From the Oregon case of Buell v. Mathes (1949):   ... The reason for the general rule raising a presumption of title to the center line of a ...

What is special about a Special Warranty Deed is the warranty, not the deed. Special Warranty Deeds are routine documents around here. I wouldn't ...

We generally rely on as-builts for pipe sizes. Back in the day we would climb down the ladder and measure. That ended some time back.

I see some value in capturing the interior of vaults. These are of various sizes and contents. Most manholes are consistent sizes and forms.

OK. Why? What are you doing with all that extra data? I once worked for a guy who said that the equipment he bought didn't cost money. It made money....

Never mind the spy plane stuff. Jerry must have had buns (and nerves) of steel to drive a Rabbit from coast to coast and back.

Remember that these laws apply to commercial, agricultural, and urban residential uses equally before making broad statements. For large commer...

Using this scanning device will get you a lot more detail, no question. Whether there is any need for such detail is another matter. There may be a n...

Lately I've been using an AP20 tilt sensor together with candy cane style pole extenders to shoot inverts. Yields really accurate invert elevations. ...

@not-my-real-name What you are saying is that face of walls being on the right of way line is common statewide policy, and not simply your opinion....

I should have said uncommon for rural roads. Typical in subdivision plats, of course.

The county roadmaster and the state DOT probably have their opinions, too. If you differ it will take plenty of clear and convincing evidence for you ...

@eapls2708 @bstrand It seems that this rule has been amended some 11 times since I wrote the WA test in 2001.

Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 209  

I once produced a small map showing the location of a stacked block wall relative to a right of way line. The bottom of the wall encroached, the top w...

I'm not familiar with a "back-up battery" on the GS-14. But if your batteries are losing their oomph I recommend surveybattery.com (aka Dias & Dia...

Probably not. But most recorders have requirements that documents be on letter or legal size paper, which for topos would usually require that map be ...

Didn't forget, I just didn't regurgitate the entire document. There is really nothing in there that should take a great deal of time to address, espec...

@eapls2708 PEs may legally perform topographic surveys in both Oregon and Washington.