I wonder if favorable political connection helps persuade a council to vacate land free of charge. I wonder if being the Mayor’s brother would influe...
Would you rather give it away?Without such laws, I can envision a crooked public employee or office holder visiting a restaurant where his favorite sq...
Would you rather give it away?Here in Houston, the city has a fiduciary duty to the citizens to be good stewards of the public land. We have an ordin...
Surveying has been very good for me and my family. No complaints here.
A typical response, in that the assumption is the original surveyor screwed up. Why do surveyors despise themselves so much? If the intent was to do...
Here in Texas surveyors are licensed to perform, identify and offer opinions to the location of boundaries; nothing else. Now I suppose you could cho...
I would suggest that since every member of your field crew has a phone with a camera, that sketches and written descriptions are no longer acceptable....
I would not even respond to the inquiry. I choose to work for people with integrity. And yes! They are out there.
GeneWhile I might be able to get away with that in Cut-N-Shoot; I would never get to the city attorney or manager in any town over 30,000 in Fort Bend...
Depends on how the transaction goes down. The norm in our area used to be for the sale to take place by metes and bounds description and it was up to...
Apparently you have not dealt with big city planning lately. Existing structures will get a pass and the city planning will indicate they cannot poli...
I would make a firmette and illustrate the location of his property on it. He will need to take that to his lender and fight it out with them. There ...
We prepared a survey for a similar project a few years ago, except it was a post-construction as-built for the city. The subdivision had already been...
for Gene B. GIS vs SurveyingTheoretically topography surveying falls under the Engineering Act and is regulated by the Engineering board. In practice...
I would suggest bringing these perceived violations into the light of day, will only hasten the weakening of the very legislation you hold dear.
Who is to say that the guy supplying the data has no education or experience? And how much of either does someone need to process GPS data and provid...
Just another example of the way things are going to be. GPS is a public tool and is intended to be used by the public, as well as surveyors. When it...