@holy-cow True, but where do you draw the line??ÿ What if all the existing corners are within your rule-of-thumb (that I doubt you make any mention o...

@jph ?ÿ "Do you treat your own plats the same way?" I haven't yet, but I will.?ÿ I don't think it does much to increase or decrease the confidence ...

It would appear that it is our assumptions of the layperson's ability to understand our plat that dictates whether we show our measurements or whether...

@holy-cow I still don't understand why you can't simply add, "Being the same parcel as described in Deed Book 2 at Page 5", after an updated descript...

I purge unused symbols.?ÿ Feedback from laymen has convinced me that it's a bigger deal to them than it is to me.?ÿ I consider it another version of k...

@bill93 I knew a PLS in NH that did excellent work surveying White Mountains NF.?ÿ He'd use a green riser like that but they were set more solidly.?ÿ...

@stlsurveyor ?ÿ Thank you!?ÿ?ÿ

If you plan on doing work on Fed sites or infrastructure inspection make sure you follow the developing DoD blacklisting of DJI.?ÿ As I understand it,...

We just got a set of architectural plans for a proposed hotel in a hoity toity mountain town.?ÿ Evidently, the architect had never heard of building s...

I'll take a funky looking plat with obvious errors over a beautifully drawn work of fiction any day.?ÿ NC is plagued by pre 1970 strip lot subdivisio...

I also use the odds and evens method.?ÿ It's an enjoyable challenge to string together codes.?ÿ I've found that double coding is a clean way to avoid ...

I check all the boxes and follow the rules in the state in which I am working, but determining how we protect the public is much more subjective with ...

@aliquot The more I gain insight into the though processes of PLSS surveyors, the more I believe that the fundamental difference arrives from the vas...

@holy-cow I was not aware that showing easements that cross the subject tract's boundary was optional in some states.?ÿ How do you pick and choose wh...

@jim-in-az I think you know what I was getting at, but you are correct, there is no such law.?ÿ The conditions of licensing effectively prevent a PLS...

@thebionicman I'll concede that the regulatory takings is a specious argument.?ÿ It does not meet the current bar set for regulatory takings.?ÿ Simil...

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I think we argue less then you guys in recording states.?ÿ Also, plenty of plats get recorded.?ÿ The real difference is that we are not compelled by l...