And I missed it because of a dental appointment....I didn't mind going!  ???? 

For those such as myself that missed the Thursday webinar, it is now available.?ÿ Enjoy. Fate of the U.S. Survey Foot after 2022: A Conversation with...

Well, I'm glad you live and work in an area where ALL professionals are intellectually curious and always stay up to date with things.

So Loyal, you have the same burr under your saddle blanket, eh?   The new datum will have a horizontal shift of approx. 4 feet from NAD83 (at l...

A quick question from a PLSS metes and bounds surveyor.  For elongated sections, would the proper nomenclature for one of the government lots of ...

A bit speculative on my part, but the CFedS training describes a general rule that GLO draughtsmen supposedly followed regarding lotting.?ÿ They were ...

Michael, I need to revise what I said above.?ÿ The south half of Sec. 4 and Secs. 9, 16, 21, 28, 29, 32 and 33 were not lotted on the 1847 plat.?ÿ Ins...

This township is in Arkansas and the GLO Records web site lists five "Original Survey" plats.?ÿ The township was originally subdivided in 1824 and bot...

Well, of course it is.?ÿ This particular tract is in an arid part of the PLSS and the southern portion of the boundary is the thread of a large stream...

Loyal, I don't pay any attention to the OPUS solution so I go with the default selection of CORS stations.  I use OPUS Projects on everything I ...

Well, something has certainly happened at the MTUM CORS station.?ÿ The firmware was updated on March 13, 2019. Here is the log file info on possible i...

I agree that having the angle point be at the found witness corner is a good idea for the rectangular PLSS.?ÿ For my work with mineral surveys the lin...

I have never had to set or calculate the position of a rectangular PLSS corner based on a witness corner I found and doubt that I ever will.?ÿ My only...

A major difference is that the test is timed.  Since you have limited time and a set number of answers to choose from, it is beneficial to employ...

Protracted, What I was trying to illustrate in my opening post was the way I usually "solve" a problem with one answer being "None of the above."?ÿ Th...

Actually 6-27 (2009).

If you determine that the proper proportionate method is to single proportion between the witness corner and the SE Cor. of Sec. 6 then the record dim...

The Manual is not an excuse to not use your critical thinking skills. The 2009 Manual often states that another method should be selected if the def...