How Did Oil and Gas Surveying Change This Year? And What’s Ahead!
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/25/2015
- Surveying
Land surveyors play an important role in assisting the oil and gas industries. A surveyor must determine exactly where a company should drill for best results, how pipelines should be correctly laid out, and to ensure any demand for a ...
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What Is a Plat Survey?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/18/2015
- Surveying
A plat is an officially drawn map of a land area that defines the boundaries between different parcels of property to scale. A plat survey is used to create this map as accurately as possible. Generally, the divided sections of land are ...
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How Digital Records Help Different Kinds of Surveys
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/11/2015
- Surveying
Research is an important part of the land surveying process and is best done during the planning stage. A surveyor should check any past surveys for a section of land or property, no matter how old they might be, because they can reveal ...
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Subdivision Development: What Surveyors Need to Know
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 11/04/2015
- Surveying
A new subdivision can be a fantastic, economically friendly addition to any city. A subdivision reconstructs the land, dividing it into smaller parts to organize the space for development and/or sale. Most often, subdivisions become ...
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Common Surveying Mistakes and How to Fix Them
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/30/2015
- Surveying
Land surveyors are licensed professionals with advanced training. However, that doesn't mean they don't make mistakes once in a while. Land surveying is a highly technical process that involves knowledge of mathematics, technology, and ...
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How Has 3D Laser Scanning Helped the Surveying Industry?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/02/2015
- Surveying
You've probably seen land-surveying equipment out in the world before – those strange-looking, brightly colored tripods often seen at construction sites. Land surveyors map out and measure the land and surrounding environment of ...
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Four Ways Surveyors Can Showcase Their Profession on Social Media
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/15/2015
- Surveying
Sometimes your job can get a bad rap. When surveyors make a mistake or a small percentage are unethical in their practice, it reflects poorly on the industry as a whole. Luckily, the age of social media has the ability to turn the ...
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How to Become a Land Surveyor
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 02/16/2015
- Surveying
Whether you are a high school student trying to decide on a future career or an experienced professional looking for a change of pace, you may want to consider becoming a land surveyor. It is a rewarding career path for those who enjoy ...
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Five Time Management Tips For Surveyors
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/26/2015
- Surveying
Do you wish there were more hours in the day? Do you have too much work and not enough time to get it all done? We understand the life of a surveyor can be ruled by time so we would like to share some great time management tips that might ...
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Seven Winter Weather Management Tips for Outdoor Occupations
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 12/31/2014
- Oil and Gas
Whether you are a surveyor, landman, oil and gas worker or other land professional, winter can be particularly long and cold. For both your comfort and your health, it is important that you understand how to appropriately prepare for ...
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