This is a fantastic post and a topic about which I tend to be very passionate. As a CADD junkie, I berate others in my office regularly for not "follo...
The biggest issue I have with Planning Commissions is that they rarely understand the principles of the applications they review.Several years ago, I ...
What kind of time/effort commitment is involved here? Is this just answering a few questions in an online survey format? Or is it something more. I'm ...
I have taken to making a "Property Data" table often. This is especially true when the plat I'm making is for something that is small formalt (like 8....
When I got my first summer job chaining, I was sent out across a field to take shots on an existing pole like. About halfway across the field, all of ...
I agree. There are plenty of procedures one can take that will minimize human error. One thing that I have done that goes a long way to minimize blund...
I agree with this as well.I've been on both sides of the review process. And it drives me nuts when the plat has lines that cross over text making it ...
Well, the problem I run in to here is that on a subdivision map, the reviewing LS is signing a statement that they have checked the map and it is "tec...
I always recommend to every client that they file a record of survey with the county to show the results of the LLA. And this would also allow them to...
Yeah, the plats around here where I work typically have dedication and acceptance statements on them for easements. And the easements are only "to the...
I've done this before where I've "adjusted" 4 lots down to 3 or 2.I agree that the terminology is odd as you essentially are "adjusting" a lot down to...
Which old wagon trail? Anyone of historical significance?I recently worked on the research and mapping end of a couple of surveys up in Modoc and Lass...
Least squares would probably make a good approximation of the courses. However, in these cases one can only hope that there are calls in the deed to c...
I am currently dealing with a final map where the LS that has reviewed my map is expressing his very strong opinion of how the map should look. His op...
I agree with this as well. If I'm going to send some data out with my name and number on it, I want to feel confident that I crossed my I's and dotted...
Yeah, in CA we aren't required to add our tag. However I do know that there have been surveyors who regularly did this. I see many old maps with a mon...
Sounds like you guys in Texas have a standard conversion for the old varas? There are a few surveys here in California that date back to the Mexican v...
I've found a whiskey bottle set upright with the neck as the monument position. The map just set "set monument" with no description. The bottle was sp...
I was just talking with the San Joaquin County (CA) Surveyor about the "advertising" that most companies do when they put their company logo on a reco...
Current I am using the Civil3D parcels and getting a closure report. I was just hoping that someone might have something that is more customizable.For...