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   From: horatio@horatio.net   
      
   On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:27:01 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
      
   > GIS is not a company or organization.  It stands for Geographic   
   > Information System.  While there are now organizations for dealing   
   > with discrepancies, such as what happens with we have an earthquake, a   
   > botched surveying job, or continental drift, there is no central   
   > depository for all the nations map data.   
      
   Speaking of a "botched surveying job", not too far from me is a good friend   
   on land which has adjacent land which had been unoccupied because the first   
   few surveys didn't show the driveway to hit the road without crossing over   
   a few feet of open space.   
      
   Then the owner of the landlocked property tried to strong arm the two   
   neighbors to the side, for a prescriptive easement, but that failed (dunno   
   why but I think because they bought the property cheap *knowing* it was   
   landlocked and the judge said the people were willing to *sell* the rights   
   to the guy but he didn't want to pay the price).   
      
   Finally, the owner figured out the *correct* plan, which was to come up   
   with his own "special" survey which gave six feet to *each* of the   
   neighbors and took that six feet away from the open space (moving the six   
   feet to the back of the properties instead of to the front) and *all* the   
   three neighbors were happy.   
      
   Apparently, the *last* survey registered wins, and since everyone won six   
   feet, they were all happy not to have to commission a competing survey.   
      
   One can only presume the open space doesn't know about this surveyor's   
   shenanigan, as the driveway was eventually built.   
      
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