Field Note Seminar Session 1

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Field Note SeminarSession 1
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Seminar Outline

• Introduction
• Split Line Field Notes and the Twp. Plan
  (morning)
• Bulletin 38 and Survey Evidence (morning)
• MSP Part C Section 4, Field Notes in Court and
  Verbal Evidence (afternoon)
• Part 3 Field Notes Today
• including GPS Notes. (afternoon)
• Questions???

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Introduction

• Field Notes are the official record of the
  survey. Thats why in court you would be required
  to produce the field notes not just a plan.
• As such they must contain a field record of
  everything done in the course of the survey.

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• One of the often overlooked aspects of field
  notes is a record of all searches for survey
  evidence, and records of supporting evidence such
  as fences, pits, etc.
• Are there any markings on the post? Permit
  numbers, 1/4, R number, etc. Is the post
  different from others located, has it been
  re-established. All points that should be noted.

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Split Line Field Notes

• All Surveys made under Part 2 of the Surveys Act
  even today use the split line field note format.
• Understanding the note format is crucial for
  using split line notes for information today.
• There are a few basic rules we will go through
  that allows one to read and understand or even
  create split line notes.

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Take a line Split it
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Rules

• The split line is the actual survey line even if
  it is a trial line and not true line that was
  surveyed. Think of each side of the split line as
  each having ½ of the whole line.
• Chainages are written between the two halves of
  the split line.
• Just as the line is split, if the line runs from
  or through a survey monument, the monument too is
  split with ½ on each ½ of the line.

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Rules

• Appropriate section numbers are written on each
  side of the page.
• If the line surveyed is one limit of a Government
  Road Allowance, the other limit of the Government
  Road Allowance is shown on the appropriate side
  of the split line.

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Rules

• Chainages always start at the bottom of the page
  and increase towards the top of the page. That is
  because as you look from bottom to top of the
  page, towards the top, that is the direction the
  line was surveyed. This of course means that
  north is not always automatically towards the
  top of a page.
• Date the line was run appears at the bottom of
  the page.
• Legal description of line surveyed and direction
  appear at the top of the page.

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Rules

• Since they are actual field notes consecutive
  page numbers and the index indicate the order
  lines were surveyed in.
• Just as on a Township plan correction line
  monuments are shown as squares where other
  monuments are shown as diamond shaped. Of course
  the pits are square as well, rather than diamond
  shaped.

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So you have a line That has been split apart
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Front Page of the Field Book

• Shows the Township the survey was in.
• Shows the name of the land surveyor.
• Shows the start and end dates for the survey in
  represented by the notes in the field book.

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Index Page

• Shows a diagram of the township with each line
  surveyed having the field book page number shown
  within the line. Section lines without numbers
  were not surveyed on these dates by this
  surveyor.
• As noted earlier the page numbering will show you
  what order the lines were surveyed in.

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Lets look at the Township Plan

• Remember the field note pages we saw. Lets see if
  the Township plan agrees with the notes.
• Again remember that the notes are the official
  record, not the Township Plan.
• If ever you have questions or concerns about the
  township plan or there are no dimensions on the
  township plan download the field notes from SPIN.

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East Bdy. of NE 20-35-21-4
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North Bdy. Section 29-35-21-4
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East bdy. Section 29-35-21-4
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Lets take a look at the River Traverse Notes
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