Andy, I hope you got paid, even if they rejected your survey.If not, give 'em a call and ask 'em how that second survey is working out for them.
Finding his property corners is one thing. Setting them is quite another. Actually, I think finding his corners and setting his corners amount to exac...
Actually, a State, county, city or some sort of public entity which has the legal authority to do so, can "take" someone's land for public usage throu...
UnfortunatelyUnfortunately, the attorney's assistant will write the deed and decide what is included in the description, editing out all of the metada...
you sent out a signed and sealed plat?In Texas it is a big-time violation of state law to send out a signed and sealed plat without setting the corner...
Tain't all blue grass in KentuckyThank God we don't allow for budgetary review in all actions. I guess we should let some people go if it's gonna cost...
Generally speaking, each company's instruments all have the same optics for their high accuracy surveying instruments. Leica and Trimble have a higher...
Larry,Here in Texas a legal doctrine known as "prescriptive rights" exists and has been applied many times to just this sort of problem. If a public e...
Great job! Gotta love being a detective, archeologist and best of all, a surveyor.
Paul, it looks like some elevations are inconsistent. The "top of brick" on the left is shown as being at 83.85' and the FF of the design studio is dr...
Alternate solutionCould you run a level loop from the nearest RM? You'd be absolutely sure that way.
Township Line - More Pics and cornersNot in baseball or meteorology.
I guess everyone's seen this one - 9 footerSupposedly a 9 foot rattler. If I'm workin' in the woods, I don't even kill snakes anymore. I used to kill ...
Easiest place is the Central Business District of HoustonHouston CBD has a monumentation system in place since 1868. City ordinance mandates the use o...
A suggestionKent, I think some more metadata needs to be expressed in your document. This is just a personal preference and has no basis in law or eth...
Along time ago i made a promise to myself. "Self, I am never going up off of the ground in a aircraft with less than 2 engines." I have never yet done...
David,Please don't request an OPUS derived solution. OPUS is not always right and the NGS has about 20 disclaimers placed all over the site. Just requ...