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So just to stir the pot. Should it be viewed as a conflict of interest and unethical for a surveyor to purchase a property that they were already invo...
I see that as the crux of the issue. The tendency to generalize, paint everything black and white whereas with most survey related issues, it depends....
@aliquot Then Ive been misleading everyone in telling them that if they don??t agree with findings of my survey, that they are well within their righ...
We render professional opinions, not verdicts.
So basically anybody can survey their own property, unless they??re a licensed surveyor?
One of my old mentors called it the 'Red Face' test. Could I explain exactly what I did in front of my peers with a clear conscience, without the appe...
Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you staking? Could any of the irrelevant layers be turned off on the plot? Looks like a recipe for a migraine....
@rover83 I understand where you're coming from, but I think each situation has to be looked at on a case by case basis and the presumption made that t...
@ric-moore He's been deceased for a number of years. I met him several times and we had a good relationship. No Hawaiian shirts but he was a character...
I knew a prominent long time local surveyor/engineer that later transitioned to developer and surveyed and platted numerous subdivisions that he owned...
I think we're adding something like a billion people to the planet every 12 years or so and last I check not much in the way of new land. Given potent...
Perpetuating goat stakes that may or may not have been relied upon by property owners as their corners, may or may not be good faith perpetuations of ...
I??m sure a good realtor will find a way to spin this. All they need is a buyer that believes water flows up hill, which given today??s world should...
Personally I prefer my SC on the commode as opposed to in it.
@bstrand What you have to be careful of is giving them the impression that you??re twisting their arm. That can backfire quickly.
Easy. Always be flush with cash, which all but eliminates young surveyors.
Out of curiosity are you working in a standard projection or a local grid where the north central meridian was determined from where the base was set ...