This is a recording vs non recording issue because in a non recording state a PLS can still provide a valuable service to his client with or without t...

@holy-cow Perhaps we should mandate reading comprehension. Strawman arguments are amusing but not very useful. Mandatory recording of plats did not ...

Take note, if you work in a non recording state.?ÿ Mandated recording should be fought wherever it rears its ugly head.?ÿ Like many things, it appear...

I will use age-of-bar evidence as proof that a found corner is not the original, but I wonƒ??t use it as proof that Iƒ??ve found the original.?ÿ A ye...

@dougie I said the same thing to myself on Friday when I landed a 150ac retracement survey in the Blue Ridge Mountains.?ÿ All eight tracts had ancien...

When you decide where you are going, be sure to study their application process.?ÿ Education history or the lack thereof could be a sticking point.

Did you ask the adjoiner why he didn't want it set? I'm sure there's more to the story, but it seems odd to me that you view the math as immutable an...

@aliquot It's also a good to remember that planning is a thankless job.?ÿ The first PLS I worked for couldn't deal with planners as he focused only w...

NC requires chord bearing and distance so I add it below R and L.?ÿ In the Boone, NC area it seemed as though PLSs discovered horizontal curves in the...

Good to hear from another Mainer.?ÿ I grew up near Lovell, Maine before moving around the country a bit and settling in North Carolina. Does Maine ha...

@fairbanksls I feel the same way concerning the title of PLS.?ÿ It doesn't seem right to call oneself a professional.?ÿ I grew up believing that prof...

?ÿ I helped someone get a variance by assembling screen shots of distances measured off the local GIS.?ÿ?ÿ What is preventing you from writing a bri...

It would be overreach in most states but not NC. NC has a long history of quality public planning.?ÿ It was, after all, an NC engineer who conceived ...

I use Trimble for all my GNSS work, Leica for TS, Star*Net for corrections, then create a txt file from Star*Net that I import into C3D.?ÿ?ÿ I tried ...

I suppose Michael's success will in large part depend on how much money he has or can collect from others with similar interests.?ÿ Their myopic focu...

Have a secretary or your wife or anyone who has no emotional attachment to the plat record it for you.?ÿ There's no need for you to waste time dealing...

It's interesting that HOAs existed long before zoning.?ÿ The desire for conformity (and/or exclusion) is strong amongst a large number of folks.?ÿ Gr...

@bstrand It depends on the project and the overall experience of the crew.?ÿ If inexperienced, I'll default to telling them offsets to inverts are ok...