"How do I reconcile acknowledging their existence without acknowledging the possible issues they potentially create?" You don't. These monuments may b...

IMO, the retracing surveyor is acknowledging the existence of those off line monuments but calling them garbage. Many would like to hold all the monu...

As set, the chiseled 1/4 mark would have been on the side of the stone. So, no. Nothing on that side would be the point. The people who set that ston...

First stop - youtube. I learned that adjustments were a thing at BCIT. You've done that. How to do an adjustment (with StarNet) I learned from a cowor...

I did a google search and it popped right up. www.xsurveying.com

I'm not a Cali person, so I can't really help you with specifics. When I was studying for Oregon, I attended the Land Survey Law Seminars at Oregon St...

In Oregon giving quarter section, section, township, range and meridian references is required per state law, so there is no need to give the matter a...

Property owners commonly stake the corners they perceive as theirs. Granted, they don't often use capped iron rods to do it - they usually use fence p...

That was certainly true at one time. IMO they have broken that cycle over the last several releases.

If you need a copy of that book try Alibris.com. They have a number of copies available. I've ordered stuff from them before and the experience was go...

You don't need any sort of survey certification to work for a surveyor in the US and make a good living at it - if you have useful skills. And you co...

I used C3d 2024 until last week. It is perfectly stable. I loaded 2025 last Monday and it seems to be fine also. It is seemlessly working with the dra...

Years ago I had the radio go out on a Trimble 5603. The problem was that the antenna was compromised (ie/broken), which caused the radio to overheat a...

My first exposure to Condo plans was in British Columbia, in metric. Even though the building plans were still in feet and inches. So that says someth...

The inspector should be looking at the stamped and signed survey map in addition to the monuments. Also, in each of the states I'm licensed in, the ...

"...they totally ignore the elements of the spiral and just do the long chord. "Not ignoring. The bearing of the connecting tangents, the length, and ...

A spiral is a curve of constantly varying radius. Here is how the Oregon DOT describes spirals - this example is from their Right of Way Engineering M...

I use the best fit line routine - err .... routinely. But I had never thought of using it that way. Very clever.

I read it as a life estate as well. Persons A & B do not necessarily have to release their rights for a sale to occur. The buyer could simply con...