This is our more conventional Total Station, and it's great for Boundary Work, and Topo work, as well,.. the Robot has some issues when the site is not clear, and you have to shoot in to the woods or anything,.. the software program that is with this one is a bit more user friendly, as well,.. it's the stuff we all learned on, and we know it like the back of our hand,.. 
Tennessee Code: Title 62: Professions, Businesses, and Trades, Chapter 18: Land Surveyors
62-18-124. Right-of-entry — Liability — Notice to landowners — Injunctions. —
(a) A professional land surveyor, the professional land surveyor's agents, employees and personnel under the professional land surveyor's supervision, may go on, over and upon the lands of others when necessary to perform surveys for the location of property corners, boundary lines, rights-of-way and easements, and, in so doing, may carry with them their customary equipment and vehicles.
(b) A professional land surveyor, the professional land surveyor's agents, employees and personnel under the professional land surveyor's supervision entering the lands of others under the right granted by subsection (a), and doing no unnecessary injury, are liable only for the actual damage done, and, if sued in such case, the plaintiff shall recover only as much costs as damages.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as giving authority to a professional land surveyor, the professional land surveyor's agents, employees or personnel under the professional land surveyor's supervision to destroy, injure, damage or move anything on the lands of another without the written permission of the landowner, and nothing in this section shall be construed as removing civil liability for such damage.
(d) A licensed land surveyor during the conduct of a boundary survey where there is discovered, or reasonably should have been discovered, any major apparent discrepancy as defined by the board between the deed descriptions of adjoiners, evidence of use or possession not consistent with deed descriptions or otherwise has notice that there is an adverse claim across a boundary, shall notify the affected adjoiners. Notice to nonresident or absentee owners will be by mail to the current address used for mailing property tax notices. In cases in which the landowner does not reside on the property, reasonable effort shall mean notification by certified mail.
(e) No owner or occupant of the land shall be liable for any injury or damage sustained by any person entering upon the land under this section.
(f) Injunctive relief may be had against a landowner restricting entry to the landowner's land in violation of this section by petition addressed to the circuit or chancery court of the division in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.
[Acts 1984, ch. 934, §§ 2-5; 2000, ch. 930, § 1.]
I don't guess Service Magic would mind me showing them a little love, they've almost singlehandedly kept me going thru a lot of these last few slow months, so, I don't mind returning the favor.
Here the text above, "Service Magic", will take you to my Service Magic profile page.
This job was a Service Magic Lead that I followed. The client was looking to divide his property into two pieces, well, after a little leg work, I found out it had been combined by the previous owner for tax purposes, what did we have to do to un-combine them so he could sell off the other piece, he just had to go to the Tax Assessor and ask,.. simple, huh?
Imagine that.
Linked above to Metro Nashville, Department of Public Works, this job started out as just another Lot Survey, standard fee, and turned in to this, an astute observer noticed that we bordered an alley that was not in use, and suggested we see about getting it added to our property. Well, in this case, and usually, when you close an alley or street that borders two properties, the law is that you split them evenly between the two, so, the neighbor here is getting an unexpected boon to his property, by nature of what my client wanted to do with hers.
I did a lot of the leg work, as a public service, it is what I'm charged by my License to do. Anyway, the client was very appreciative, and we're well on our way to getting this done.
For those new to the blog here, you can click the picture to get a better view, and I always post a link to something or other in the title,..I like everything to go somewhere,.. if you click on "Alley Closure, Chamberlin Street, it will take you to the Department of Public Work's website.
Stanley K. Draper, R.L.S., has been in the Surveying Business for 18 years, beginning as an Instrument Man with a local Engineer, then moving to one of the more established Surveying Companies in Nashville for the next couple of years where he excelled as one of the most productive drafters on staff, and eventually, to a Large local Engineering Firm, where he was instrumental in re-starting their Survey Division, which had been dormant for several years, and had been there in responsible charge for the last 13 years. Now, he has taken the next logical step, and opened his own shop. After working for a myriad of local Architects and Engineers, he has special insight in to the needs of these professionals, while also understanding the laymen's point of view.
No Job too Large or Too Small.
