Basically no state restrictions on who can prepare what we call "Tentative Maps", being the planning map showing roughly how the subdivider intends to...

DaveI think that even if surveyors recognized the futility of setting back corners and proposed to only set hubs to guide the fence builders, the loca...

That was kinda my point, RichardIt is quite common for fence builders to pull the monument and put the fence post right where the monument was. Altho...

Yep. My TDS Survey card went bad some time back. All electronic media has a lifetime of some period or other. Even archive quality storage media is...

Nothing AmissThere is no contradiction. We use the description, including the cited dimensions to guide us to where the boundaries are on the ground....

Gee, what jerks you have there for fence contractors. A lot of them around here are so considerate that once they're done building the fence, they wi...

In the OP, Epoch described the easement as going under the building, so I made the assumption that it is an easement for some underground feature. If...

I describe them like JBS shows, pretty much the same as Steve Gardner showed. My use and understanding of the punctuation is as JBS stated.

I would call QB the Most Easterly Corner of Bodg H-215. There isn't really any other corner that could be confused as the most easterly.I would call ...

> Basically, I look out for my clients interests first. Isn't that what you are supposed to do? Actually, no. Nearly all states have the primary...

Sorry JoeRe-reading my previous post, I can see where one might have read it as a personal attack or attempt to ridicule. Thanks for not reading it t...

I have my doubts as to whether a licensee could be held liable for not reporting a potentially dangerous condition on a property to the proper authori...

THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!We don't have enough young people coming into the profession. The average age of a licensed surveyor is fifty-something and wi...

Refer Attorney to Section 6.B.i. of the Standards"The current record description of the surveyed property, and any new description of the surveyed pro...

Don't give upInstead take an opportunity to witness someone who can do it. I don't know the science behind it other than it has something to do with ...

DarylI'm sure you remember Terry Hindman. I believe that he had someone douse his cabin property to determine where to drill his well.There is also a...

Whenever that's happened to me, I start wondering what I've missed. I can't recall ever coming in at less than half of what other surveyors think a j...

I understand not wanting to go out of your way to tie in such monuments if they are not important to your work at hand, but think that it's good pract...