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Administrative Determination of Value

November 3, 2009 - 8:54 am

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Administrative Determination of Value: This is not an appraisal and therefore there should be a commensurately lesser degree of investigation and analysis required. At a minimum, the property should be inspected and the preparer should secure basic comparable sales data. Sales verification and deed research should not be necessary. It is therefore anticipated that this [...]

Control station, Coordinates, Origin of coordinates, Culture

November 3, 2009 - 8:35 am

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control station
Point on the ground whose position (horizontal or vertical) is known and can be used as a base for additional survey work.
coordinates
Linear and (or) angular quantities that designate the position of a point in relation to a given reference frame.
coordinates, origin of
Points in a system of coordinates which serves as a zero point in [...]

Control Mapping Definition

November 3, 2009 - 8:21 am

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control mapping
Points of established position or elevation, or both, which are used to fix references in positioning and correlating map features. Fundamental control is provided by stations in the national networks of triangulation and traverse (horizontal control) and leveling (vertical control). Usually it is necessary to extend geodetic surveys, based on fundamental stations, over the [...]

Nautical Chart Definition

November 3, 2009 - 8:20 am

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chart, nautical
Representation of a portion of the navigable waters of the Earth and adjacent coastal areas on a specified map projection and designed specifically to meet requirements for marine navigation. Included on most nautical charts are depths of water, characteristics of the bottom, elevations of selected topographic features, general configurations and characteristics of the coast, [...]

Cartography definition

November 3, 2009 - 8:19 am

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cartography
Science and art of making maps and charts. The term may be taken broadly as comprising all the steps needed to produce a map: planning, aerial photography, field surveys, photogrammetry, editing, color separation, and multicolor printing. Mapmakers, however, tend to limit use of the term to the map-finishing operations, in which the master manuscript is [...]

Cadastral survey definition

November 3, 2009 - 8:18 am

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cadastral survey
Survey relating to land boundaries, made to create units suitable for title transfer or to define the limitations of title. Derived from “cadastre” meaning a register of land quantities, values, and ownership used levying taxes, the term may properly be applied to surveys of a similar nature outside the public lands, such surveys are [...]

Surveyor property appraisals

October 22, 2009 - 4:48 am

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Formal property appraisals play a key role in the final determination of individual property values, and therefore in the final determination of parcel-specific ROW (right of way) costs. The most common and accepted valuation method is the sales comparison approach, which requires access to recent and relevant arms-length sales data. Other accepted valuation methods include the [...]

Right of way Acquisition

October 22, 2009 - 4:42 am

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Right of way (ROW) acquisition for highway and transportation projects can be very expensive and time consuming. The federal government spent nearly one billion dollars for ROW in fiscal year 1999, at an average federal cost of $36,400 per parcel (FHWA, 2003). States and local agencies spent $1.8 billion in the same year, on projects [...]

IRWA Membership October

October 12, 2009 - 4:44 pm

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ATTENTION: If you are a non-member or have an employee that needs to join, the best time to join is NOW. Consider the benefits; if you join now, you can enjoy being a member for the rest of this year and all of next year for one price; you can save money as members on [...]

October Legal Surveyor question

October 12, 2009 - 4:42 pm

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QUESTION:
From David Smith of U.S. Right of Way: We have all heard the 2009 Texas
Legislature was very active regarding right of way and eminent domain
issues. What did they actually do?
ANSWER: One law that did pass involves pipelines and public rights of
way. This involves pipeline routing. The Texas Department of Transportation revised its prior policies and [...]

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