That is the title company's problem -- although I am sure an attorney would attach me to the lawsuit.

I have seen excesses in several cases where the original survey was not subdivided,mostly in surveys that fronted on wide and shallow river beds.

That's good, Kent!! Hopefully you use country appraisal district information -- for what it is worth.Now, the remaining problem is how do you trace t...

three.riversI have never known a landman that was a registered surveyor.I have known three title company presidents that were surveyors.

three.riversYou are correct and I agree. In the late 90's, the Texas Board of PLS send outa sample plat for a well location. Some surveyors argued t...

Someone from the RRC says they are updating their OTS using well locationmaps that come in. Some maps have coordinates on the abstract or survey corn...

That area not showing a survey or abstract number was owned by the State of Texasas late as 1995. Later it was sold to James Gates Byrd, who currentl...

Dittos on your State of Texas comment.

There are many abstracts in Texas where a tract or several tracts have been cut out ofa 640-acre original patent. If these tracts are 10 acres or mor...

I would imagine a technician digitizing thousands of abstract lines does not reallycare about a few hundred feet here or there.There are approximately...

I was once told by a senior GLO official (not a surveyor) that if the GIS (GLO or otherwise)used precise GPS coordinates, the oil companies would quit...

Along the Nueces River in LaSalle County, Texas, there are many north-south surveylines that called for the Nueces River but mistakenly stopped at a d...

There are definite differences between GLO and TX RRC OTS.Are you using terracon to declare the GLO is erroneous?Do you have any recent survey maps in...

Google Earth Express generally is more accurate than Google Map. I would notgo on the record as saying any of Google's products are accurate. Theque...

Kent:There are several original land survey line databases available. Many oil companies havetheir own for certain oil plays and are usually very ac...

I know a surveyor from Houston that worked on ADAK Island in the late 70's.It used to be a big naval installation to detect when the Russians or Chine...

Get a LG scanner mouse. Scans and patches the document together right on the spot.If the drawing is over letter size, patch the individual scans usin...

I would recommend going to the surveyor chapter meetings.Introduce yourself to as many people as possible.check out tsps.org

I worked in the area. The surveyor who found the conflicts hopes the GLO willcancel the first patent.

Good luck with the GLO! There are problems out near the Cotulla airport andthe GLO does not want to fix it. Some of the land has been patented twi...