I'm down to three observations, each for 30 seconds with around 20min or more time separation but that's only for NC and SC RTNs where I've tested wit...

@firestix There's no regulatory reason they need a metes and bounds description for a recombination in NC. I've done a ton of them and it's perfect...

As a rodman/I-man in the first year of my career in surveying, I closed two traverses around two parcels that were not our client's tracts. The first ...

About a month ago, I was told by Gary Thompson, North Carolina Geodetic Survey Chief, that NC would see the rollout spring of 2027. Prior to this he w...

Don't think in terms of a disclaimer. Note that you identified the use of GPR or a vacuum truck as the most accurate method to locate the easement but...

@jaccen That's taking the bull by the horns, good stuff. I'm experimenting with the Pro version of Claude right now as it seems to be better at wri...

I've not encountered anything like that in Colonial states. Towns expand and occasionally contract, generally along irregular boundaries along the per...

While the GC's vague requests are annoying, I'll give them more of a break than the project engineers. It's just wrong that contractors and surveyors ...

I stopped bidding on construction staking projects due to this, the general race to the bottom concerning pricing, the opportunity costs, and the low ...

Around here, it would be the floodplain manger that would get involved in conjunction with code enforcement. Since you already have control, just stop...

I'd push for the descriptions to simply reference Tract-A, B or C per PB-XX Page-XXX. If a detailed description was required, my POC would be the near...

I had a lady who refused to except the results of my survey, and the three surveyors before me, because I didn't start at the point of beginning as sh...

@mathteacher Thank you. That makes sense and seems to align more with some references I had from NGS. Key points: convert bearings to azimuths, sub...

@john-putnam Maybe I'm misunderstanding declination. NGS lists it as 3° 32’ West, so wouldn't that be a negative declination making it -3° 32’ decl...

This is my main holdup and I can't conceptualize it well. I calculated N 6° 10' E my first go around but when I draw it on a compass rose, it doesn't ...

I'm not sure why the pdf won't view, below is the text in an unfriendly format: Problem: need to convert a N 2° 30’ E 1947 Magnetic North bearing to...

I removed a graphic, hopefully the attached pdf can now be downloaded.  

@mightymoe I use TBC Enterprise and didn't think of checking for that option. I'll take a look, thank you.

Four years ago was the last time I made the mistake of not firing a client who purposely didn't tell me an important detail of the work. Obviously, ea...