We ran a ton of traverses with a total station ignoring a measure up that using GPS requires. Just do your best to balance your shots to be somewhat ...

In my part of PLSSia, a vey high percentage of the original roads were laid out to run centered on the section line. The taking was somewhat equal fo...

We had a period of time when Kansas DOT thought we should do something similar. Never worried about it and no one ever complained. The vast majority...

Dang! Thought you had moved into my neighborhood. 🤣 🤣

There are the review processes that are created by the State Survey Society and given to the State Legislature to adopt as the State Minimum Standards...

yup, ILS GIANT PITA                             ...

OOh OOH OOH, my head hurts already. You are working with lots 168 thru 175 in a 200 year old plat of the NW4 of the SE4 of Section 26 where there are...

Had something happen where another surveyor was called to set the corners of a specific lot in a s;ecific blowck for which we were still attempting to...

We foolishly took on a job ONE time for a company that was overseeing the documents for something like 250 convenience stores across the U.S. The con...

One time, and one time only, I made a huge mistake by reversing the bearing of the closing course of the boundary. Instead of something like 700 feet...

How many of us have signed off on a survey assembled by a draftsman that has incorrect line lengths and areas for the following reasons? Lines have ...

A review story from from a common city block in ANYTOWN USA. The client owned the entire north half of a typical block. The existing six- 50' by 120...

Another review story. DO NOT INTENTIONALLY mislead other people. This is a PLSSia story but it would fit rare cases of breaking down any large tract...

One of mine from 20 or more years ago was for an elderly care facility in a location in the city that had been platted in, say, 1880. About ten years...