Lack of unity of terminology is quite far down the list of reasons why people don't trust us. People mistrust surveyors because we represent change. ...

The isolation and distribution of measurement errors is one of the core functions of a land surveyor. If I were building a new GIS for tax mapping I ...

I take affidavits in a bound field book and nothing else. We use long detailed descriptions and the "note" feature provided by SurvCE. At the end of...

I remember a survey I did in fairly small subdivision while I was still in school and taking a Survey Law class. I was working with the owner/PLS and...

I agree with Nate. The easiest thing to do (which is often the wrong thing to do) is to just leave them there, as it requires no thought, liability, ...

North Carolina's board sent me a certification for engineering instead of surveying. All the board members signed it despite it clearly having a four...

What good is is a standard if no one follows it and there is no resulting harm? I have seen more actual harm caused from adherence to Alta standards, ...

I doubt the average client can or will trace their metes and bounds out. Anyone clever enough to do that would likely recognize their lot on a plat an...

To paraphrase Churchill: Testing is the worst way to judge competence, except for all the others.

I'm glad I could help. My guess is that if you left the exam feeling good then you passed it.

My understanding is that all the FSs across the nation are scored then run through some form of statistical analysis to isolate questions that a signi...

One of the best surveyors in northern NH showed me something similar to what Williwaw described but a bit easier to set up on. After you shoot your f...

Well, I suspected the $20/day plus hotel per diem I am paid is well below average. As an employer, you can cheap out on the per diem or you can provi...

Also, there is no incentive for a seller's agent to keep pushing to get the owner the best price. They will press sellers to drop the price by $5000 ...

Travel to the testing site, stay in a nearby hotel, and familiarize yourself with the testing center. Get up early on exam day and walk or do somethi...

Unless his work products are exceptional, I'd let him go. I'm beginning to wonder if surveying attracts porn addicts as I've witnessed something simi...

I contacted the board regarding the flagging of a line between monuments in a recorded subdivision, and they said it was acceptable as long as my cont...

I've convinced a few real estate agents that it was worth hiring me to flag the boundaries of wooded lots. There are a few undeveloped large-tract su...

The engineering company I work for has very little respect for surveying, surveyors, or accurate data in general. It is a level of bizarre that can o...

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