REMINDER TO CHAPTER MEMBERS:
PLEASE SEND YOUR Dues to Camille Alden

Officers for 2025
Richard Eaton   --- President
Matt EK  --- Vice President
Mark Carpenter --- Secretary
Camille Alden  --- Treasurer
Wayne Wood --- Chapter Director


To access Walt Dunlap Data Base for over 20,000 survey plans in cumberland county
email Walt        [email protected]  or call 843-906-9473
Walt's surveying records are now with Sebago Technics 
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Scarborough Proprietors Plan Recorded In Plan Book 218 Page 242


​From Dick Ingalls of Maine Port Authority:
Contact information for the US Army Corps of Engineers-
Maureen Murray, Survey Branch Chief
978-318-8526 email [email protected]

Recorded Plans at Cumberland County Registry of Deeds:
2007   805 plans recorded
2008   520  "           "
2009   476  "           "
2010   432  "           "
2011   384  "           "
2012   399  "           "
2013   477  "           "
2014   523 "            "
2015   529 "            "
2016  539"
2017   560"              "
2018   554"             "
2019   536"             "
2020   486"             "
​2021  720 "            "
​2022   591"
​2023   419"
​2024   508 "          "
Check out the new surveying link: Cartographic Resources  
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Antique staff compass that Wayne Wood brought to our February meeting.


NEXT   Meeting 

Narragansett Chapter,

   The next meeting topic : Chatgpt AI writing deed descriptions from different examples of uploaded survey maps.
 
Thursday May 8th at the office of R W Eaton Associates 58 Pleasant Street 5:30 PM




​Plus, any other topics that need to be discussed. 

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

Surveyor of the year
Dick Eaton

Richard W. Eaton, known warmly to all as Dick, was awarded the 2015 MSLS Surveyor of the Year recognition at its Annual Meeting banquet in Rockport Maine on January 29th. Mr. Eaton exemplifies long term service on the chapter level in particular that is a vital contribution to MSLS’s success as an organization.

​Dick was born in Portland and raised in Westbrook graduating from high school in 1974. He attended Maine Maritime Academy, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nautical Science and worked on ships until 1980.
Additionally from 1998 through 2005 he worked for the U.S. Navy as a Chief Officer on their hydrographic survey ships (USNS Sumner, USNS Bruce C Heezen, and USNS John McDonnall) world wide but mostly in the Persian Gulf and Yellow Sea and currently holds a U.S. Coast Guard Masters License unlimited tonnage ocean.
Dick started surveying with Robert Bradford 1980-1986 and worked for Survey, Inc. 1986-1988. Dick founded his firm, R.W. Eaton Associates in 1989. He is a PLS & licensed Real Estate Broker.

As President of Narraganset Chapter for the past 7+ years he has hosted its meetings at his office and also has undertaken the additional task of lining up many of the speakers for meetings.

Dick resides in Westbrook with his Maine Coon cat Toni.

Survey America Day

March 19th, 2011 Survey America Day,  Members at the Western Prom getting GPS Coordinates of the old survey monuments. 
Meridian Monument Plan Recorded
May 21st 2012 at 11:47 AM
Plan Book 212 Page 154 ​
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Matt of Sebago Technics supplied the GPS equipment seen here setting up.
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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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At Completion of the survey on June 2nd at the the Western Prom

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!

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