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@jitterboogie My favorite is the chrome. We did a project where we had to have the construction crew provide a nice soft pile of soil for the photogr...

@aliquot I'm a strange guy. It's just that sometimes there is no need to go running to the surveyor's office every time you need to measure. Would yo...

Good news. The client met with the town today and got a permit to reconstruct his garage. He wants to get it surveyed anyway, so we all win. By the w...

@holy-cow Thank you. I did prepare a map and noted the source of the information is the town's GIS. It is signed, sealed and delivered. Let's see wha...

@murphy That is what I did. I don't know about the permit application yet, but I sent the client to the town with a map I made from the GIS. When I t...

@bob-freeman You are right. It is the Rivers Act.

@bstrand They want to know if the concrete foundation is 200 feet or more from a brook on the property. It is not a site plan. Just a question to det...

@mark-mayer GIS stands for Geographic Information System. It is a little more nuanced than what you imply. The town did not bring up the subject at a...

Just to clarify my original post, there is a concrete foundation from a previous structure on the site. The client wants to rebuild it for a garage. T...

@bstrand I do that sometimes too.

I use simple calipers and have both the inside, and outside types. Gauge the object and hold it against the ruler for a measurement. The purpose of t...

@mike-marks I'm not going to tell anyone how to carry or care for equipment. However, the Operator's Manual that comes with the equipment, an automat...

I'd be surprised if that guy in the picture is a surveyor. Nobody should carry a level like that. So he's probably a male model and that's a stereotyp...

Thank you to everyone reading and responding to this question.

@jphYes, the Planning Board must indicate their Approval is Not Required (ANR). Then the map will be recorded.?ÿ ?ÿ