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The GCDB Handbook for GIS is a quick reference to the practical
applications of the Bureau of Land Management's Geographic
Coordinate Database for Geographic Information System users and
land surveyors. Because the GCDB is important to GIS in the Public
Lands Survey states, GIS users and land surveyors should understand
what the GCDB is and how the GCDB affects GIS data alignment and
spatial accuracy, and should know how to use the GCDB for a number
of GIS and surveying tasks.
The GIS for Surveyors book explains how surveyors use Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) technologies to support land surveying
activities and how GIS helps surveyors work more effectively and
efficiently. Additionally, the book covers how surveyors support
GIS data development, integrity, and spatial accuracy. GIS
concepts, overviews, and specific examples are presented on a
variety of topics related to Geographic Information Systems
relevant to land surveying. The book also addresses important
issues and helpful applications. Major topics covered are GIS
fundamentals, data sources, using GIS in the survey office, using
GIS in the field, surveying for GIS, and spatial accuracy
considerations.
This complete guide to boundary surveying provides landowners, land
surveyors and students with the necessary foundation to understand
boundary surveying techniques and the common legal issues that
govern boundary establishment. Far from a simple engineering
function, boundary establishment is often a difficult and delicate
matter, with real monetary and legal ramifications if not
accomplished accurately. This book helps readers to understand why
such challenges exist and what remedies may be available. Using
only simple and logically explained mathematics, the principles and
practice of boundary surveying are demystified for those without
prior experience and the focused coverage of pivotal issues such as
easements and setting lot corners will aid even licensed
practitioners in untangling thorny cases. Practical advice on using
both basic and advanced instruments is included, alongside clear
explanations of legal regulations that will impact any surveyor s
work. For those who desire a more in-depth treatment of the
mathematical aspects of boundary surveying, the Appendix includes
the underlying theory and many examples of typical calculations
performed by boundary surveyors."
Book Description: A Subject by Subject Guide to Learn the Know-How
of Writing Legal Descriptions; Subdividing Land; and Enriching Your
Coffer with Knowledge. This book will show you how to: 1.) Read
Legal Descriptions. 2.) Prepare a Section Format Legal Description.
3.) Prepare a Long Format Legal Description. 4.) Prepare a Short
Format Legal Description. 5.) Prepare a Quit Claim Deed. 6.)
Prepare Lot Line Adjustments. 7.) Prepare a Subtitle, Tract/Parcel
Map. 8.) Profit from this knowledge. You can benefit from this book
by: A.) Broadening your clienteles. B.) Maximizing your building
dwelling units. C.) Keeping your mineral rights forever. D.)
Avoiding land locks & more Featured subjects in this book: 1.)
Public Land Survey System is the Pillar of the United States Land
System. 2.) Legal Description vs. Tract Map Subtitle. 3.) Preparing
Tract/Parcel Maps procedures. 4.) Family trees of land.
Base retracement on solid research and historically accurate
interpretation
"Interpreting Land Records" is the industry's most complete
guide to researching and understanding the historical records
germane to land surveying. Coverage includes boundary retracement
and the primary considerations during new boundary establishment,
as well as an introduction to historical records and guidance on
effective research and interpretation. This new edition includes a
new chapter titled "Researching Land Records," and advice on
overcoming common research problems and insight into alternative
resources when official records are unavailable. Topical case
studies provide helpful, plain-language descriptions of methods,
problems, and resolutions, and appendices provide definitions,
context, and modern interpretation of historical words and phrases.
The text features exhaustive coverage and notes, with hundreds of
case law citations annotated with expert insight that gives readers
the complete background of the methods and techniques
discussed.
Boundary retracement entails the recovery of historical
documents related to the original boundary, correct interpretation
and analysis, and the accurate application of historic survey
principles with correlation to conditions on the ground. This
builds a legally-sound defense to the location of the boundary, and
is crucial element to any project or transaction concerning land.
"Interpreting Land Records" is the pre-eminent reference to help
readers: Interpret historical land records, understanding their
creation and documentationBecome familiar with the various methods
of historic surveysOvercome common research issues, including lost
or corrupted recordsEstablish boundaries free of vagueness or
abstraction, with clear documentation
Haphazard retracement leaves a boundary open to dispute and
complicates future retracement efforts. Accuracy depends in part on
quality research and the accurate interpretation of available
documents. "Interpreting Land Records" provides comprehensive,
practical guidance toward retracement based on sound evidence and
technique.
The frequent and repetitive assessment of forest surveying and
mapping is important. The traditional practices for surveying and
mapping of forests are cumbersome and time taking, therefore, the
satellite remote sensing techniques and GIS seems to be the need of
the time for early, accurately and inexpensively mapping of landuse
and vegetation of forests. Measurement of both qualitative and
quantitative aspects of forest for any locality is important. In
this regard the present study was carried out to characterize the
land use and vegetation of a dry tropical forest ecosystem in India
through satellite remote sensing techniques and GIS. The variations
in structure, diversity, standing volume, above ground biomass and
Carbon storage in different forest types/classes were quantified by
adopting quadratic sampling procedures. This book is extremely
helpful and targeted to the group working in the field of
vegetation analysis, landuse assessment, forest mapping and
estimation of volume, biomass and carbon in forests. This book is
particularly useful to the target group concerned with carbon
sequestration and carbon business.
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