@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...

I go with the lightest boot possible, with the lowest rise from the ball to heel.?ÿ I'm not aware of any good zero rise options for boots that are mea...

You just have to find what works for you.?ÿ I need the ability to use all increments of the rod in my work so all the way up or down isn't a good opti...

I run twin 32s with a 17" laptop.?ÿ I work from home on Fridays with just my laptop and can't say it bothers me much, but I don't do much drafting any...

@rover83?ÿ You're right, I just got to what I thought was the syllabus, but I stand corrected.?ÿ It was not my intent to mislead, I appreciate the pu...

I would scan it, create virtual monitoring points from the processed scan, and then stake out the calculated points and shoot them reflectorless.?ÿ It...

It would only seem absurd if you haven't been to a college of education in the past ten years.?ÿ The copy and past below was taken directly from Yale'...

I've never had more than a dozen or so attached to me at the end of the day.?ÿ I've had what seemed like hundreds crawling up my legs. My four year o...

Equal area exchanges have helped me keep people out of court numerous times.?ÿ I don't exactly enjoy boundary disputes, but I can't pass on them and t...

@edward-reading?ÿ Generally speaking, ABET accredited engineering/geomatics program lean much heavier on math than law.?ÿ Once the accreditation is c...

@fairbanksls?ÿ Yes, and the pipe in its shadow.?ÿ This was in the Blue Ridge Mountains near aptly named Zionville, NC.