>Laser based surveying instruments cost a bundle. They have to be really good
>(in the legally verifiable sense) so the price isn't likely to come down in

Actually, they don't.  Do you know that (in the USA at least) an oral
agreement as to the property line holds more weight in court than a deed?
They need to be accurate when it comes to plunking holes for big buildings,
but other than that, like for deeding a lot, they don't need to be that
accurate.

I was shocked to hear this, too.  One of my friends is a licensed pro
surveyor, another an attorney.

>the near future to where, say, contractors will start to buy them up.
>Besides, the precision that would satisfy a surveyor won't work for a
>carpenter. I'd hate it if the walls of my place were only good to the
>nearest cm.

Don't measure your house, then.

Andy

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