Unsurveyed I had a location within unsurveyed lands that needed to go to some regulators for review and acceptance. This a POD (point of diversion) checkbox. The checkbox requirement is to place the PO...

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I Built the Platform — Now I’m Looking for You as a Partner Hey everyone, I’m the founder of an online service built specifically for surveyors . It’s an all-in-one suite that replaces the usual mix of Excel, chat groups, and whiteboards with one s...

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Field survey with combined factor Hi, I am looking for some help with this topic. I can physically locate the "NE Corner of Lot 1" in the field, and I have the N and E for this point. Can I use my Topcon GPS to connect to ...

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Comparing Two Surveys -- Part Two Following up on my other thread on comparing my rookie survey to a recent GPS survey done by a licensed surveyor, I've done some extensive analysis, addressing many of the questions in that ...

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Minor boundary misclosure found Was reviewing a boundary survey yesterday with a notable misclosure. Picture a rural road entering a tract a few hundred feet south of the northeast corner, then continuing on various curves...

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Single Total Station Instrument Setup Boundary Survey Looking for thoughts, practices, and state regs on traverse closure. Assuming you can see all corners of a boundary from a single TS setup, do you do this? It seems less likely to make an e...

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ROW Normally I will accept the brass ROW monuments on local highways. Unless there are reasons such as a fill section sliding the monument down the hill they were carefully set and usually still...

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Another unusual deed call. Ok, fellow surveyors. Here is another little "thinker" on a couple of deed calls that I need advice with. I can't figure out how to make the image bigger, but it says in part.... "Begin...

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Did Someone Move the Corner? We were hoping to find an intact 1/4 corner, in the correct location, to solidify the section line. The pink-flagged 4' stake is the calculated position. Unfortunately, the homeowners weren'...

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Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location Seventh Edition Hello, Before I purchase the 7th Edition I wanted to ask if there is a big difference between the that and the 4th Edition which I already read and have notes for. Also is there an 8th Ed...

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VRS versus Base / Rover I am curious if anyone has done some study or trial to compare results between the use of VRS and Base / rover for topo locations. Understanding there are a lot of variables involved, I wou...

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Uncle Paden Cash? Glad to see in a recent thread that HC hasn't gone to the great pasture, but we're missing another favorite, Uncle Paden. Anybody know what's up with him?

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