TY  - BOOK
AU  - Estopinal, Stephen V.
TI  - A guide to understanding land surveys
SN  - 471577170
AV  - TA 551 .E88 1993 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - New York
PB  - John Wiley & Son, Inc.
KW  - SURVEYING
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Real Property on a Round Planet -- Geometry -- Defining North -- Projection Systems -- Fundamentals of Measurements -- Land Record Systems -- Boundary Recovery -- Evaluating Survey Plats -- Exercises in Evaluating Survey Plats -- Writing Legal Descriptions -- Exercises in Writing Deed Descriptions
N2  - Clearly explains the functions and procedures required in every survey (routine or otherwise), why it is done and how it is accomplished. Readers will not only gain an appreciation for a survey, plat or land description but will be able to evaluate it in its proper perspective, realize any inherent inadequacies or discrepancies that may exist and have a much better idea of when a survey is needed to solve a problem or to obtain an approval. Contains a wealth of high-quality line drawings
ER  -