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Joined: December 3, 2013 11:38 am
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Topics: 194 / Replies: 1022
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RE: Station and offset or bearing and distance

I've staked and checked hundreds of stone right-of-way markers for DOT. Yes, contractors did dig the holes and set them, but not before I gave them fo...

12 months ago
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RE: Bent iron pipe

...but seriously, the only bars I am able to bend are those half-inch ones. I also thought about cutting the pipe at the crease and resetting it. I am...

12 months ago
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RE: Bent iron pipe

@gary_g Yeah. Might need a little heat on that crease. A flamethower would work, but I don't want to start a forest fire.

12 months ago
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RE: Bent iron pipe

I'm thinking I should set something there as close to the position as possible while leaving the bent pipe as evidence of finding the original corner.

12 months ago
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RE: Bent iron pipe

@williwaw thank you.

12 months ago
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RE: Bent iron pipe

@jimcox yes, that could explain it.

12 months ago
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RE: Doctrine of Merger

I am sure the monuments are original, but I am not about to fight, and make this a bigger mess. It's just a shame that the client has to pay to replac...

1 year ago
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RE: Doctrine of Merger

In one case the two lots were created in 1839, currently non-conforming, but existing before the Zoning Act. All corner monuments of both lots were fo...

1 year ago
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RE: Doctrine of Merger

Well then, I'll have to tell that to the lawyers that explained it to me.

1 year ago
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RE: Really old Nikon Total Station

Western States Cabling has helped me out in the past. The link is for their website. Good luck.

1 year ago
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RE: Boundary Survey research procedure

I don't understand the purpose of not recording a survey map. How is that protecting the public welfare? How can one complain about "pin cushions" if ...

1 year ago
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RE: Preferred Plat Font

@rplumb314 So it's Leroy's fault. There were no lower case Leroy lettering templates.

1 year ago
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RE: Preferred Plat Font

At least for me, alll capitals are very hard to read. My jurisdiction requires a minimum text size of 0.10 inches. As I wrote in my post, using a text...

1 year ago
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RE: Preferred Plat Font

I like Swiss, but any font will do as long as one follows the rules of capitalization. The size in my jurisdiction requires the font to be 1/10 inches...

1 year ago
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RE: Traverse

@jim-frame You are right. The software that I use will also adjust the traverse and the side shots if I choose to adjust the data.

1 year ago
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RE: Traverse

@gary_g Agreed. How about a city block. I should have mentioned that.

1 year ago
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