Some State Plane HistoryActually I've done quite a bit of PLSS retracement using SPC's. It's a pain in the butt to scale and rotate and unscale and u...

Some State Plane HistoryAn expert in PLSS retracement such as yourself knows that they oriented the whole thing to North (not SPC Grid North that hadn...

Some State Plane HistoryThe magic CCF, Nothing like the fun of scaling, then unscaling, do I multiply or divide. So simple Kent can do it!So what's ...

One Off Projection Debate of about 8 years.It's quite obvious who won this debate. DOT's are using LDP's, States and Counties are adopting them, NGS ...

It isn't magic, thoughYUP, if a LDP is too warped for you then go ahead and use a SPC which has much, much greater distortion. That will solve it. N...

That's how I think it should be done. Leave the title records alone. In Utah a record of survey is required to be filed. So the survey can show the...

(a) identify the actual situation of the land in relation to the original government subdivision upon which the record title is founded So your soluti...

Do you make all your clients execute boundary line agreements/quit claim deeds for all the original lines you retrace?I know you rewrite all the descr...

I was alluding to the fact that the line in subject is the original line on the ground. It's never moved, never needed to be established by landowner...

The line is already fixed, right where it was on day one, established from the day the first conveyance was made. It's just the description isn't exa...

Instead of a 4 point site calibration can't you use a Geiod Model to calc the vertical? Then you could check into some local bench marks and adjust t...

Duane,I do agree there is a lack of understanding of boundary law; Judges expect Surveyors to be experts at it (not the law, but where the boundary is...

Reality and EquityYUP, you've appointed yourself "mister correcter". That's the problem, you think you know it all such as in self righteous indignat...

Reality and EquityYou've made a career out of trying to stomp down opinions that vary from yours. Trying to stop or interrupt any discussion that var...

Reality and EquityYou should take your "Everything Should be done like Perfect Texas" BS on the road and present it at surveyors conferences countrywi...

OK I will say it...Some grow in knowledge till the day they die. Others think they know it at at about age 30 and never grow any further.

KentYou ought to consider your own track record. Talk about stuck in a time warp. Same old story year after year. No growth whatsoever. Your view ...

Rumor is that the SLV ETF doesn't have the real metal it is supposed to hold. I don't know but there really isn't that much real silver as most is us...

Tom,I certainly can see your point. The true sad state of affairs is that there are all these land parcels so recklessly created (aliquot parts, prop...