I used to tell potential clients that I could start on the research tomorrow. The completion date depends upon what evidence I recover in the field.

@mountainhermit "State boards do not support negligent surveyors and will take action against them." This is true in most cases, but not all.

@aliquot I don't know that they are wrong, but I do know they are approximations...

This reminds me of a hot summer day in central Arizona where I hiked a half mile (about 400 feet vertically), got a beep in an asphalt roadway, dug a ...

@matt8200 IMHO, Clark County has it bass ackwards. As Bruce said, Gurdon Wattles clarified this before many of us were even neophytes. Why go against ...

In my neck of the woods the railroad was granted the ROW immediately after the survey alignment MAPS were filed with the government. The rails themsel...

I see they have the name wrong on the large body of water south of Louisiana...

John, I wish I'd have known you were at the GC - I live 90 miles from it, would have taken you to breakfast or dinner. Hope you are feeling bett...

@out-of-level That's a legal requirement in Arizona.

@john-putnam How was it their demise?

I had the privilege of having Jack working with me on a large mapping project circa 2000. He was very knowledgeable and extremely helpful. RIP

RIP Terry

I stopped there last May but they were closed 😕 I will try again on the next trip...

Magnesium?! Why on Earth...?

I have a PDF of Wattles - not sure where I got it...

Arizona mandates the International foot.

The diagram is not of a broken-back curve, as there is a tangent section between the two curves. Norman has it right...

Just a point that the acronym "CFS" was taken years ago to describe "Certified Federal Surveyor." Using it for a different meaning in the same profess...

Norman - To the best of my knowledge County Surveyors perform none of those tasks in this State. Some cities require the submission of mathematical bo...

"I always begin from the position that humans create boundaries then use maps as a proxy." In fact, the Court has recognized for centuries that monume...