Course

10607175 Land Surveying 2
Course Information
Description
This course covers more advanced legal principles for land rights and boundary location. Emphasis is on legal knowledge required to become a licensed professional land surveyor in Wisconsin. Land Surveying 2 builds on the basics from Land Surveying 1 and goes into more detail on unwritten rights such as adverse possession, retracement of sequentially simultaneously created boundaries, and particular considerations for retracing boundaries of the U.S. Public Land Survey.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Use principles of evidence to retrace property boundaries
    Assessment Strategies
    Exam
    Criteria
    Explain legal principles of evidence, presumptions, and proof
    Evaluate different types of evidence
    Differentiate between a boundary corner and a corner monument
    Explain the terms existent, obliterated, and lost, for retracement of boundaries of the U. S. Public Land Survey
    Use the rules of construction for boundary evidence

  2. Determine relevance of unwritten rights to boundary location
    Assessment Strategies
    Exam
    Criteria
    Differentiate between common types of unwritten rights
    Explain the land surveyor's role in considering unwritten rights

  3. Apply boundary retracement principles for different boundary types and evidence
    Assessment Strategies
    Exam
    Criteria
    Use sequential vs. simultaneous boundary creation principles in various situations with different evidence
    Compare different solutions and make a convincing case for the best one

  4. Apply boundary retracement principles for the U. S. Public Land
    Assessment Strategies
    Exam
    Criteria
    Describe the major changes over time for creating the U. S. Public Land Survey in Wisconsin
    Describe the current survey process for creating the U. S. Public Land Survey in Wisconsin
    Determine corner status as existent, obliterated, or lost
    Reestablish lost corners using single and double proportionate measurement
    Apply special rules for closing corners, witness corners, and meander corners
    Apply special rules for center of section