While I agree that the whole parcel should be surveyed and resolved, and will no doubt need to be someday, it seems to me that a 21st exception to the...

It's going to be a state specific thing. In Oregon you would have to go through a land use review (ie/subdivision platting), as any of those other exc...

@nate-the-surveyor That second one is like the one that I have. I'm happy with it. The first one is more expensive, I think, and a bit heavier duty...

It used to be that CAD was a program that required the very best of computers. Nowadays very basic computers can handle CAD easily. I have an I7 lapto...

Battery powered tools have come a long way in the 8 years since this thread started. I've got a Milwaukie rotary hammer with a 6aHr battery that will ...

In her defense, the right of way (probably) wasn't variable, but rather it was varied. Words mean things. I know that variable is commonly used by sur...

That may be a bit overstated, but he was certainly on the committee that did the job.

@williwaw I've never seen those standards referenced anywhere else. But they do seem reasonable to me.

I don't know a great deal about GIS and its programs but I have been told that QGIS is very good. And being free, I can't see going any other way, at ...

When I was in Oklahoma we had a job near a COE managed reservoir. I called on the reservoir office and, long story short, was eventually shown a file ...

@bstrand The F2f in C3d will draw that reversing curve very nicely without any mention of the PRC point at all.

For many years it has been a once a year thing, I believe. I'm not sure when it started but it was a well established tradition when I took it in '97...