Next Edition Website
The 2009 edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions is completed and in the process of being printed. For information on how to obtain your copy visit the Public Land Survey System Foundation (PLSSF) BLM Survey Manual website at: www.blmsurveymanual.org
Robert W. (Bob) Dahl, Cadastral Surveyor
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Minerals, Realty & Resource Protection Directorate
Division of Lands, Realty & Cadastral Survey (WO-350)
U.S. Postal Mail Address: Mail Stop 1000, 1849 C St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20240
FEDEX, UPS & Street Address: Mail Stop 1000, 1620 L St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
robert_w_dahl@blm.gov
Voice: (202) 912-7344
Announcements
Dominica VanKoten, BLM Eastern States Office Chief Cadastral Surveyor and Bob Dahl will give a presentation, The 2009 Edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions and Minnesota State Law, at the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors Winter Seminar, in Minneapolis, on December 11, 2009. For further information visit the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors website at: http://www.mnsurveyor.com/calendar.cfm
Ron Scherler, BLM Oregon and Washington Office Protest and Appeals Specialist and Bob Dahl will give presentations pertaining to the 2009 edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions at the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon Conference, in Salem, January 13-15, 2010. For further information visit the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon website at: http://www.plso.org/surveyors/conference.html
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General Information
Note: the dates shown in the right-most column indicate the date the files were uploaded to this website, not the date of publication. The dates shown in parentheses in the title are the original dates of publication.
Powerpoint Presentations
The focus of presentations have been the relevance of the Manual to the work of private surveyors and significant changes from the current 1973 edition to the next edition. The former is done by an examination of individual State's statutes, regulations, attorney general's opinions, and case law. The process and procedure for developing the next edition of the Manual is also discussed. Note: You must have Powerpoint installed on your machine for these presentations to work.
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