IN Land Surveyor case studies
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The Indiana Land Surveyor credential is administered through the state's professional licensing system, and this study page is built for candidates preparing for the Indiana Land Surveyor Licensing Examination. The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA) is the state agency that houses the licensing board structure; its site lists a State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors among Indiana's professional boards. The IN Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 3,232 words.
1Original Rebar vs. Plat Curve Data and a 23-Year Fence
A 1978 plat of Prairie View Subdivision, Lot 14, in a central Indiana county shows the west line as a 300.00-ft radius curve, delta = 24°30'00", arc length 128.24 ft, and chord N 12°15'00" E, 127.34 ft. At the northwest corner the surveyor finds a 5/8-inch rebar with a plastic cap stamped with the subdivider's surveyor's license number, 0.38 ft west and 0.22 ft south of the position computed from the plat curve data.
721 words, about 4 min2Grid Distance, Ground Distance, and a 42-Minute Orientation Difference
A surveyor retraces a 1.5-mile rural boundary in Tippecanoe County. Two NGS monuments with NAD83(2011) Indiana State Plane West zone coordinates serve as control; the map projection scale factor at the site is 0.99998.
654 words, about 3 min3Canopy RTK Failures and a Traverse That Looks Acceptable
A crew surveys a 22-acre wooded parcel bounded by a meandering creek. Under heavy canopy, 14 of 30 RTK shots show HRMS between 0.08 and 0.15 ft, but repeated occupations of the same points differ by 1.2 to 2.5 ft.
665 words, about 3 min4A Lost Quarter Corner, a 1967 Pipe, and a Fence
A retracement is made in T 21 N, R 2 E, Second Principal Meridian. The 1852 GLO plat shows the east boundary of Section 17 as 40.00 chains between the northeast and southeast section corners, with the quarter corner at 20.40 chains north of the southeast corner.
617 words, about 3 min5A Contingent Bonus, an Omitted Encroachment, and an Expired Firm Certificate
A licensed Indiana surveyor is retained by a developer to prepare a boundary survey and plat for a 12-lot subdivision. In the field, the surveyor finds that the neighboring property's detached garage encroaches 4.2 ft onto the subject property and that a recorded sanitary sewer easement crosses proposed Lots 3 and 4.
575 words, about 3 min