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...

@jph?ÿ You're focusing on the wrong action. The boundary isn't altered because a surveyor missed his mark or was sloppy, it's altered because adjoine...

@chris-bouffard?ÿ The words in a deed are there to point us to the boundary.?ÿ I attempt to find the boundary as established by the actions of humans...

@tfdoubleyou?ÿ I don't have a cookie cutter approach.?ÿ In your specific example, I'd likely show it as a straight line if the monuments were what I ...

I don't worship math and actively fight the human tendency to be attracted to symmetry.?ÿ I don't care about the line being perfectly straight, I care...

I'm a believer and have been proselytizing for this since I started drafting.?ÿ?ÿ

Last week we had a SUE crew punching holes with a vac truck in what they thought was a decent area.?ÿ They started hearing what they thought were fire...

This is where those gray areas of NC trespass law come into play.?ÿ I would set #5 rebar on at least a 0.068ft offset of the boundary and label it in ...

@holy-cow?ÿ It might have something to do with the fact that NC conceived of the concept of SPCSs. Also, you don't have to do it if there's no NCGS m...

Since we've been hitting the problems-with-surveyors theme lately, let's add that the best surveyors run from the areas in greatest need of profession...

I haven't spoken to anyone who uses a Topcon HiPer VR but I have a friend who is extremely happy with his BRx7.?ÿ He's in the Blue Ridge Mountains and...