Surveying, Real Property & Land Law - Land Use & Zoning
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Overview
Water boundaries are perhaps the oldest and most widely used of man's boundaries. Yet, despite this long history of usage, water boundaries are probably the most frequently and bitterly contested boundaries in today's society. Because shorelines and bodies of water are dynamic rather than static, knotty technical and legal disagreements over water boundaries invariably crop up. Recent land use practices have created a growing demand for precisely located and legally defensible water boundaries. Water Boundaries is a comprehensive reference devoted exclusively to this highly specialized area. Written for surveyors and engineers, as well as legal and real estate professionals, it provides in-depth discussions of the legal issues surrounding each type of water boundary while describing the full range of modern methods for precisely locating them. For technical specialists, the author provides detailed specifications for mean high water line surveys, as well as all relevant mathematics, including formulas for calculating tidal data and predicting optimum placement of tide gauges, analytical techniques for estimating high water in nontidal bodies of water, and the use of coordinate geometry in constructing equidistant and median lines. Water Boundaries is an indispensable resource for surveyors, public land managers, attorneys, developers, and real estate professionals, and for all those involved in land planning, offshore mineral extraction, and other related fields.Editorials
Booknews
A guide for surveyors and legal and real-estate professionals to legal and technical issues relating to boundaries that are set as edges of water. Describes the full range of modern methods for locating each type of water boundary accurately, such as division lines between private uplands and public submerged lands in both tidal and nontidal waters, lateral division lines between adjacent riparian ownerships, boundaries between state and federal waters, and offshore international boundaries. Includes technical data for such calculations as mean high water line and the optimum placement of tide gauges. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1997
Publisher
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780910845137