Your Project, Our Promise Kentucky GIS Conference September 30, 2013 Louisville, Kentucky Presented by:  Dempsey Miracle, PLS, Vaughn & Melton  Brandon L. Lewis, GISP, Vaughn & Melton

Overview  A look at the surveyor’s role  How that role relates to some real world examples  Wrap-up/discussion of the GISP and surveyor working relationship

What Surveyors Do  Topographic Surveys  GPS Control Surveys  Utility Mapping  Easements  As-Built Surveys  Boundary and Property Surveys

Boundaries – What happens when it doesn’t fit?  Governing Laws  Evidence Found  Protection of the public  Plats of Record

KRS 322 “…Land surveying shall include but not limited to the following: Measuring and locating, establishing, or reestablishing lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface and immediate subsurface of the earth, within underground workings, and on the beds or surfaces of bodies of water…”

Boundary Surveys (201 KAR 18:142 and 18:150)  Land surveyor shall conduct his or her practice in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.  The marks and monuments on the ground as found and verified, or as set by a professional land surveyor shall constitute the actual boundary survey.

Issues that may come up  Bad Information  Misinformation  Non-descriptive deeds

How do we fix it?

Now what?

GISP & Surveyor Working Relationship  Dependency of each other  Working together to solve common problems  Understanding the strengths of both professions

Your Project, Our Promise