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Land Surveying Publications, Opinions & Documents

These pages link important land surveying documents, publications and opinions.  These pages are meant to create a virtual library of valuable information that Florida surveyors and mappers, and others, may find useful.  All users are welcome to submit an opinion on any land surveying, mapping, and geomatics related topics.  Also, if you know of an interesting article, please let me know.  I'm always looking for new material to add to these pages.  

Please send your opinions or links to interesting articles to gregs@tampabay.rr.com

Florida - DPBR Related

• Florida Board of Surveyors and Mappers - January 1996 News Letter

• Florida Board of Surveyors and Mappers - June 1996 News Letter

• Florida Board of Surveyors and Mappers - June 2001 News Letter

• Florida Surveyors & Mappers Examination Results (1988-2001)

Florida - Legal Related

• Legal Significance of the Mean High Water Line

• The Public Trust Doctrine And Florida's Navigable Lakes And Rivers

• The Public Trust Doctrine: Historic Protection For Florida's Navigable Rivers And Lakes

Florida - Opinions

• Can the Clerk of the Court refuse to record a plat?

• Must State Employed "Surveyors" be licensed? 

• Should GIS Be Regulated?

• The Legal Significance of "Reserved for Parking" on a Plat

• Their Deal Fell Through, Now Who Pays Your Fee?

• Can land owners deny public use of sandy beaches?

National - Publications

• Geodesy for the Layman

National - Opinions

• The Judicial Function of Surveyors - By Justice Cooley

GPS Related

• Guidelines for Establishing GPS-Derived Ellipsoid Heights (NGS)

• Configuring a handheld GPS for Florida East & West Zone, State Plane Coordinates