The City may have original field books containing information about the R. O. W. rods. I'd look through those records and any others that may come to ...

Simple answer is yes. An owner of land can draw his own drawing and write his own metes and bounds for his property. There are MANY caveats that apply...

We have a statement for recorded plats here in Houston that states something like, "the PCs, PTs and PIs of all rights of way are set under my supervi...

@jim-frame Jim, we used to say something about guys that were always standing on line to the effect, "He sure is party chief material."

My point is that an overwhelming number of surveyors don't make any effort to find original locations.

@rover83 Is the answer to not even attempt to locate those monuments? How does one know they were " poorly monumented" if one doesn't make the attempt...

@aliquot My point is, there is no record of ground search, no record of deed research, no attempt to resolve or determine those patent lines shown on ...

Here in Texas, sometimes one or more of the boundary lines being depicted within the project are patent lines. I have only seen 10% of the surveyors o...

I have a friend who has 2 ten-year old Toyota Tundra 4-doors out in his parking lot that are his back-up vehicles. They both have about 106,000 miles ...

What if the NGS adopts a 2027 datum? Might we call it the NAD 27? Just when you think it can't get more confusing.....

Plastic is normally used here, with exceptions for state and federal lands. Sizes vary per agency, also.

@bill93?ÿ I don't know, Bill. that extra 1/4" can make a hike VERY arduous when hiking in the Pecos Wilderness (or it may have something to do with t...

After a quick search, I found that he is still Chief of Surveys Port Authority of NY and NJ through today.

I don't know, DM, Here in Texas, we don't like strangers traipsing around on our property without our permission. You wouldn't want a surveyor walkin...

I'm more concerned about the 9.e, g, and h clauses. No need to set any monuments? That bill sounds like an end to professional land surveying in Monta...

As of the last meeting of the TBPLS (now extinct), there was a "practical understanding" that if one signed and sealed a plat with verbiage that resem...

@bill93 I shoulda left off the angle part, but I believe a bearing can stated with the info given. I meant  bearing and distance. Sigh.   ...

@just-a-surveyor In my opinion, only the PCs with several years of experience mentor. One of the problems is that the PCs were promoted after 1 or 2 ...

@just-a-surveyor Steven, are you going to pay for all of their time learning this profession while not at work? You are going to pay for tuition, cla...