HARN is/was GPS derived control of various NAD83 epochs (recalculated following NAD83 shifts). It is still valuable because it consists of physical mo...

This thread got really strange.

The county condemns the property for a ROW, putting the private property of the utility company into the ROW, the utility company then forces the coun...

Not all situations fall under eminent domain, fairly sure an easement for a utility vault or whatever this is will not be one of those situations. Plu...

In a more urban/dense residential area private utilities were often placed in ROWs and given franchises/licenses to operate in a public way. But even ...

"Aqcuiring private easements for public utilities sounds like a disaster, but hey… government." Utilities will almost universally want to be on the pr...

ThatOur utility clients wouldn't accept that. No defined property line, no ties to the right of way for the tract. I'm not sure what type of point t...

It depends on the instrument. If it's a formally recognized recorded Subdivision or Certificate of Survey, then the Lot#, Tract # is the way to go. ...

Not a good plan.

The local city tried to hide behind the GIS disclaimer. The city had made the GIS the official document for zoning (how dumb was that?). A developer...

I'm shocked, shocked that they might fib to me.

Raw data into TBC, coordinate values into CAD.

Got it, the surveyor for my client (PE) stopped by the office with his DC and R12i. We were able to set-up in his controller a state plane RTX job wit...

From the plat I'd probably prorate that one in. The option of a mean bearing will create two E-W center lines that won't meet at the section line. Tha...

Only see it in heavy canopy these days. In the early RTK surveys, we would see it all the time, in open sky. Those bad fixes might stay fixed for 1/2...

The MT and OG plats are always something I pull like I said above, I forgot to include patents.

Sounds like a fun project, I'm guessing that you're going to prorate the 1/4 and use that location for the terminus of the E_W centerline. Beyond doin...

I had one guy move a corner, he beat the cap back into the ground with a hatchet,,,,,,,,the sharp side. That one was easy the old hole was still there...