ALTA

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 28, 2006

• Last Squares Adjusment - Revisited

  I received an email today stating that they had run across my post on least squares adjustment while looking for a practical example and found none. (Not even at my site). (…)

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. (…)

July 26, 2006

• Return from CEU Hell

  I just got back from a round trip to Indianapolis to get the 24 CEU's required for renewal of my Indiana license. (…)

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 13, 2006

• Easements Destroyed by Merger

  At the local chapter meeting of Professional Surveyors and Mappers, a local attorney spoke on easements and how they are created and how they are destroyed. (…)

February 3, 2006

• Review of 2006 ALTA Survey Standards

  As I mentioned in a post on January 21, new ALTA standards became effective on January 01, 2006. To see all articles written about ALTA, click on ALTA in the Categories area in the left column. (…)

January 21, 2006

• New ALTA Standards

  The ALTA/ACSM Minimum Standard Detail Requirements have been revised. The new standards became effective on January 1, 2006. The links below were taken from the ACSM website. (…)