Worse than a bad altimeter in an airplane. Would rather not even have it.

THANKS ALL!!!!!!I have not been frequenting the board too much lately. Too busy. I am not sure there is any better tech support page for engineers a...

Thanks for all the effort to explain this!

Scott, I absolutely, totally agree with your comment. This is really something.

Louisiana and Mississippi errors found in GEOID12I am hearing of errors in excess of 1 foot in north Louisiana. 09 was good, but 12 terrible.

A picture of PLSSia as it really existsEvery "section" line in the US that has a corner set on the section line somewhere between the sections corners...

Pick the dead leaf up off the ground.

You could also let Excel read the numbers outloud as you sit back with the printouts in front of you. Set on FAST.Also, if you are getting someone to...

Sure did. Didn't have to get too hot either.

Things like this seem always to be answered by the silly statement that I have always made about surveys: The only accurate survey is the full-sized ...

That is funny. I bet a lot of them have gone missing.Another perspective:To me, re-setting a new center of the section and ignoring the old one is ex...

Problem exacerbated by there being no Minimum Standards in 1990 in Louisiana. That adds another kink and reason that BLM shouldn't be touching the ce...

Navigable lakes and navigable streams are normally owned by the state. Acquisition of these happens at statehood, under what is called the Equal Foot...

If some in BLM are trying to pro-rate sections that have already been subdivided, then there will never ever be a stable section where they work...per...

KeithThanks, all.

Later, when another surveyor comes along and tries to use exactly this same procedure on the same 20 that this BLM surveyor surveyed, he might try to ...

Sounds like you are ready for a great Memorial Day Weekend!! Recover well!:-D