@bushaxe Are the copyright laws national or state laws? Many attorneys like nothing to be copyrighted (except for their clients' materials) in part b...

While of course deferring to any local legal definitions, and contractual agreements, I believe the typical boundary survey results in evidence on the...

@rj-schneider Looking at the bottom of the "cap" around the manhole shows the roughness one would see if only the sides were formed up for the concret...

Another concern is if there is a prohibition against disturbing surveying monuments. (I know they are mostly observed in the breach.) "Called out in t...

@field-dog?ÿ You hit the nail on the head! Our daily due diligence is the expression of our profession (our promise) to put others (the truth) ahead...

@fobos8 It is very possible that the laws/rules for determining boundaries vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. That said when the most dignified ...

@nate-the-surveyor The examples you disclose illustrate the very reason some are given licenses to survey land. The license requires a profession (a...

@norman-oklahomaThe devil is in the details with everything, but especially with ambiguous property descriptions!One interpretation would be perpendic...

I believe the parentheses are ambiguous as presented. in the equation: S = D * (R /R+H) Isolate the term: (R /R+H) If taken in order of operational...

Original questions: Q1: If some areas are dropping by 2" per year, is it the elevation relative to the also sinking benchmark that is used?A1: No. I...

I suspect the International foot was created as part of an attempt to promote the metric system by confounding us with dueling foot units.Accuracy was...

Iit takes many fewer surveyors to accomplish the public's need than attorneys, & surveyors have been providing professional services longer than l...

When units of measure were devised by the viziers instead of revolutionary commoners it was the practice to make them both accessible and useful in tr...

I suggest a re-read. Replace BLM and GLO with "owners of parent parcel" and everything fits well. The most frustrating cases I've dealt with have be...

Another article: Bona Fide "Wrongs" is right on point. His illustrative metaphors are very good.JAC

That "weird thing next to a wooden pike with purple colored tape" is a connector that fits on the end of a hose. Was probably dropped there after a ho...

I was contacted by LinkedIn to take what they called a "survey" regarding my recent experience contacting LinkedIn Support. One of the questions was t...

As a noun the word is defined to be a person who belongs to one of the professions, especially one of the learned professions. The word profession dat...