MorePosted By Mister Surveyor on 3/8/2009 at 12:43 AM
...run thence North 50 degrees 34 minutes 22 seconds West, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point....
6 pages of this nonsense tonight, sigh.
Yes, I know the arguments....it's so that Joe Landowner doesn't confuse minutes and feet, or seconds and inches, etc.
First, it's a PIA to plot, especially when the bearing ends up on 2 lines.
Second, if Joe Landowner would be confused by standard bearing notation, he's damn sure not going to know what to do with the bearing anyway.
Third, I ain't running nowhere.
Fourth, how come whenever "to a point" is used, I usually never find these mysterious "points" actually in the ground?
Please, "N.50°34'22"W., 50.00 feet" works just fine. We're usually the only ones who read these things anyway. If you must write a novel, spell out North, South, East, West, if that makes you feel better, but come on with the "run", "degrees...minutes...", "to a point", etc. It's just a waste of time and paper.
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...run thence North 50 degrees 34 minutes 22 seconds West, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point....
6 pages of this nonsense tonight, sigh.
Yes, I know the arguments....it's so that Joe Landowner doesn't confuse minutes and feet, or seconds and inches, etc.
First, it's a PIA to plot, especially when the bearing ends up on 2 lines.
Second, if Joe Landowner would be confused by standard bearing notation, he's damn sure not going to know what to do with the bearing anyway.
Third, I ain't running nowhere.
Fourth, how come whenever "to a point" is used, I usually never find these mysterious "points" actually in the ground?
Please, "N.50°34'22"W., 50.00 feet" works just fine. We're usually the only ones who read these things anyway. If you must write a novel, spell out North, South, East, West, if that makes you feel better, but come on with the "run", "degrees...minutes...", "to a point", etc. It's just a waste of time and paper.
To read the rest of this thread go to www.i-boards.com/bnp/pob/messages.asp?MsgID=1376750&ThreadID=130695&IsResponse=False#1376750
