Jarrod Black R.L.S. is a long-time surveyor with Rochester & Associates, Inc., a 50-year-old land development solution provider with offices in Georgia. Rochester…
Volume 15 Issue 4
April 2018
FEATURES
04.11.2018
Unsung Hero: The Idaho-Montana Line
So far we have learned about the State Lines between Texas-Oklahoma in 1929 and the State Line between Washington-Idaho in 1909. Now we…
04.11.2018
Confusion on the Half Breed Tract
As European-American settlement pushed west in the early 19th Century, various areas were set aside across the country for the Native American tribes….
04.11.2018
Taking Action on Compaction
Knife River Corp. commits to intelligent compaction solution on Oregon interstate repaving
If the Jeopardy answer was: “The only continuous U.S. Interstate highway that touches the borders of both Canada and Mexico,” the answer would…
COLUMNS
Thought Leader
04.11.2018
Thought Leader: To Seem is to Be
Ethics: The study of standards of conduct and moral judgment … deals with voluntary human actions on the basis of what is right…
Vantage Point
04.11.2018
Vantage Point: One Parcel, Three Views
As surveyors, we encounter tracts of land that have different values depending upon who is making the assessment. Today’s example relates to a…
DEPARTMENTS
04.11.2018
Decided Guidance: Case Examinations—Leslie R. Gammon v. Dale R. Verrill, et al.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 600 A.2d 832 (1991)
This month’s case takes us to the State of Maine and I think the internet is broken. I googled the most famous person…
04.11.2018
Test Yourself 51: 4 Squares
Square ABCD, one mile on a side, contains squares R, S, and T, all with a common diagonal. Angle ECF equals 45°. What…