Surveying 101 for GIS Professionals

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Surveying 101 for GIS ProfessionalsThe Surveyor’s Role

2013 Kentucky GIS ConferenceSeptember 30, 2013Louisville, Kentucky

Presented by: Dempsey Miracle, PLS, Vaughn & Melton Brandon L. Lewis, GISP, Vaughn & Melton

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Overview A look at the surveyor’s

role

How that role relates to some real world examples

Wrap-up/discussion of the GISP and surveyor working relationship



What Surveyors Do Topographic Surveys

GPS Control Surveys

Utility Mapping

Easements

As-Built Surveys

Boundary and Property Surveys



Boundaries – What happens when it doesn’t fit?

Governing Laws

Evidence Found

Protection of the public

Plats of Record



KRS 322

“…Land surveying shall include but not limited to the following: Measuring and locating, establishing, or reestablishing lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface and immediate subsurface of the earth, within underground workings, and on the beds or surfaces of bodies of water…”



Boundary Surveys (201 KAR 18:142 and 18:150)

Land surveyor shall conduct his or her practice in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.

The marks and monuments on the ground as found and verified, or as set by a professional land surveyor shall constitute the actual boundary survey.



Issues that may come up

Bad Information

Misinformation

Non-descriptive deeds



How do we fix it?



Now what?



GISP & Surveyor Working Relationship

Dependency of each other

Working together to solve common problems

Understanding the strengths of both professions


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Surveying 101 for GIS Professionals