I get it. I simply wanted to make the point that a cogo point could be created which has absolutely no apparent presence on the screen.

I'm in a recording state and as such I see plenty of other surveyors products. There aren't many with any kind of statement of this sort and I've nev...

When a cogo point is created it is shown on the screen in accordance with the "style" you have currently set for cogo point appearance. It is quite p...

I use StarNet. That software has the option of weighting observations either by the number of turning points between marks or by the distance distance...

I have my 6th Edition of Boundary Control and Legal Principles here. On page 324, et seq, there is a discussion of the hierarchy of calls under the he...

This Hultafors folding rod was in popular use back in my days in Canada. Robust and quite compact when folded up. It seems to be a uniquely Canadian p...

Considering that the OP is in New Zealand, and as such works in metric, I doubt that a Philadelphia rod is really his best choice As for precision ...

In Oklahoma, the procedure demanded by the DOT was to make up a table with columns for Run#1, Run# 2, and Average. Supposing you started on BM "A" and...

In Oklahoma, the procedure demanded by the DOT was to make up a table with columns for Run#1, Run# 2, and Average. Supposing you started on BM "A" and...

Let's think this through like a judge would ....... The "more or less" calls in the OPs deed are simply redundant, not ambiguous. Every recitation o...

Least squares adjustment makes this question moot.

Hardly. This was simply the circumstances of this particular case. It does highlight that the markers must be clearly apparent to one and all. Rememb...

Hmmm.... Natural monuments set? Huh? Anyway.... I note that uncalled for monuments do not appear on this list. Such monuments may provide an objective...

(295'+35') x 198'= exactly 1.5000000000 acres. Since there is no call for any monuments, save for, perhaps, an aliquot part division line, the "more o...

The Washington case of Merriman v. Cokely illustrates things here. In that case, the boundary had been surveyed erroneously, and left undisturbed for ...

A Roman Senator named Seneca wrote "Luck is where preparation meets opportunity" in the first century AD.

Stone Walls as monuments aren't a thing here on the left coast, but I'll say this - it is easy to disturb a pipe, rod, or stone monument, maliciously ...

With regard to getting licensed......... Licensing doesn't place you at the top of the career ladder. What it does is put you on a taller ladder with ...

Frequently these situations don't have clear, definitive answers. In such cases you have two options - go to trial or negotiate a settlement. Negotiat...

The outfit I was with when I transitioned to C3d made heavy use of point group hierarchies. They had like 10 or 12 point groups that had to be stacked...