Was at a continuing education seminar put on by a surveyor from CSX years ago. He started out asking for people to raise their hands if they relied on...

That's what I've found as well, especial with support of excavation. Also, there can be differentiations between measurements in relationship to publi...

So this isn't going to give you practical details on Item One, but it will provide a language to think about error  

My procedure Targeting work type - check Identifying those who need it - check Cold calling them - That's a negative Ghost rider, the pattern is...

You got me. But in his slow country voice Mike VanSant once said to me when we were discussing a boundary determination "Now Jim, that pipe is there ...

Every EIT needs an experienced surveyor who's not afraid to look him/her in the face, early in their career, and say "are you f***ing stupid or what?"

@norman-oklahoma Purple is the "official" APWA marking color for "slurry, irrigation and reclaimed water" It's important to remember that most marki...

A pet peeve of mine is how in some survey texts and educational classes the "Rules of Construction" are overemphasized when the courts clearly have sa...

I would say.. not necessarily. The principle that "ambiguity in a deed should be resolved in favor of the grantee" comes from a contract law rule o...

To clarify my "the value of Skelton isn't as source material" statement. I feel it's probably one of the 2 or 3 the most important texts in my develo...

This is how Maryland handles it: (1) The results of a topographic survey shall clearly show the results of the field and office work and shall be pr...

For me the value of Skelton isn't as source material; it's in the way the author approaches thinking about the application of common law. So much o...

As long as my firm is yearly doing $800K+ of ramp survey and design... God bless ADA compliance consent decrees

Real Estate: Location, Location, Location GIS: Metadata, Metadata, Metadata

I've never had any stakeholders that rely on the ALTA ask for proposed improvements (that's averaging preparing or overseeing 8-10 a year for the last...

A favorite quote from my faculty advisor in college: “Few fallacies are more dangerous or easier to fall into than that by which, having read a give...

This could very well be a state specific real estate marketing question as opposed to a surveying question. For example, not every bedroom is a bedroo...