I'm not sure I understand what you're asking, but it sounds like you are looking for a way to assess true accuracy.?ÿ Explore the National Geodetic Su...

I like to see the actual measurements as apposed to to just rounding up or down to the record measurement.?ÿ I don't have any difficulty understanding...

@fairbanksls?ÿ That's exactly what happened to me.?ÿ I looked at deed calls to a cucumber tree, then to a lynnwood and just scratched my head. I kno...

I never realized surveying was so bad.?ÿ I can remember grading potatoes and thinking that was a drag.?ÿ Piling 4ft pulp wood with a birch hook wasn't...

If I have to learn about the PLSS you Westerners absolutely need to learn about compound leaves, leaflets, opposite vs alternate, etc..?ÿ I took a for...

@lurker?ÿ The surveyor isn't creating anything, the road is already there, the plat provides intent, the actions of the humans, the only thing that a...

Mark Mayer has the answer I'd run with. It provides a reasonable justification for solving a problem instead of turning neighbors against one another....

NC Flood Inundation Mapping (FIMAN) Quality mapping saves lives, saves money, draws businesses, and in general make it easier to make good decisions....

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I few years ago I read that Sir Richard Branson of Virgin this-and-that, modified his benefits program to allow unlimited paid vacation for upper mana...

Pay them until you decide to fire them.?ÿ I've never had much luck changing individuals, so I tend to work with them unless it becomes unprofitable to...

If my survey takes me far off the subject tract, I'll dash (line not surveyed line-type) the adjoining boundary lines leading to it. I'll label the B&...

I doubt the dissenters will be that bold.?ÿ It will look more like what's happening to monk seals in Hawaii.

This issue isn't going away anytime soon.?ÿ The wisest action for ranchers and farmers would be to dedicate access to public lands and maintain contro...

Working in serious heat while drinking water without any salty foods or Gatorade-like drinks isn't good.?ÿ 1. Caffeine works against your body's abil...

I worked for a PLS licensed in Maine and New Hampshire who acted in the manner you describe and he was not an outlier.?ÿ At the time, a PLS could take...

Start with right triangles. You need only two inputs, two angles or two lengths or an angle and a length to solve for all lengths and angles of a righ...

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Ancillary to this discussion is the topic of expert measurement to make sure you're not the PLS missing the mark by a tenths or feet. Here in the eas...