June 2, 2007
- ALTA / ACSM Long-form Certifications
I was reading posts on the POB-rpls message board today when I came upon this excellent post by Peter Lazio, a land surveyor from New York. Peter gave his permission for readers to copy, and I have re-posted it here so that it can be easily found. (…)
March 27, 2007
- 2007 Surveyors CEU Cruise - Day 2
Cruise Day 2 (Sunday February 25, 2007)
Classes began at 8:00 AM in three locations on the ship. I had selected "FEMA for Land Surveyors" for my first class. (…)
October 31, 2006
- Title Work on the ALTA Survey
I have arrived in Indiana, visited the site and began looking for evidence. I also asked for a copy o the title policy. (…)
October 7, 2006
- Another ALTA Survey
I will be going back north to Indiana to undertake an Alta survey on the North half of a 12 unit apartment complex. (…)
August 9, 2006
- Relative Positional Accuracy - A Discussion
The other day I wrote about Relative Positional Accuracy (RPA) discussions at the Transit Seminars "Procrastinators Special", where a rather bizarre methodology was presented. (…)
March 31, 2006
- Easement Extinguishment by Merger and Lender Comments
The ALTA Survey I completed last week is owned by a company who purchased it in 1986 from a group of partnerships formed to individually own and finance different sections as they were constructed. (…)
March 26, 2006
- Three ALTA Surveys on One Project
For the past 4 weeks, I've been involved with updating an ALTA survey of an apartment complex in Northern Indiana. It is a project that I have been involved with for the past 30 years. (…)
March 1, 2006
- ALTA Survey, Record & Measured Distances, and Plat Notation
One of the conflicts I have the most problem reconciling is that contained within Article 5 (b)
When record bearings or angles or distances differ from measured bearings, angles or distances, both the record and measured bearings, angles, and distances shall be clearly indicated…. (…)
February 21, 2006
- ACSM Conference in Orlando
The 2006 American Congress of Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) Conference is being held this year in Orlando, Florida, bringing it close to home for those of us in Florida. (…)
