NY Land Surveyor case studies
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The New York State Land Surveyor license is a professional credential issued by the New York State Education Department through its Office of the Professions (OP). The OP is the same office that has regulated the professions since 1891, when medicine became the first profession licensed by the New York State Board of Regents. The NY Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 2,837 words.
1Original Monuments, a Later Fence, and an Adverse-Possession Claim
A 1972 subdivision map for Maple Ridge Estates depicts Lot 14 with 150.00 ft of frontage on a town road and two side lines called 200.00 ft to iron pipes at the rear corners. The current deed repeats those calls and adds a 20-ft drainage easement along the rear.
497 words, about 2 min2RTK Under Canopy Versus Total-Station Traverse
You are retracing a 12-acre wooded parcel in the Adirondack foothills. Two NGS control points 1,850 ft apart are available, but the line between them crosses a dense hemlock stand.
477 words, about 2 min3LiDAR and Orthoimagery Reuse for a Solar-Site Base Map
A 60-acre solar project in the Hudson Valley needs a planimetric base map at 1 in = 100 ft and 1-ft contours. The client supplies a 2021 six-inch-GSD leaf-off orthophoto and a 2020 LiDAR point cloud at 2 points/m2 with a vendor-reported RMSEz of 0.15 ft.
616 words, about 3 min4Traverse Misclosure, a Prism-Constant Blunder, and Adjustment Choice
A five-sided boundary traverse closes on two New York State Plane Coordinate points. A total station measured five angles and five distances.
635 words, about 3 min5Sealing an Unreviewed Map, Backdating, and Client Pressure
A licensed New York land surveyor is asked by a longtime client to sign and seal a boundary map for a closing scheduled the next morning. The field work was performed by an unlicensed technician who set the boundary pins and prepared the map; the licensee has not visited the site or checked the computations.
612 words, about 3 min