Export your CAD linework as a dxf or if it is a busy drawing, make it a block with the "wblock" command (C3D) or copy and paste into a new drawing the...

If it is C3D, expect to spend roughly 40 hours setting up a comprehensive title block.Include:Layout tabs of portrait and landscape versions of every ...

I suppose both, but I was referring to the latter.I don't take the stance that a surveyor should be penalized for using previously obtained knowledge...

It would be unethical if you charge your new client a discounted fee based solely or in part on data gathered while under contract with the former cli...

I did not intend to imply that I agree with it. Maine requires a signed contract prior to the start of any survey and the client has the legal right t...

JKinAK, post: 432888, member: 7219 wrote: For those in states which don't require recordation of boundary plats, corner replacement, and surveys that ...

Wiley X, same as the military. Priced well and they meet or exceed all construction/OSHA standards. Good peripheral coverage while still allowing for ...

Maine and North Carolina, I practice in NC. Wish I could practice in Maine as the laws there make it easier for a PLS to cater to clients. There just ...

Maybe you could punt and just email them a GoogleEarth kmz file of your boundary. Even the most computer illiterate clients can be shown how to downl...

I've seen it work consistently for well drilling atop the mountains near Boone, NC. The trick for wells is to remember that water runs in veins which...

Don't forget that the Australia's LocataTech has already created and implemented a terrestrial network of transmitters capable of greater accuracy tha...

"Other than reviewing subdivision plats, why would the city have anything to do with recording surveys. In Alabama that is done at the county courthou...

"What are the problems that requiring recording would create?"It creates the means for municipalities to dictate the elements displayed on a plat. Th...

"I think it is unethical to charge an adjoiner for a plat you have already done." An attitude like that would make it difficult for me to explain how...

One can walk a line and observe evidence without cutting. I knew a surveyor who located every fence post down a 2000' line. Most of his convoluted dee...

Also from a non-recording state:I find that few people fully understand the data represented on a given plat and that I can better serve the public tr...

1 & 2 would get a copy after I received payment for my time and the value of the information. 3 gets a free copy that at the very least shows the ...

1 & 2 would get a copy after I received payment for my time and the value of the information. 3 gets a free copy that at the very least shows the ...

A GIS is only as accurate as the least qualified technician entering data into to it. A precise GIS is something to strive for but accuracy in regard...