That is two funny!?ÿ?ÿDid they have a city surveyor or just a city engineer??ÿ Sounds like a typical engineers decision.?ÿ As absurd as the architectu...
You visit the Science museum in Washington D.C. and they have a Trimble 4800 RTK rover and TDC 1 on display and you thought you were still using cutti...
Posted by: Jim Frame One of the easiest permits I got was for the some of the most dangerous work I've ever done:?ÿ monitoring the 4 lanes of Intersta...
Posted by: James Fleming [Rant on] Nothing bothers me more than cr@p like 0.02' tolerances.?ÿ That's like saying all the measurements have to within "...
I remember when Hostess zingers went from 21 cents to 24 cents and then to 26 cents and I pledged the end of indulging in zingers because there was no...
Our board had a ??public board member? (non-professional member) chairing the law enforcement committee. ?ÿYou can??t make this stuff up. ?ÿWhen m...
As a City Surveyor that deals with street vacations and the question of ownership after the vacation I sometime wish ?ÿthat past surveys and final pla...
I could not imagine working as a one man crew on a construction site without mastering resections.?ÿ Funny how many of us were taught or mentored "you...
LRDay says:"There are no surveyor records at all except for filed surveys since about 1990, Most of these are worse than the tax map.?ÿ Life goes on f...
It is great you are looking for advice on how to do this task.?ÿ It seems to me if it is important enough to call 1/8" spec on movement it is importan...
Great use of broken pocket tapes.?ÿ Cut them at 1' sections and hand the sections out to the ignorant when needed.?ÿ Jp
Warren, that is an interesting fact about Lincoln/slavery and 160 acres. ?ÿMakes sense, I never heard that before. ?ÿJp
Off topic but relates.?ÿ As a map checker now I always find this amusing.?ÿ Surveyor "A" has no problem calling surveyors "B" monument out of position...
Great Post!?ÿ Sometimes we get caught up in doing and forget why we do it.?ÿ A reminder is always nice.?ÿ Jp
Problem with rebar.?ÿ The undisciplined pound the bar where they can get it the ground, then bend the top to fit.?ÿ All appears the same when flush, b...
That is all understandable.?ÿ Problem as I see it is the fact that we are typically not going to court and worried about how the judge will rule but a...
I agree, but when it comes to the title company adding the little line to their report stating " and that portion of vacated X street that would be in...
Bottom line is after you make your determination it should be presented to the title company and they should agree to insure the original lots togethe...