Route Surveying, Canals Predate RailroadsDoes everybody (surveyors) do that? Is it required?

Route Surveying, Canals Predate RailroadsDoes Texas have any Corner Record filing/recording requirements? I'd be required to file a record if I done ...

Ohio GIS Legal Mandate IgnoredWe have the same problem in some counties in Utah. They combined elected offices to eliminate the cost of a county surv...

I'm with you. Research and find the evidence that leads you to the boundary location. All you may need will not be found in the title records. The ...

Triumph-LS Test-Drive OfferYeah if it meets you needs, 8640 is an excellent deal. No questions it's a good piece of hardware/software. There is a mod...

Why GIS [could] prevail [as part of an improved system]Yeah, you can buy a lot of cr*p with the lowest bid!

Route Surveying, Canals Predate RailroadsGood for you Kent. You even considered a fence as some sort of evidence of some past survey. What ever evid...

Route Surveying, Canals Predate RailroadsOn further review, yes the inner circle is open on 209. It was the outer circle that threw me off.

Route Surveying, Canals Predate RailroadsIt appears to me that you have original end points (monuments) at points 209 and 213. Definitely not a situa...

Parcel Creation - you could start in Genesis.

They use the concept of one scale along the alignment and another to the sides. They even straighten out the curves. It's just engineering style map...

Ever seen a set of ICC Field Notes (Val Map survey notes)?

Triumph-LS Test-Drive OfferI spent a few minutes on the website a while back. If I remember correctly the external antenna option is a antenna jack o...

I looked at it also. They do have an option where you can have an external antenna. I'd have to have the external antenna option as sometimes you ne...

Why GIS [could] prevail [as part of an improved system]I don't think that it should be a national thing as far as boundaries go. As far as the law go...

Thanks for the extra post.That is a very good GIS. A Torrens parcel lists a Reg. Land Survey. I'll need to look into exactly what that is.I clicked ...

That is a "Wire Gate"For the most part around here its just a gate. Yeah, and some of them require a winch to open and close.

Yup, just as predicted!Here is the symbol for that: [...]

This is important since the point of departure for Leon's riff on GIS is that he doesn't think that drawing maps serves much purpose in modern surveyi...