How Do You Use A Surveyors Transit?
You can find approximately where your lot lines are using a surveyor’s transit and tape, hopefully a CAD program of some sort, and this procedure. • Get the parcel layout. You need the deed for the property, its legal description, and the map of the surrounding area. These can be obtained at the county recorder’s office. The deed may specify other documents. • Establish control. You will want to go out to the property and find the “Point of Commencement”, or POC, as described in your legal documents. Look for any lot corners and other survey evidence, both on your property and any surrounding lots that you have access to. These can take the form of “X”s chiseled in concrete (such as sidewalks or curbs); nails, in asphalt, concrete, on the tops of walls, and along street center-lines; rebars or other metal stakes in soil; or City markers, which may be found under small manhole-like covers (they should be shown on any maps of the area). • A metal detector is helpful for nails which often
