12-29-2009, 02:00 PM
Not all pinfinders use surveyors instruments, and not only do they do not have license, they probably do not have liability insurance and bonding for errors, you assume that.
How are you determining which lot is yours? Is it because the seller/agent said it was the lot you were at?
Are you using utility poles? Do you know for certain that they are the same poles, or is there a possibility they were moved, with a replacement since the time the pins were placed?
Did you start your measure from some known benchmark, or from some place like a street or pole?
How accurate is your measure? How many times in your transit are you adding inaccuracy? In the center of many of the streets in Puna, you can have 1/2 mile of measure, or about 27 times measure on a 100' tape.... (ETA: remember to keep that measure level, or to compensate for the inaccuracy - - same with the angles from the the baselines, amazing what a couple of degrees can do in a long lot line....)
If you are not sure, then hire a surveyor, if you are sure, go with your own measure, GPS or a pinfinder.... really it is only money one way or the other, but only with the surveyor do you have recourse for errors.
How are you determining which lot is yours? Is it because the seller/agent said it was the lot you were at?
Are you using utility poles? Do you know for certain that they are the same poles, or is there a possibility they were moved, with a replacement since the time the pins were placed?
Did you start your measure from some known benchmark, or from some place like a street or pole?
How accurate is your measure? How many times in your transit are you adding inaccuracy? In the center of many of the streets in Puna, you can have 1/2 mile of measure, or about 27 times measure on a 100' tape.... (ETA: remember to keep that measure level, or to compensate for the inaccuracy - - same with the angles from the the baselines, amazing what a couple of degrees can do in a long lot line....)
If you are not sure, then hire a surveyor, if you are sure, go with your own measure, GPS or a pinfinder.... really it is only money one way or the other, but only with the surveyor do you have recourse for errors.