Beware.I once did an ALTA survey of a high rise hotel. Unremarkable except there were encroachments on top of the 75' cut slope on the property; rich ...
> Apparently there was a conscious decision made over 120 years ago to continue pretending the block numbers had been reversed and to ignore that s...
> . . . This is in Kansas and everything is township and range up there. Is he simply wanting to know the feet from the nearest section lines? . . ...
THIS IS NOT ARKANSAS. IT'S OKLAHOMA> > > N/M> > > > Yikes! A parcel in Arkansas that looks at pixel resolution to be the right on...
THIS IS NOT ARKANSAS. IT'S OKLAHOMA> N/MYikes! A parcel in Arkansas that looks at pixel resolution to be the right one, matches the realtor's descr...
How did you find this tract?> OK, I have to ask. How did you find this tract? Was is SWAG? Was it fitting the sketch to a location you know about? ...
> Just in case this old horse hasn't been completely beat to death.Are you kidding? Obviously mandatory recordation of *all* activities by LSs conc...
I don't get it. Why is the GIS Department reviewing record maps *prior* to recordation or filing? Around here the only interactions occur between the...
Found skeletal remains twice. One in Alaska, a skull projecting out of a trail we were using to get to a (remote) jobsite. The other, a skull projec...
Beware below freezing weather. Bringing a cold instrument into a warm environment (the office) can result in condensation, like a glass of beer on a ...
> Was he surveying without a license? He hung flags up on his own ground.Anyone can "survey" their own property, but they have a fool for a client...
> The temptation is not worth whatever you get from the task.> > You could find yourself banned from ever obtaining a Surveying License.> ...
> Help me understand. Is this "closure report" the same as what i think of as "map check" -- specifically the check that, in effect, all angles and...
Not to go off on a tangent but here's a real world scenario which still leaves a bad taste in my mouth and concerns coordinates:Survey of a large pre-...
Many years ago I worked on a crew that was surveying for a Penitentiary expansion. Hot as heck, lots of digging, mostly rolling pasture. The trusties...