Actually that is a VERY BAD THING. Our job is to recover boundaries as established. The very last tool we should use is a calculator. Found monuments ...

I no longer do elaborate sketches, but I sketch up control and monument recovery ties and accessories. This is especially true on base points. If my f...

The DLC Act and the Homestead Act of 1862 had some stark differences. Under the Homestead Act you had to be head of household, 21 or over, and a few o...

Back when I had feeling in my fingers I wore nomex pilots gloves with a fingerless wool glove over them. The woolies had the flip over mitten portion ...

If a description for a parcel is also the creation document for an easement I write the reservation or grant into the description. It prevents one tra...

A mini for topo is fine. We stay under 300 feet for robotic most of the time anyway. Monitoring or grid control it's matched nodal only. Different job...

Native, These scenarios involve more than you can share in a few posts, but they can give you perspectives to add to your decision matrix. Having ...

The old adage 'hire for character, train for skills' has merit. My focus in hiring is the combination of intelligence and work ethic. If a candidate...

Congratulations! 40 years in one place is one heck of a run...

It is all but impossible for 25 years of occupation to end with a neighbor owning your house. An ambiguous deed and 120 year old creek location will a...

@jim-frame As usual, it depends.. Is there better information in the record? What has happened since I was there? No matter the answer I'll put in...

@landbutcher464mhz Monuments, possession, agreements, etc. are dynamic. Laws (and my understanding of them) change. I'm not saying a database has no...

Nope. It is common in a few States I work in, but I won't do it.

@geomatique I read your first post as saying flat no to the affidavit. It seems a bit more nuanced than that. If you have no expertise related to the ...

Nearly every case I'm involved with the experts prepare affidavits laying out the facts for the court. This is your opportunity to show the hearing of...

Define 'snake. Most rattlers around here can barely reach the top of my office shoes. A good pair of tall leathers will do fine. Back in Texas it was ...

Retired, Welcome back! I wish you good fortune on your quest. I would add one more service to your list. Data extraction is where most users are f...

@terminus-nc The majority of Boards have no jurisdiction over unlicensed practice. They cannot 'get with the program' as they have no statutory progra...

My first memory is my father screaming at the TV that 'this isn't the only film of this' or something very similar. Most of my memories of the early 6...

The questions you're asking are highly dependent on evidence and jurisdiction. We can all give a guess, but you will not get a reliable answer here. T...