Yep, that's how it should be done. Establish TBMs every mile or so but don't reoccupy turning points because it introduces bias. Spirit level surveyi...
I read your tome and cites.?ÿ Is my takeaway correct; a moderately misaligned cheap prism or 360?ø prism could result in distance errors of up to 5mm?...
We called them turkey tails and used them exclusively for marking hubs in final grade staking.?ÿ I've never considered a found witness (bearing) tree ...
I was alarmed during the Lightsquared battle when I learned about 30% of my retirement fund was invested in an especially lucrative annuity marketed b...
@skeeter1996 We're the champs. a pine needle with a skiff of flagging up their asses beats anything you folks did.
It's so sad when a GLO corner is declared lost and proportioned in, compared to an obliterated corner which can be accurately restored.?ÿ Of course on...
Yup, those were the days.?ÿ I worked for an office?ÿ 20 man (five field crews) civil firm making its name doing large subdivision development/infrastr...
I heard about this in the '70s.?ÿ I was working for the Forest Service (no domestic animals) and sure enough, we'd flag up P-line for logging roads an...
Good Title Companies are acute businessmen. If they're reissuing a Commitment on a parcel they insured decades ago they assume their previous Commitme...
Assuming a thorough research of the record and calculation of search point coordinates to get a good crew within a few feet for digging/probing purpos...
It seems to me 0.50' is arbitrary and denys the surveyor's purview to determine what is or is not a material discrepancy when conducting a survey.?ÿ 0...
Recertified many ALTA surveys a year or five later in repose, when the original parties dissolved/bankrupted and the new owners/bank(s) need a new ALT...
Considering the earth's change in axis tilt, although measurable, GPS is a Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF) reference frame so the main problem is wh...
In recording States an ALTA survey is a viable alternative to a boundary ROS if the client wants the survey to be private.?ÿ There's some caveats in t...
Whoa, a deed description and a map are two different horses.?ÿ Of course I use English with proper upper/lowercase in a deed with proper capitalizatio...
Crazy, but that's the rules.?ÿ Coords for every found monument & record bearing/distances for every leg alongside my observations.?ÿ This is an ac...