There is a great country song with the line: Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. I have applied that at times in my career for situations ...

Those employed by the Board of Technical Professions start off by searching record plats, corner reports, etc. that are easily found or have been rece...

@pls8xx The "City" survey will be described relative to whatever plat the survey falls into from a block corner or some other internal corner. "Be...

@pls8xx In Kansas, rural surveys must be tied to government corners. When a surveyor finds an existing monument or sets one in the absence of find...

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@pls8xx There was a time when it seemed most disciplinary action taken started off with the sin of not turning in section corner records in a timel...

Very few of my comments are related to process or interpretations or anything of that sort. The vast majority point out flaws, of varying degrees of ...

Started to look to see if Nebraska practices were similar to those of Kansas. Their minimum standards seem to be similar. Didn't find clear mention ...

So, if it can be proven a random number generator spit out an incorrect number, that would be proof of a random error. Don't you see?

That is hilarious.

@norman-oklahoma Agreed. This problem is inherent to the review process. If you work routinely in ten counties or less, you quickly learn how to ...

@lurker It is simple access to be able to get from your tract out to the county road. No other purpose. I can cite an example from about 60 year...

@mightymoe It's manmade topography. Nothing natural to it. It's also unstable. Strip mining is nasty. Everything you see has been moved and sta...

This is a real world problem from a number of surveys I have reviewed. Differing number of tracts needing crossed to get to the one in the far rear, ...

The primary question: Where should the access easement end? has been addressed by only one respondent so far. Three options were offered. Which i...

Enjoyed reading that. Excellent review of what is required of the surveyor versus why is this information vital.

It's called creativity.

@pls8xx What KSBTP adopts for Minimum Standards is precisely what was most recently adopted by the Kansas Society of Land Surveyors.

It's right there in the Minimum Standards for Kansas: V. Survey Plat: Upon completion of a boundary survey, the client must be furnished a survey ...

You have any of the tracts description plus "being subject to that portion of the following described access easement across said tract" plus the over...