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- SURVEY
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- YOURSELF:
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- A Quick, Easy, and Inexpensive Preliminary Estimate
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- Using the Compass & Tape Method
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- Unpublished compuscript Copyright (c) 1985, 1993 by
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- David Perry Beiter
- CAVE, Inc.
- 1/2 Fast Road
- Ritner, KY 42639
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- 606/376-3137
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- Published as PC-SIG #1826
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- Major Revision date: 22 Oct 90
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- Copied 19 Aug 93 for:
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- Ray Kaliss
- Shareware Distribution Network
- 13 Douglas Dr
- Meriden, CT 06450
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- ^Go forth & exponentiate^
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- SIY0.TXT Introduction 1
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- Property Evaluation
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- When actually evaluating a property, I usually do the following:
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- 1) I eyeball the property and sketch it on a topo map. I might pace survey at
- this time. Chapters 5 & 6.
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- 2) I eyeball the deed, looking for problems in both the land description and
- in the chain of title. Chapter 11.
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- 3) I plot a map of the property from the land description, if possible.
- Chapter 1.
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- 4) I consult an aerial photo of the property. Chapter 5.
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- 5) I have the owner show me the purported lines and corners. Chapter 11.
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- 6) I check with the neighbors as to their opinions about the lines, corners,
- and deeds. Chapter 11.
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- 7) I survey the property lines, corners, etc. as shown and plot a map.
- Chapters 3 & 1. *
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- 8) I compare the map from the deed with the map from reality. Chapter 11.
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- 9) I reconcile the two maps, resurveying as necessary. Chapters 7, 9, 10, 11.
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- 10) I measure the acreage. Chapter 8.
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- 11) I search the deed against its predecessors in the courthouse. I look for
- problems both in the land description and in the title. *
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- 12) I may mark the lines and corners. Chapter 11.
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- You may wish to add or delete items to meet your particular needs. But do not
- follow this recipe while learning. Learn the chapters in order. And learn to
- survey in your back yard before you try it for real.
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- * Disclaimer. I am neither a Licensed Land Surveyor, nor an Attorney. That I
- may, from time to time, act as my own surveyor or lawyer is certainly not any
- recommendation that you do so. The most important part of doing it yourself is
- knowing the limits of your [in]competence. Further legal inquires should be
- directed to Lyman M. Lyon, Esq., at Pluckum, Phuccum, Chuckem & Moore,
- Attorneys at Law, Route 572 Box 66-G, Delta, KY 42613.
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- See Luke 11:46 for a legal opinion.
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- SIY0.TXT Introduction 2
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- What Else Do You Need?
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- This text was written assuming that it would be distributed on floppy disk,
- which is much cheaper than newsprint nowadays. If you received a paper copy,
- you can ignore the computer references, and they will ignore you. Ignorance
- is bliss.
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- There are some things that just won't fit on a floppy disk. And some things
- might fit if I were a bit smarter. Besides, this forces you to register your
- copy of my book and programs.
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- There are 6 levels of registration, which includes updated disk & graphs.
- Distributors, shareware vendors, libraries, BBSs & authors get a free updated
- disk. Collaborators, co-conspirators, scientific mappers, & students pay only
- $5. If you will survey only one parcel of land then the price is $10. If you
- will survey multiple parcels then the price is $25. If you use this
- information commercially, then the registration is $50. If you will use this
- method for hire, such as with attorneys, realtors & government agencies then
- the registration is $100.
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- A durable plastic protractor and a ruler graduated in tenths of an inch and
- millimeters are two bux [$2].
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- To actually survey land, you will need a Silva Ranger type 15 compass. This
- does more than just tell you which way is north. It is the compass of choice
- for professional geologists, foresters, prospectors, and guides, as well as
- surveyors who need a preliminary survey. It has its own built-in protractor
- and ruler. This item will cost you forty-one bux [$41].
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- You will also need a surveyor's tape measure. For a small job, you could use a
- 50 or 100 foot carpenter's tape measure. For learning, you can simply count
- your steps (pace the distance). An unbreakable 200 foot Keson PVC coated
- fiberglass surveyor's tape measure, graduated in tenths of a foot, costs you
- twenty-seven bux [$27]. A 100' tape is $22 and a 300' tape is $35. I can also
- supply metric tapes, 50m for $28, and 100m for $35. A stringbox is $105.
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- Shipping and handling are five bux [$5]. Shipping is by US Postal "Service"
- First Class Priority Mail. For delivery to Kentucky addresses, add 6% "sales"
- tax on the merchandise or supply exemption. Our Kentucky sales tax # is 050222
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- Make checks payable to CAVE, Inc and send your order to: Dave Beiter, CAVE Inc,
- 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner KY 42639.
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- Foreign orders are welcome, tho we will have to work out the details.
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- There is a handy order form in file REGISTER.ME on this disk. You could copy
- it to your printer. Or you could import it into your word processor and fill
- it out the modern way, if you have nothing else interesting to do. It is a
- plain vanilla ASCII text file, as are all these instructions.
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- How to Use These Instructions
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- Land surveying involves two parts. Part of the work is done in the field.
- Here you actually walk around the real land and measure directions and
- distances. The second part is done in an office, or more commonly on the
- kitchen table. Here you evaluate what you have done in the field.
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- You will actually have to survey some land and plot some maps in order to learn
- to survey land and plot maps. This should take you a weekend to learn. I
- think that it is pretty simple, altho I distinctly remember puzzling for hours
- while I was devising this method. Of course I didn't have any instructions and
- I was surveying alone in a deep dark dank hole in the ground. You got it easy!
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- Applying your new abilities to your particular problem could be more
- difficult. I can't imagine, let alone write instructions for, all of your
- applications.
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- If you have a question on either the basic method or on a specific application,
- ask. Dave, CAVE Inc, 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner, KY 42639. Phone 606/376-3137.
- Please don't expect me to think on the phone. Days, evenings, weekends-it's
- all the same to me. I'm retired. Are you interested in retiring young?
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- When writing, enclose a copy of your deed, map, data, or whatever is in
- question. Tell me what you are trying to do, and why you can't do it. Enclose
- a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope [SASE] if you wish a reply.
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- SIY0.TXT Introduction 4
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- MY GUARANTEE: I can teach you to survey your land. If either you or I decide
- that you are incapable of learning and applying this technique, you get your
- money back. Or rather, I'll send you a check which your bank will exchange for
- those little green pieces of paper which drive white men crazy. I get my
- instruments and instructions back. Used, please.
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- To encourage you to start learning this evening, this guarantee is good only
- for three months from the date which you receive my materials. It can be
- renewed for $1 per month. Write or call if you get stuck.
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- If your guarantee has expired, enclose a $10 service charge for questions about
- the basic method. Enclose a $20 service charge for questions about a specific
- application. If you enclose a signed statement releasing your material for
- inclusion as an example in future instructions, then the service charge is
- waived.
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- I would appreciate any comments, complaints, criticisms, collaborations,
- corroborations, or corrections. I will consider any editing, from catching
- mispellings and typograhpic errors to co-authoring additional chapters.
- Negative feedback invited. One constructive criticism is worth more than a
- thousand adulations.
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- CAVE Inc., 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner KY 42639. Dave, 606/376-3137
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- "Thou shalt not move survey markers." -Moses, in Deuteronomy 19:14
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- "Accursed is he who moves back survey markers." -Deut. 27:17
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- Dedication
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- Dedicated to the memory of James Ballentine, the Union College IBM 1620
- computer, and Wuckit's Skull Cave, without whose serendipitous congruence in
- 1965, none of the following would have been conceivable, let alone possible.
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- Table of Contents
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- Chapter Name Page
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- 0 Introduction 0
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- 1/2 Compass Theory and Operation 6
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- 1_C Plot a Map from a Land Description the Cheapie Way 9
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- 2 Write a Land Description from a Map 19
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- 3 Field Survey and Write a Land Description 21
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- 4 Locate a Point on the Earth from a Land Description 27
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- 5 Topographic Maps and Aerial Photographs 29
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- 6 Township and Range 32
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- 7 Slope Distance and Clinometers 33
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- 8 Measure Acreage 39
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- 9 Calculators and Computers 42
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- 10 Error and Blunder 47
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- 11 Helpful Hints for Surveying in the Real World 52
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- 12 The Next Step Up 58
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- 13 Self Defense Against Surveyors 59
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- 14 Sources 60
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- G Glossary of Surveying Words Defined 61
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- B Biography and History of the Method 65
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- W List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 66
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- 1 Plot a Map from a Land Description 72
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