WOW!!!Was anyone actually claiming the newer fence was the property line?

Does your heart feel better now?

The purpose of this post is my implication that the general degree of care that surveyors employ today was employed back then . . . given the differen...

I haven't done one of these for a number of years now.One of the biggest problems I had was what to do when the property was very obviously not in flo...

I Hereby CertifyRegarding this discussion, I always thought that laws pertaining to surveying are generally laws that pertain to the practice of surve...

I think it's accepted that a subdivision is a simultaneous transaction.But really . . . "when" is it a simultaneous transaction?In 1918 a property own...

I've never had a problem with surveyors giving low quotes or high quotes.But, one thing obvious about surveyors in general is that we(as a whole), hav...

The thing that intrigues me the most is if the age of a found monument is important.I think it's pretty much agreed that in an 1918 subdivision, pins ...

"Simply put, a corner monument is a corner monument ONLY when it occupies the position of the property corner."Okay . . . but in who's eyes?Anything n...

Check & see if the firmware is 5.03

Right now, the data is being constrained by natural calls within the 120 miles.Every stream and waterway over 4 links width was denoted by the 1808 su...

The idea of a long chain makes sense to me except that I always figured government surveyors would have made all attempts to measure for a "true" accu...

rough example just FYIThese are not actual measures. These are just representative distances that show how the numbers are comparing to one anotherOR...

Granted . . . and I will review the subsequent "re"-surveys with this in mind to see how a short chain(in 1799 & 1808), might agree or disagree mo...

Keep in mind, we're talking about three surveys. The original survey of 120 miles, a resurvey by government surveyors a couple years later and anothe...