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holy-cow
@holy-cow
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Joined: July 1, 2010 5:19 pm
Last seen: October 6, 2026 11:37 pm
Topics: 2298 / Replies: 23728
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RE: National As-Built Surveyor

The wage being offered should not attract anyone who actually knows what they are doing.

3 years ago
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RE: Front lot line on the outside radius of a cul-de-sac

The current front lot line is that entire curved arc impacting only your lot. Apparently, you are not to construct anything within 20 feet of that en...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS Red Flag

I bet we all could list what would be hundreds of examples of such cases where the poor people at the GIS office can only shake their heads and throw ...

3 years ago
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RE: Using color on survey plats?

I have used color but extremely rarely. Some others feel that everything needs to be in color. As you mentioned, not everyone has easy access to col...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS Red Flag

My standard comment to the client is that the GIS crew is tasked with a nearly impossible job. Mistakes can happen very easily. For example, the sid...

3 years ago
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RE: Front lot line on the outside radius of a cul-de-sac

@norman-oklahoma CDS =Cul-De-Sac Not a common abbreviation.

3 years ago
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RE: Front lot line on the outside radius of a cul-de-sac

The simplest method is to find the center point of the circle forming the cul-de-sac. With at least three found bars that is a piece of cake. Then s...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS Red Flag

Checking deeds is essential. The history of the deeds, not just the most recently recorded. Thirty years ago we encountered a situation where a ten ...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS again-Stop looking at it

Did some work with a nearby County that had a problem where two parties decided they owned the same tract of land. A non-navigable stretch of a small...

3 years ago
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RE: Hello from Tallahassee

@spatialwerks It was pleasant and very different from home, of course.

3 years ago
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RE: Hello from Tallahassee

@spatialwerks Was in Clearwater Beach in November 2018 for my daughter's idea of a destination wedding. Far too much water for this flatlander from...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS Red Flag

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ That's all I can see from that view.

3 years ago
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RE: Greetings from Sydney Australia.

Welcome to the group. My daughter spent a few months in Sydney in the Summer of 2003 fulfillling a university requirement for an internship in busine...

3 years ago
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RE: Hello from Tallahassee

Welcome. You are working with something for which I have no personal experience. Please give us more detail on what all you are doing for a specific...

3 years ago
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RE: Uncertain

Aren't easements fun? The general public has no comprehension of exactly what they are giving up by agreeing to such legal documents. Attorne...

3 years ago
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RE: Survey

Anyone with the knowledge of description writing can put together a description that closes mathematically. Taking that description to the field and ...

3 years ago
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RE: Steve Lehto discusses PLSS in Michigan

The ongoing appraisal process tends to keep things more equitable. Identical houses setting side by side should be taxed somewhere close to the same.

3 years ago
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RE: Steve Lehto discusses PLSS in Michigan

Way back in high school (about 1970) a teacher was explaining property taxes to us and how unfair they were. At that time, the taxes were figured on ...

3 years ago
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RE: Good Surveying Companies to Work for Near Pittsburgh, PA

My first mother-in-law grew up in the Finleyville area just south of Pittsburgh. We stopped by for a short visit once. When those people say, "Let's...

3 years ago
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