Useful to bring this thread back to light since the FTC staff posted important info last month. Their "guidance" document fills in some gaps in the s...

Joseph> I have a question for you:> > How will you respond when someone comes to you and says: I relied on your information and it was wrong....

Here is a point that I recently shared with the Washington State survey board which has not yet been mentioned in this thread.Since doing land surveyi...

Let's review a bit about the NCEES model law and the problems that gave rise to it.A total of seven professional organizations participated in develop...

California is a great example of the point I made earlier today about statutes that impose criminal penalties and the need for such statutes to comply...

I have no idea when I will hear back from the Washington State board. My understanding is that the full board will receive a secret report from staff...

The Washington State survey board is thinking about it.Stay tuned.

@cptdent - Thanks for your comment. Even when people do not approve of my business, I often learn something that helps me improve the text on my webs...

Congratulations to Idaho for starting on the road toward adopting the NCEES model law.And speaking of Google, the following link starts plain old Goog...

Usually I tell my client that I cannot do lot/block unless they can provide a copy of the subdivision map. Then it becomes just another survey.Someti...

Thanks for the input gentlemen.Just to clear up a misconception, I do not use only the county tax maps or county GIS maps. Instead, I use all the rel...

Hello Everyone,My name is Joseph Elfelt and I am the guy behind PropertyLineMaps.comDon’t shoot - I’m friendly.I saw some hits on my server log from t...

Jimmy, that is a good point. Thanks for the clarification.Also, for the OP:Carefully look at all the fine print on the survey. The "basis of bearing...

I am not a surveyor. Instead, I am a former professional real estate investor that often had to locate survey rebar just like you are doing. When I ...

Here are some thoughts on the argument that the survey boards should shut down my service in order to protect the public.Example #1.Below is a link fo...

> Well, the obvious difference here is that "sally" is not selling her services to the public claiming to be an expert in computing property corner...

> I'm not sure about Washington, but here in MA, defining a property corner by coordinate is equivalent to a monument, albeit the lowest of monumen...

> I am sure that the Washington State Board will look at this matter soon and when they decide then you can tell us what they said. They are the au...

And the following link displays the same "property" lines for the same location with the free google maps. Technology marches on.Joseph Elfelt

> I'm no lawyer 😉 but I believe the courts have historically differentiated between commercial speech and professional speech.@JamesYou raise a g...