The Geospatial Data Act, as enacted, seeks to improve the coordination and use of geospatial data by the federal government.

Back in October of last year, we discussed the disturbing case of Vizaline, a company founded in 2014 that uses public information, draws the deed lines with a software program that plots the bearings and distances, then Vizaline places that plot on an aerial image and produces a "Viza-Plat."

Floating easements are problematic for surveyors because they only identify the subject tract that is burdened by the servitude and lack a written description defining the location within the tract.

Interpreting the words used is the first – and most critical – of many steps that must be taken in the process of performing a retracement survey of property.

Arguments involving retroactive legislation are common in modern courtroom disputes.

No doubt many of you have already heard about the recent article that appeared on Bloomberg.com entitled "Land Surveyors Are Paying the Price of Progress" ("Paying the Price").

State laws generally include specific processes for statutory abandonment of public highways when specific conditions are met.

Although textbook definitions are common, the term "abandoned" defies easy categorization when applied to traveled ways.

For centuries, custom has been recognized in the early English legal system as a source of law. In recent years, it has experienced a renaissance of sorts in the American courts for its possible effect on public access to otherwise privately owned dry-sand beach areas.

Present-day Keg Island exists in the Mississippi River where the river flows between the states of Iowa and Illinois. It is over a mile long, maybe a quarter of a mile wide at its widest point, consisting of about 128 acres – and it is uninhabited.