Customer Reviews

Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location

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First & second editions of this text have long been considered standards in the land surveying profession, but I was disappointed with this (the 3rd) edition. The material is all there, but badly in need of a careful editor. Errors in punctuation and typography were frequent enough to be a real distraction. I found myself pencilling corrections in the margins as I read! For instance, long quotations, not set with a change of fonts, or even quotation marks, made for difficult interpretation. I had the distinct impression that certain chapters were revised in a hurry, and that perhaps each author thought the other was checking the work. In at least one chapter, it appeared that two different authors took a stab at addressing a single subject and both were included in the book although in DRAFT form! The authors also need to update discussions of measurement methodologies to include electronic total stations, data collectors and GPS. Though I'm not a real big adv! ocate of gender-neutral writing, the next edition should totally expunge the term "title men", which must appear 15 times.

Despite these drawbacks, the text remains a handy reference, and will probably remain a standard for some time. Hopefully the 4th Edition will be more carefully revised and edited.

This is a good text to introduce the surveyor to boundary evidence, procedures, and the history of orginal surveys. The information in the text covers much of the United States and supplements evidence gathering procedures in specific States.

Great Book for class, class projects, and studying for the FS, FE, PS or PE. So, far I have used this book for 4 classes. I believe it was a great buy. I have kept it. I would suggest not selling it back. 5th Edition or newer is best...

The book is still easily navigable due to it's wonderful table of contents, however it is not searchable as I assumed it would be. After all, my digital copy of the 5th edition is. Very disappointimg that it isn't. But still, 56% off cover price, to have it with me everywhere I go....totally worth the navigation issues. Besides, I can make my own bookmarks for things I find of import. I do wish Amazon would let us know when a book is not indexed. This was my first BIG purchase. But I'm still pleased.

Book needed for one of my classes, it was pricd @ $140.00 @ scholl bookstore, super better price @ AMAZON, delivered on time.

I realize that there is a lot of pressure to sound & speak intelligently when a person writes a book. Many people who read this book are intelligent & speak with high vocabularies. There's nothing wrong with intelligent communication. But realize that many people who read these books are not lawyers, RPLS's, or even SIT's yet & try to teach with the heart of a teacher. After all, the reason for writing this book should be to teach people in a way that allows them to understand. The goal is not to impress others with your intelligence. It's obvious that you are intelligent or else you wouldn't be in your position. But are you able to explain things in a way that most people with surveying experience can understand, if not, you are missing out on what a teacher has & thinks is important. I'm sure there is a lot of great information in this book, but when I have sat down to read it, I lost interest because of the difficulty in reading. I know surveying is not an easy subject, but there are easier ways to explain things. I am not trying to put your book down, but with the talk I have heard about there only being so many surveyors, & many of them being older, maybe we ought to be thinking of everyone who would like to become an RPLS. I have been surveying for many years, & this book should be new & even difficult information, but not so difficult to read that I want to return it. I would think more of the authors if they would write to be more easily understood, than to sound more intelligent to others. A teacher's goal is to be understood. There is nothing more satisfying to him than to be understood by his students.

This book has some great information if you're studying to be a surveyor, bu the price is so friggin ridiculous I simply cannot recommend it. Unless your class reads from it weekly or you have exercises directly from the text - skip it.