While buying and owning land is usually a wise investment, like everything else, it’s not without its limits. Your local town or city has likely divided up various parcels of land into “lots” of various sizes. Sometimes the lots are uniform and similar in size and shape, and sometimes they are wildly different. But because […]
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What Is a Topographic Survey, and When Is It Needed?
Have you ever been walking down the street and witnessed someone in an orange or yellow vest standing behind a tripod? They were probably there with another person, and they were likely holding a clipboard and peering through a lens on top of said tripod. Despite the tripod, they weren’t merely taking pictures—those people were […]
Read MoreWhat Is an Easement, and How Is It Used?
When it comes to land surveying, everything is made to be as official as possible. After all, this work is done to create maps that can be held up as evidence in legal arguments in court. So there are definitely no gray areas in land surveying, right? Well, not exactly. An easement is a kind […]
Read MoreWhy Get a Boundary Survey?
If you own property (and especially if that property includes a lot of land), then it’s likely that at some point you will need to have some land surveying done. There are a few different types of land surveys, and all can be essential for different reasons, depending on the circumstances, the type of land […]
Read MoreCan Land Surveyors Trespass?
When you own a piece of property, you have a vested interest in keeping most people off of your land. In many cases, people like emergency services or utility personnel are entitled to enter your land, whether it’s an emergency or they’re collecting data for your public utilities. But can land surveyors trespass in Idaho? […]
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