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
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Use principles of evidence to retrace property boundariesAssessment StrategiesExamCriteriaExplain legal principles of evidence, presumptions, and proofEvaluate different types of evidenceDifferentiate between a boundary corner and a corner monumentExplain the terms existent, obliterated, and lost, for retracement of boundaries of the U. S. Public Land SurveyUse the rules of construction for boundary evidence
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Determine relevance of unwritten rights to boundary locationAssessment StrategiesExamCriteriaDifferentiate between common types of unwritten rightsExplain the land surveyor's role in considering unwritten rights
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Apply boundary retracement principles for different boundary types and evidenceAssessment StrategiesExamCriteriaUse sequential vs. simultaneous boundary creation principles in various situations with different evidenceCompare different solutions and make a convincing case for the best one
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Apply boundary retracement principles for the U. S. Public LandAssessment StrategiesExamCriteriaDescribe the major changes over time for creating the U. S. Public Land Survey in WisconsinDescribe the current survey process for creating the U. S. Public Land Survey in WisconsinDetermine corner status as existent, obliterated, or lostReestablish lost corners using single and double proportionate measurementApply special rules for closing corners, witness corners, and meander cornersApply special rules for center of section