How do surveyors determine where a property line is at when they get to a new property? Do they just use landmarks like trees and drive ways to determine the property line? What’s the difference between me taking a few wooden stakes and orange flags and just saying that’s my property line opposed to an official surveyor?
I imagine there is a process they go through to determine the exact measurements of the property but what is it?
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He has the map on record, which usually has coordinates. He uses his equipment to mark out the coordinates using accurate GPS and measuring against other mapped objects. This gets harder for very old properties with lines defined in different ways. People near state borders have suddenly found themselves living in another state after newer surveys with more accurate modern technology moved the border. The surveyors way back when thought he was on the other side of the border, turns out he wasn’t.
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