We need to concede that we lost the war with coyotes.?ÿ Dan Flores wrote an incredibly detailed history of the coyote, Coyote America, that among many...

I just label OD or ID and put spell it out in my legend along with Below Grade and Above Grade: Found Pipe 1inch OD BG 0.4feet.?ÿ?ÿ NC requires that ...

Our great insurance overlords just decreed that all our vehicles must have a GPS tracker.?ÿ I don't like it, mostly because I view insurance as the or...

@holy-cow GPS isn't required but it definitely saves time.?ÿ The rule doesn't require SPCs on the POB, only that one corner be tied to a benchmark.

I've grown to appreciate North Carolina's requirement that all surveys be tied to a benchmark if there's a benchmark within 2000' of the subject parce...

@jim-in-az As I said above: "there are a few recording states that haven't exploited the purchasers of surveys but I have faith that they will event...

@dms330 From what I can tell, it is mostly a gotcha.?ÿ Once a state decides to mandate the recording of all surveys, it is only a matter of time befo...

In NC it would likely be a recombination.?ÿ I would label the land to be conveyed as Tract-A and make sure that your client gets a description for a q...

Before you proceed, be sure that there are no other technicalities that would prevent you from qualifying.?ÿ?ÿ I disagree with the survey specific B....

@jph The story I was told was that mylar doesn't stretch as much as paper, making it a better choice when checking an illegible or incorrectly labele...

@holy-cow No one is worried about the 0.01'.?ÿ That is not the point.?ÿ This has nothing to do with expert measurements.?ÿ It is about evidence and t...

@jph So what would you do in the example of the same lot having 999.9' measurement (record = 1000') and a 20.1' measurement on the sidewalk (record =...

Another problem with holding record is that it is inconsistently applied.?ÿ If a PLS is surveying a 200 acre parcel and one of the boundaries measures...

@jph I read all of your post.?ÿ?ÿI'm sorry if I have offended you, it was not my intent.?ÿ I drive about 30,000 miles in the course of a year and it ...

@holy-cow I understand your greater point, but I would consider your example to be ripening acquiescence where I survey.?ÿ It's easier for us in the ...

@jph Attorney: So, JPH, I've been reviewing your plat of the Blackstone estate.?ÿ What strikes me about it, and it is a very beautiful plat a real wo...

@norman-oklahoma The public is safeguarded by honest and transparent work.?ÿ It is not in any way clear that randomly keeping record distances is saf...