California Surveyors Forums

Whats your perspective when you submit a corner record that did not use coordinates, and you receive a check print back from a County Surveyor and he wants you to check the "U.S. Survey Foot" box under "COORDINATES (Optional)"?

Isn't all that data under "COORDINATES (Optional)" and above "Complies with Public Resources Code . . . " just that, optional and intended to be used only when you include coordinates? And yes every dimension on my CR shows a foot symbol.

I told the CS all that info is "Optional", and will not include on my CR. I would like to hear if there are any other County Surveyors making this comment throughout the state?

No coordinates, no foot definition. (It would be a rare CR that featured distances in which the difference between U.S. Survey Feet and International Feet would make any practical difference, so for a CR with no coordinates the foot definition isn't significant.)

That checkbox is considered under the optional California Coordinates section. If the submitting surveyor wants to check this box, that's up to that person...no harm, no foul. But it is ONLY required when including California Coordinates. Shouldn't be a discussion.