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SURVEY
LAND
YOURSELF:
A Quick, Easy, and Inexpensive Preliminary Estimate
Using the Compass & Tape Method
Unpublished compuscript Copyright (c) 1985, 1994 by
David Perry Beiter
CAVE, Inc.
1/2 Fast Road
Ritner, KY 42639
MCI Mail: 635-1762
byter@mcimail.com
X.400: c=US;a=MCI;s=BEITER;d=id=6351762
CIS: >MCIMAIL 635-1762 (include your name in the text)
606/376-3137
Published as PC-SIG #1826
Major Revision date: 16 Dec 93
Copied 06 May 94 for:
Colleen Jay-Johnson
JCS Marketing, Inc
POB 1216
Lakeville, MN 55044
^Go forth & exponentiate^
SIY0.TXT Introduction 1
Property Evaluation
When actually evaluating a property, I usually do the following:
1) I eyeball the property and sketch it on a topo map. I might
pace survey at this time. Chapters 5 & 6.
2) I eyeball the deed, looking for problems in both the land
description and in the chain of title. Chapter 11.
3) I plot a map of the property from the land description, if
possible. Chapter 1.
4) I consult an aerial photo of the property. Chapter 5.
5) I have the owner show me the purported lines and corners.
Chapter 11.
6) I check with the neighbors as to their opinions about the
lines, corners, and deeds. Chapter 11.
7) I survey the property lines, corners, etc. as shown and plot
a map. Chapters 3 & 1. *
8) I compare the map from the deed with the map from reality.
Chapter 11.
9) I reconcile the two maps, resurveying as necessary. Chapters
7, 9, 10, 11.
10) I measure the acreage. Chapter 8.
11) I search the deed against its predecessors in the
courthouse. I look for problems both in the land description and
in the title. *
12) I may mark the lines and corners. Chapter 11.
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.
SIY0.TXT Introduction 2
* 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.
See Luke 11:46 for a legal opinion.
What Else Do You Need?
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.
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.
There are 6 levels of registration, which includes updated disk &
graphs. Previous registrants, 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 within your
business, 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.
A durable plastic protractor and a ruler graduated in tenths of
an inch and millimeters are two bux [$2].
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 even has its own built-in protractor
and ruler. This item will cost you forty-one bux [$41].
SIY0.TXT Introduction 3
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-eight bux [$28]. A 100' tape is $23 and a 300' tape is
$38. I can also supply metric tapes, 50m for $28, and 100m for
$38. A stringbox is $105.
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 gross receipts tax # is 050222.
Make checks payable to CAVE, Inc and send your order to: Dave
Beiter, CAVE Inc, 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner KY 42639.
Foreign orders are welcome, tho we will have to work out the
details.
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.
How to Use These Instructions
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.
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!
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.
SIY0.TXT Introduction 4
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. byter@mcimail.com 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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CAVE Inc., 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner KY 42639. Dave, 606/376-3137
"Thou shalt not move survey markers." -Moses, in Deuteronomy 19:14
"Accursed is he who moves back survey monuments." -Deut. 27:17
SIY0.TXT Introduction 5
Dedication
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.
Table of Contents
Chapter Name Page
0 Introduction 0
1/2 Compass Theory and Operation 6
1 Plot a Map from a Land Description 10
2 Write a Land Description from a Map 22
3 Field Survey and Write a Land Description 25
4 Locate a Point on the Earth from a Land Description 32
5 Topographic Maps and Aerial Photographs 35
6 Township and Range 38
7 Slope Distance and Clinometers 39
8 Measure Acreage 45
9 Calculators and Computers 48
10 Error and Blunder 54
11 Helpful Hints for Surveying in the Real World 59
12 The Next Step Up 67
13 Self Defense Against Surveyors 69
14 Sources 71
G Glossary of Surveying Words Defined 72
B Biography and History of the Method 77
W List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 79
1_C Plot a Map from a Land Description the Cheapie Way 84