Okay, I admit that I got lost in the chain of title right off the bat. So we’re going to cut right to…
Category: Department
04.19.2019
Ye Olde Intersection
Find the four missing stations, the two radial bearings, and the curve data (central angle, tangent, length) for the two 50’ radius curves….
03.09.2019
Decided Guidance: Reitz v. Knight
The Barbershop Barrister
The barber’s chair is the podium of every layperson’s infinite wisdom. There’s just something in hair tonic that makes the jaws flap and…
03.09.2019
Test Yourself 61: Missing Bearing and Distance
What is the missing distance of side C-D and the missing bearing of side E-F? For the solution to this problem (and much…
02.10.2019
Decided Guidance: The Heroics of Dykes v. Arnold
The last place a surveyor wants to be is in a courtroom. We are not trained in courtroom etiquette and a working surveyor…
02.10.2019
FeedBack: Professional Surveyors and Utility Locations
Just a few thoughts that are prompted by your “Thought Leader” article “Professional Surveyors and Utility Locations.” The laws which prompted “Dig Safe”…
02.10.2019
Test Yourself 60: Straight Out of Argentina
I am a land surveyor from Argentina and I need your help. I have one parcel with only four distances and an area,…
01.04.2019
Decided Guidance: What Would the Court Do?
Whether you read this column for entertainment or education, court decisions are peppered with instructions to the land surveyor. We always get a…
01.04.2019
Test Yourself 59: Phanny Pharmer Subdivide
Phanny Pharmer wants to divide her wacky section into four equal area parcels with the lines and conditions as shown. What are the…
12.02.2018
Decided Guidance: Dykes v. Arnold
“The two surveyors took dramatically different approaches to the task.”
Several years ago I wrote to The American Surveyor and asked old man Cheves why, if double proportioning is a last resort, is…
