A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, 2nd Edition [Hardcover]

Stephen V. Estopinal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0471577170 | ISBN-13: 978-0471577171 | Edition: 2

Clearly explains the functions and procedures required in every survey (routine or otherwise), why it is done and how it is accomplished. Readers will not only gain an appreciation for a survey, plat or land description but will be able to evaluate it in its proper perspective, realize any inherent inadequacies or discrepancies that may exist and have a much better idea of when a survey is needed to solve a problem or to obtain an approval. Contains a wealth of high-quality line drawings.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The nonsurveyor's definitive land survey sourcebook—now extensively updated

Over the last several decades, the Internet has allowed individuals with a non-technical background to assume more control of land surveys. But without a clear understanding of how to accurately use land survey data, and faced with the challenges of communicating specific requirements to a professional land surveyor, conflicts often arise that lead to litigation.

A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys bridges the ever-expanding communication gap between the users of land boundary information and professional land surveyors.

This indispensable guide clearly explains the functions and procedures required in every survey (routine or otherwise), and the role of a surveyor in their investigation and re-establishment. It is a must-have resource for title attorneys, paralegals, realtors, government agents, and others who rely on the information gathered and presented by land surveys.

Written in nontechnical language and supported by numerous line drawings, A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys not only helps readers gain a strong familiarity with a survey, plat, or land description, but enables them to accurately evaluate it, detect any inadequacies, and make the proper adjustments to obtain approval.

The Third Edition of A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys has been expanded with thirty percent new material and is fully updated to reflect the latest practice guidelines and technology, including the use of GPS and GIS in land boundary re-establishment. Also included is important new material on how technology should be interpreted in assessing the quality and accuracy of a land survey. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE, is Senior Engineer/Surveyor at Chenevert Songy Rodi Soderberg (CSRS), an architectural, civil engineering, and program manage--ment service company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was formerly the owner of Estopinal Surveying and Engineering, Inc., in Chalmette, Louisiana, and has been in the practice of land surveying for more than forty years. A columnist for Professional Surveyor magazine, he is a frequent lecturer on surveying matters and regularly serves as an expert witness.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (November 17, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471577170
• ISBN-13: 978-0471577171
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,569,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Author Stephen Estopinal grew up in the swamps and bayous of Southeast Louisiana and now lives halfway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A land surveyor and civil engineer, he has written numerous professional articles as well as a textbook now in its third edition. El Tigre De Nueva Orleáns is his first novel.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, 2nd Edition, January 25, 2000

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Chris Rhyne (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

I am a Professional Land Surveyor who bought this book 7 years ago before I was licensed. I enjoyed it thoroughly as a student, it was very well written and interesting. It is focused towards the novice or lay-person, not very technical and it was easy to understand. I still keep it as the best reference for writing legal descriptions that I own.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb as a Text as well as a Reference, February 17, 2009

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Clifford J. Mugnier (Baton Rouge, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys (Hardcover)

This has been a standard textbook at Louisiana State University since the First Edition for Civil Engineering 4550 (Boundary Surveying). Written originally as a tutorial for Abstractors, Attorneys, and Lending Officers, this has been an excellent and easy to read text on the basic principles of boundary surveys in the United States. Mr. Estopinal's insight and catholic experience of Land Surveying is clearly evident in his writing. Rather than a textbook of how to do it, it is a text of why it is done; a different and refreshing approach that is helpful to both the prospective practioners that I teach as well as for the original intended readers. Highly recommended for all interested in the subject.