with this link is the progress toward the torrens type system in some areas. In order to see it you have ...

This is kind of a nice GIS. Doesn't show everything but it's on the right track. Torrens type registration is alive and well in the U.S. in some of ...