Corner jumping
01-18-2017, 02:50 PM
#71
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
A GPS unit may be accurate to 12 feet but that doesn't necessarily mean it can locate a property corner with that kind of accuracy. It would depend more so on the map that you're using, or the coordinate you're using for that particular corner. Most maps used in GPS units are based off county assessor's maps, and plenty of times I've seen where their property corners and/or lines are off by three to four hundred feet. So I sure wouldn't count on a GPS getting you within 12 feet of the actual property corner.
01-19-2017, 09:26 AM
#72
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Olympia, Washington
Posts: 257
Remember I was talking about the maps that the county assessors produce. Where you'll see lines off by this much is in areas that have never been surveyed, at least not since the original government surveys that were done mostly in the 1800's.
01-19-2017, 11:47 AM
#73
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
I have no idea where those areas would be since everywhere my buddy and I have hunted in Wyoming along with AZ, NM, and ID using the landownership chips in our Garmin GPS they have been accurate to within a few feet. There surely can't be very many places like you're talking about or the GPS chips would be worthless when in actuality they are probably the best thing introduced to outdoorsmen in the last 20 years.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 01-19-2017 at 11:50 AM. Reason: spelling
01-20-2017, 03:48 AM
#74
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
Anybody depending on a map that is based on a survey more than 100 years old deserves to be ticketed if they find themselves on private land. The entire county has been mapped by satellite imagery. You don't even have to pay for it all you need to do is get google earth and download or print the maps.
