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Recorded Plans at Cumberland County Registry of Deeds

2007   805 plans recorded
2008   520  "           "
2009   476  "           "
2010   432  "           "
2011   384  "           "
2012   399  "           "

Year 2011 were at 47% of 2007






Meridian Monument Plan Recorded
May 21st 2012 at 11:47 AM
Plan Book 212 Page 154 
Click Plan to Download

Western Prom Portland Maine

At Completion of the survey on June 2nd at the the Western Prom 

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The GPS crew takes a break for a photo 

It was a good day for all.
 
Thanks Louis for the story how you actually set up on the monuments back in the 1960s and recorded the declination for the County Surveyor each year. Surveying has changed

 


Survey America Day 

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March 19th, 2011 Survey America Day,  Members at the Western Prom getting GPS Coordinates of the old survey monuments. 
Left to Right - Tom Blake, Dave Chapman, Interested Visitor, Sandy Wylie, Matt Ek, Johann Buisman,  Dick Eaton, Louis Maguire, Hiram Davis.

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Matt of Sebago Technics supplied the GPS equipment seen here setting up.
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Local Events & Meetings
 


Next meeting

Hosting the MSLS Spring Meeting
Held : Friday, April 26 2013 at the Italian
Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave. Portland, Maine 04102

Click Below
Registration Form
 
AM


08:00-08:30      
Registration


08:30-09:15      Chris Buchanan
: Defending Water for Life : East West
Highway : Con



09:15-10:00     Darryl Brown :
Cianbro : East West Highway :
Pro



10:00 10:15      
Break


10:15 –11:45   
Tom Coward : Keller Williams : Real Estate
Contracts




PM



11:45 –01:00     
Spring Business Meeting with Buffet
Lunch


01:00 –01:45    
John Schwanda : Owen Haskell : CST Program &
Trigstar



01:45 –02:30    
Robert Piampiano : Piampiano Law Office : update
New Law Court Cases
:                                                             
Trespass


02:30 -02:45      
Break


02:45 –04:00      
Robert Piampiano : Piampiano Law Office : Road
Ownership & Paper Streets
      
 

Next Meeting

Thursday June 6 5PM at the office of Owen Haskell
390 US Route 1 Unit 10
Falmouth Me 04105

Speaker : John Schwanda with tour of the inventory of historical maps of E C Jordan and other surveyors on file Owen Haskell.

Recap of the Spring Meeting
 






New Officers for 2013
Richard Eaton   --- President
Debra Briggs  --- Vice President
Mark Carpenter ---Secretary
Bob Libby   --- Treasurer
Mathew Ek --- Chapter Director



            
Also see or instruction page for Jeramiah Raitt procedure for inserting Aerial Photos in AutoCad drawings  


Also check out our updated Surveying Links Page 


Go to James Lauzier Sunshot page for more information on his sunshot February 2010  

A good use for Phil Spiller's old survey rod aquired at the MSLS auction.
Donated by Sebago Technics

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DOT Right of Way Plans & The B-Files That Back Them Up
By  Joe Berry & Harold Nelson Presentation Link Download
 
Check out Robert's Presentation at our 2010 Fall Meeting     
Link below:
Robert Piampiano Trespass & Easement by Acquiescence

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Antique staff compass that Wayne Wood brought to our February meeting. 

Wayne Wood's AntiqueCompass
A good find on e-Bay.

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