A few thoughts. The States with experience only routes are struggling with recruitment the same as those with a degree requirement. There are multip...

@jitterboogie If the database was simply the basic data by person I would agree. You would not believe the number of documents generated and retained ...

@jitterboogie The renewal fee required to support a standalone agency for surveyors would be staggering. Pay and benefits for one employee would be ov...

You cannot compare portability of medical and surveying licenses. Removing an appendix in Oregon does not require me to understand the historical, co...

Owners have duties to all trespassers. The duty escalates from trespasser to licensee/invitee to lessor. He may be trying to set his liability bar low...

@jbstahl Bingo. Correct is an identity, not a distance. THRAC ALERT.. In most States I survey we had 100 years between GLO and recording. Many of th...

@jitterboogie I am curious which States are refusing to issue a comity license because a degree is non-ABET. The more common practice is to approve ap...

@jitterboogie I have been through a complete update of a State specific exam. If your Board has a dedicated subject matter expert it isn't that bad. P...

@tim-v-pls The extra year for an engineering degree is for deprogramming. ???? Seriously, the shortage is as bad in experience only States as those w...

It's hard to say what's up without some context. Who is asking you to provide the affidavit and why?

@rover83 'scramble' is a generous word...lol

@rover83 The States are free to do as they wish within thier borders but the feds have authority over anything related to interstate commerce. The NGS...

@not-my-real-name THRAC ALERT. I was involved in a case a few years ago where the surveyor failed to pull the deed. The invoice for office and two m...

Convergence is a simple calculation. In TM it's sin lat times delta long. In Lambert it's sin of lat sub o times delta long. There are more cimplex w...

When I saw the $1000 comnent I had to go doublecheck the date. We no longer start the truck for under 5k...

Interesting edit. Makes my reply read completely different.?ÿ?ÿ

@murphy I'm certain I do understand many of them. I wrote them...

@murphy It is a basic part of our duty to understand the sources and meanings of law related to our profession. Without that ability we have no idea h...

@mark-o and in MAss you are probably spot on. Georgia has no land court and a different system of title. The majority of States recognize the right of...

@mark-o Intent is the sum of what was done. That includes the deed, plat, and subsequent actions of the owners. Monuments trump direction, distance, a...