Prescriptive easements can be as problematic in their extinguishment as in their creation.

The virgin coastline where theory can be put into practice is quickly evaporating, and conflict and litigation are taking its place.

What are riparian boundary lines? As the name implies, they are boundary lines associated with riparian properties.

As a whole, the profession has done little to project a positive image.

Many court disputes over easements created for transmission lines and other utilities involve easements that are not appurtenant to any particular tract, commonly known as "easements in gross."

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.