In my last two columns, I asked the question, What is it that we are surveying? When we are dealing with boundaries, are we surveying property or simply putting math on the ground?

In my last two columns, I asked the question, What is it that we are surveying? When we are dealing with boundaries, are we surveying property or simply putting math on the ground? I don’t have empirical data to back it up, but anecdotal evidence indicates to me that about half of the licensed land surveyors in practice today are in the business of putting math on the ground and have little or no interest in surveying property boundaries.