Stephen,I believe that it is not only prudent, but a mandate of our Professional Land Surveying Practices Act.Below are excerpts from our General Rule...
For a single line and distance, absolutely notas accurate!For 2 points 2640 feet apart, maybe.But like everything else you need to make independent ob...
Jeez, the answer is so simple!Do the frickin' research necessary to establish what the original monuments are (were) and then go find them!
Actually, Holy, in Texas,due to the recent changes in the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act, we (R. P. L. S.'s) must report other surveyors ev...
Are you also an attorney, because some of theseissues are legal issues. I will never sign one of these.
This one might be easyWhich side has the address for the site? Opposite side is the the rear, maybe.
I want all attorneysto subject themselves to being fingerprinted for their license. Hmmmm, while we're at it, I want all P. E.s to be fingerprinted, t...
Jeez, Now I gottago listen to "Dazed and Confused".:-)
Larry, I have one questionIf Mr. B incorporates Mr. A's work into his document, would Mr. B be violating copyright laws if the Mr. A has correctly att...
Have you ever had a title reportperform research back to junior-senior rights? We have to do that for every survey we undertake. If one side of our tr...
I did not think one could detect a brass or aluminumcap with a magnetic field locator. Perhaps if it were affixed to an iron rod....;-)
Dear FoduddyOur (land surveyors) problem with your question can be summed up with a query of our own, "How will you verify your property corners when ...
Dude,You have GOT to mow your front yard!
Andy, I was thinking the same thing,But I soon digressed to;"Well, I stand up next to a mountain, And I chop it down with the edge of my hand,Heh heh,...
R. J., the first thing to dois realize that Google Earth is already in grid. You need to convert the State Plane coordinates to Latitude and Longitude...
RobertThat's SLU. Back in '68 (when I was there), the running gag was to change the name from SLC to Southeastern Louisiana University of Technology.
Phil, give me a call.Info in my profile is correct.
What about this scenario?The basis was stated as "North", but what if the north to which the Surveyor of Record referred was "North" from the last dee...
HAH!Where I work, we are the rented mules OF the red-headed step-children.;
Ken, If you likeworking out in the elements, this is a great job. If you like being autonomous, this is a great job. If you like mathematics, this is ...