Practical Boundary Surveying

- Getting Started

- Basic Legal Concepts

- Basic Technical Concepts

- Surveying Instruments

- Road Geometry

- The Public Land Survey System

- Making a Boundary Survey

- Boundary Survey Research

- Starting Field Work

- Field Work - Finding Monuments

- Field Work - Traversing

- Water Boundaries

- Calculations

- Setting Lot Corners

- Survey Plans

- Unwritten Titles

- Easements

Paul L. Gay, an attorney, engineer, and licensed land surveyor with 35 years of experience in the field, is Engineering Faculty at Bristol Community College, where he teaches courses in land surveying and wind power to students and technicians. He specializes primarily in boundary surveying, with a special interest in boundary dispute resolution. Mr. Gay has served as an expert witness in many trials involving land and boundary issues from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to Alaska. He has written books on surveying, geology, local history and wind power, as well as Survey, a computer program for surveying calculations, Metrology, a Windows units conversion program, and Tide, a program for calculating tides for any date at many U.S. coastal locations. He is also President of Solar Star Energy Inc. and Co-Owner of Northeast Windpower Corp. Due to his expertise in designing turbines, engines and controls for windpower systems, his unique skill-set makes him a sought-after resource for businesses and individuals exploring the option of adding renewable energy installations to their properties. Mr. Gay holds a B.S. degree in sociology from the University of Massachusetts, a ScM degree in geological sciences from Brown University and a J.D. degree from New England School of Law.