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Recent content by Eric Blackburn

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    ARTICLE: Who owns the air above your home?

    By the way... that is why it is imperative that we do not allow the privatization of air traffic control. We don’t want a private entity controlling the airspace over other private property. That would be writing a blank check to a private company to conduct any activity they see fit...
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    ARTICLE: Who owns the air above your home?

    I own a land surveying company in Florida and have been a surveyor for 20 years. I am also an airplane pilot and licensed drone operator. The answer is that property owners own from the mineral rights (typically) to outer space within the vertical extensions of the property lines. That’s not a...
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    Help! Need guidance on quoting a job

    Are you simply taking photographs of the 55 acres? What is the post process result?
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    Why is the real estate industry so chintzy?

    Ok. I have to chime in. As you did these numbers you left out something... remember realtors don’t sell every house they list. So you have to take in to account that loss of time as well. I am a land surveyor and we got out of the residential business years ago because other surveyors were...