MapMaker53
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Scaled aerial images taken by drone cannot be construed as being a survey. Imagine if a licensed surveyor passed off aerial photos as being a professional survey, their license would probably be revoked. My firm regularly uses Map Pilot (Maps Made Easy) tiled aerials to document the extent of invasive vegetation from year to year and to take measurements. Our conclusions are based on an observation, not a survey. I think people are getting hung up on the word "survey". Just because a map has been drawn, doesn't make it a survey. School textbooks contain maps, the old Hagstrom Road Atlas's contained not only maps but also showed town boundaries. No one would ever consider them to be a survey. A survey is a special animal used for special purposes. These professional surveyors organizations are far overreaching and I hope the courts toss them out on their arse because their argument holds no merit. Just because a map portrays general ownership boundaries doesn't require it to be professional survey. The world is full of examples.
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