I skipped the Utah convention this year. Hope I didn't miss anything important.I read some recent BLM resurvey notes last summer. Looked like they w...

In my world it would be something like:Beginning 20 chains west of the center of section.......thence northwesterly 100 feet; thence southwesterly 35 ...

Curved or straight shouldn't we also be arguing about the grade line. A straight line to be straight would imply that one take into account the eleva...

I've actually sent a higher value estimate to my CPA. The corp is mostly inactive so eliminating it will save me the cost of doing annual tax returns...

I'd say what's most important is not what surveyors did but rather what the landowners over time have accepted and relied upon (might follow what the...

Creative but water I don't want to tread! No need to draw attention from the IRS, got enough problems without that monkey on my back!

Yeah, I though about going to a dealer. My CPA just told me to get him a number, but if it's challenged probably best to have a dealer do the apprais...

Also on the asset schedule:1 - HP 600 Design Jet Plotter (36" wide) (199?) still works $100 maybe?

One way to locate is to dig it up. Vacuum trucks work good as do backhoes. Tell the locating service you are going to dig up the line to locate it ...

I agree that probably the easiest way to pass the tests is to get the degree.The tests, at least the ones I took, are structured around a full educati...

Under "settings" then "point settings" what is the highest point number allowed? I'm only at ver 9.8 so maybe this doesn't work in later versions.

butchYou are certainly entitled to your opinion and I respect it. I certainly didn't mean any offense, sorry you took it that way. It's always good ...

butchIt appears to me that we agree other than the value of a opinion.I know it is very common for surveyors to duck behind the "its only an opinion."...

JackThe "directing authority" words came from the third post in this thread. That was a BLM definition of a RESURVEY. The BLM has resurvey authority...

Take his one on Kent, my opinion is the same as ClarkNope!No thanks for trying to give my opinion. You don't have a clue. I pretty much just agree w...

Take his one on Kent, my opinion is the same as ClarkI really didn't expect you to address the authority issue in light of the quote from Clark. Same...

Take his one on Kent, my opinion is the same as ClarkYour big beef, complaint and call to BS was over the authority issue. Why not in light of the Cl...

Take this one on Kent, my opinion is the same as ClarkFrom Clark on Surveying and Boundaries, Seventh Edition, page 26:Section 2.03 Power to fix bound...

Disparagement of reputation?That's all your words and opinion Kent, NOT MINE. It's untrue (I won't use the real word).I'm perfectly confident that yo...