🏡 Boundary Survey

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Field Checklist (Supervisor-Free)

Deed/plan documents confirmed for the correct parcel (ID, edition/date)Jurisdiction rules confirmed (monument type, witnessing, required forms)Neighbors/occupants notified and evidence documented (photos + notes)All found monuments photographed, described, and tied to witnessesTraverse connects to reliable control and meets precision targetAny re-established monuments have offsets/ties and acknowledgments recorded

Stop Rules

Boundary dispute, threats, or conflicting monuments (do not guess)
Cannot connect to reliable control / datum is uncertain
Legal/administrative requirement unclear (forms/specs/authority)
Evidence conflict cannot be resolved by field checks (escalate)

STEP 1

Research Title

STEP 1 — DESK STUDY (BOUNDARY SOP)
Boundary surveying is technical + legal. Your first job is to understand what must be reinstated and what evidence is valid.

Collect documents (latest versions):
• Title deed / registry extract (parcel ID, owner, acreage/area)
• Survey plan / mutation / deed plan (bearings, distances, monument descriptions)
• Any coordinates list (beacons/control) and datum/projection notes
• Adjacent parcel IDs and any easements/road reserves

Desk checks (trainee-safe):
1) Confirm you have the correct parcel ID and correct edition/date of plan.
2) Note the monument types required by your jurisdiction (material, depth, witness marks).
3) Identify key “legal lines” (road boundaries, rivers, easements) that must be respected.
4) Prepare a corner schedule: corner IDs (P1…Pn), expected bearings/distances, expected area.

Training rule:
If evidence is unclear or the case is disputed, do NOT “guess” corners. Document and escalate early.

🔗Open METARDU Tool → Traverse (Boundary)

STEP 2

Locate Corners

STEP 2 — LOCATE EXISTING MONUMENTS (FIELD SOP)
Your job is to recover evidence first. Reinstatement comes after evidence + checks.

Search for:
• Iron pin / rebar, concrete beacon, stone mark, old pegs
• Fence corners, hedge lines, old boundary trenches (supporting evidence)
• Reference marks described on the plan (trees, buildings, culverts)

Evidence capture routine (repeat for each found mark):
1) Confirm the mark type matches the plan description (if provided).
2) Photograph close-up and context (include a scale if possible).
3) Describe it: material, condition, any stamps/IDs.
4) Record witness ties: at least two offsets to permanent features.
5) Add it to METARDU as a control point and LOCK it.

Conflict handling (trainee-safe):
• If two monuments claim the same corner OR evidence conflicts:
  - do NOT choose one arbitrarily
  - document both, take ties, and escalate

Hard stop rules:
• Adjoining owner disputes the line or refuses access.
• Conflicting monuments cannot be resolved by checks.
• You cannot connect the recovered evidence to reliable control.

🔗Open METARDU Tool → Traverse (Boundary)

STEP 3

Run Traverse

STEP 3 — CONNECT THE EVIDENCE (TRAVERSE SOP)
You must connect all recovered corners/monuments into one consistent control framework.

Traverse strategy (recommended):
• Start from reliable control.
• Observe around the parcel connecting each corner.
• Close back to start OR to a second known control point (stronger check).

Quality requirements (Basak):
• Angles: observe FL/FR (or repeated sets).
• Perform angular check (±1' √n) before leaving.
• Precision target for boundary work: aim ≥ 1:5000 (or jurisdiction requirement).

Trainee tip:
Use consistent corner naming from the plan (P1, P2, …) to avoid legal confusion later.

If your traverse fails precision gates:
Do not proceed to reinstatement. Fix the measurement problem first.

🔗Open METARDU Tool → Traverse (Boundary)

STEP 4

Verify Dimensions

STEP 4 — VERIFY AGAINST THE REGISTER (SOP)
Now compare your measured geometry to the registered plan.

Checks:
• Bearings vs registered bearings (watch for different bearing basis: WCB vs quadrant bearings)
• Distances vs registered distances (ground vs grid considerations per jurisdiction)
• Area vs registered area (coordinate area after adjustment)

When differences appear (trainee-safe workflow):
1) Verify you used the correct parcel documents (ID + edition/date).
2) Verify datum/UTM zone/hemisphere and bearing convention.
3) Re-check instrument setup (centering, HI/HR, prism constant).
4) Re-observe the suspect leg(s) and re-run traverse adjustment.
5) If evidence conflicts remain: document and escalate (do not “force” corners).

🔗Open METARDU Tool → Traverse (Boundary)

STEP 5

Mark Corners

STEP 5 — REINSTATE / MARK MISSING CORNERS (SOP)
Only reinstate after evidence + checks are consistent.

Reinstatement routine:
1) Compute the corner position from adjusted traverse coordinates.
2) Stake the corner and set the monument to jurisdiction spec (type, depth, witness mark).
3) Set offset/witness pegs (so corner can be restored if disturbed).
4) Capture evidence:
   • photos (before/after)
   • monument description
   • two witness ties to permanent features
5) If required, obtain adjoining owner acknowledgment/witnessing.

Trainee stop gate:
If evidence is conflicting or neighbors dispute the corner, do NOT set a “new truth” monument. Escalate.

🔗Open METARDU Tool → Traverse (Boundary)

STEP 6

Generate Report

STEP 6 — BOUNDARY REPORT (SOP)
Your report must explain what you found, what you reinstated, and what checks passed.

In METARDU:
→ Generate Survey Plan / Boundary Report

Minimum contents:
• Parcel ID + document references (edition/date)
• Control used (datum/UTM zone) + verification notes
• Corner schedule: coordinates, monument status (found/set), descriptions
• Bearings/distances table + area/perimeter
• Closure/precision statement + adjustment method
• Evidence log: photos list + witness ties summary
• Notes on discrepancies/conflicts and how they were handled
• Surveyor certification block (per jurisdiction)

🔗Open METARDU Tool → Traverse (Boundary)