05-16-2015, 04:42 PM
As Usual for me, I am coming into this conversation a bit late.
And, I have not read every post in the thread.
But, here is my input to the OP's question.
The previous owner of out property had a "Boundary Corner Verification" done in 2005.
It was done by The independant Hawaiian Surveyors, LLC of Hilo.
The surveyor was Niels Christensen.
The total cost for locating the corner posts on a 100' x 435.6' lot was $729.17 tax included.
The survey report included a diagram [map] of the lot with bearings and distances as recorded and as found.
As found locations were verified as being within 0.56' of the recorded.
That was good enough for me.
Using that report and its information, I wanted to visually confirm the locations of my corner posts.
I have a good backcountry navigation GPS that I had used for land and water recreational backcountry travel in Alaska.
I needed and acquired a $90 recreational metal detector to help locate the two rebar corner posts along the street.
After locating them, I refined their location, then projected waypoints for the back corner posts from both front post to each of the rear posts, giving me 2 projected waypoints for each rear post.
I did need to do a little bit of trig to get the lot's diagonal.
That got me to within 20' of the first rear post when I saw its marker, a white PVC pipe with red and blue surveyor's tape on it sitting upright on the rebar corner pin.
I then, refined its location and projected a 3rd waypoint for the remaining corner post.
It was the most accurate because it was only through 100' instead of the 435' from the front posts.
Points to ponder:
A GPS is not a surveying instrument.
It can get you to with in 15' to 30' of your objective.
The more waypoints you can project to it, the better you can estimate its location.
Hacking your way through ulu'he on an uneven lava flow with thin soil on it can be a very educational experience.
I took my time in completing the location task.
I did it in stages over about 6 to 9 months.
Now that I have laid hands on each of my corner posts, I have begun to brush my property lines.
Again this will be done in stages, quitting when I get sick and tired of hacking ulu'he.
And starting up again when I want to get more of the property lines defined.
I found the first rear corner post before Iselle blew through.
It was located under the root ball of an albezia on the neighbor's property that was blown down.
The PVC pipe was buried in the rootball and pulled off the rebar post when the tree was uprooted.
But the rebar post was still in its original location.
I pulled the PVC pipe out of the rootball and stuck it back onto the rebar.
That could have complicated the search for the corner post if it had happened before I began the search.
It has been a complete and total DIY project.
Total cost so far:
$90 for the metal detector, the cost of a few band-aids and fuel for the brush cutter.
And, I have not read every post in the thread.
But, here is my input to the OP's question.
The previous owner of out property had a "Boundary Corner Verification" done in 2005.
It was done by The independant Hawaiian Surveyors, LLC of Hilo.
The surveyor was Niels Christensen.
The total cost for locating the corner posts on a 100' x 435.6' lot was $729.17 tax included.
The survey report included a diagram [map] of the lot with bearings and distances as recorded and as found.
As found locations were verified as being within 0.56' of the recorded.
That was good enough for me.
Using that report and its information, I wanted to visually confirm the locations of my corner posts.
I have a good backcountry navigation GPS that I had used for land and water recreational backcountry travel in Alaska.
I needed and acquired a $90 recreational metal detector to help locate the two rebar corner posts along the street.
After locating them, I refined their location, then projected waypoints for the back corner posts from both front post to each of the rear posts, giving me 2 projected waypoints for each rear post.
I did need to do a little bit of trig to get the lot's diagonal.
That got me to within 20' of the first rear post when I saw its marker, a white PVC pipe with red and blue surveyor's tape on it sitting upright on the rebar corner pin.
I then, refined its location and projected a 3rd waypoint for the remaining corner post.
It was the most accurate because it was only through 100' instead of the 435' from the front posts.
Points to ponder:
A GPS is not a surveying instrument.
It can get you to with in 15' to 30' of your objective.
The more waypoints you can project to it, the better you can estimate its location.
Hacking your way through ulu'he on an uneven lava flow with thin soil on it can be a very educational experience.
I took my time in completing the location task.
I did it in stages over about 6 to 9 months.
Now that I have laid hands on each of my corner posts, I have begun to brush my property lines.
Again this will be done in stages, quitting when I get sick and tired of hacking ulu'he.
And starting up again when I want to get more of the property lines defined.
I found the first rear corner post before Iselle blew through.
It was located under the root ball of an albezia on the neighbor's property that was blown down.
The PVC pipe was buried in the rootball and pulled off the rebar post when the tree was uprooted.
But the rebar post was still in its original location.
I pulled the PVC pipe out of the rootball and stuck it back onto the rebar.
That could have complicated the search for the corner post if it had happened before I began the search.
It has been a complete and total DIY project.
Total cost so far:
$90 for the metal detector, the cost of a few band-aids and fuel for the brush cutter.
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Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.
Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.