Just a few thoughts that are prompted by your “Thought Leader” article “Professional Surveyors and Utility Locations.” The laws which prompted “Dig Safe”…
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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…
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…
12.02.2018
Test Yourself 58: Inside Out
With the given interior angles of triangle ABC and the distances from point D to the vertices, what are the lengths of the…
12.02.2018
FeedBack
Bloomberg Article I enjoyed your article in the American Surveyor September 2018 issue. I think the Yale University employee’s remarks are somewhat true….
11.06.2018
Decided Guidance: Broadus, Butternut, and Bowling for Brass Caps
We recently spent a lot of time in Butternut, Wisconsin, and I’m still not sure we are walking away with a full bag…
11.05.2018
Test Yourself 57: At the Corner of the Box
In square JKLM, L is the center of the circle. KR is tangent to the circle at R, MT is tangent to the…
