This research will produce a manuscript serving as a resource for surveyors in Pennsylvania. It provides guidance on the governing laws, evidentiary standards, and professional responsibilities involved in utilizing prior surveys as extrinsic evidence while retracing property boundaries. The study examines how prior surveys are to be weighed as evidence while trying the facts of the location of the boundary to be ascertained.

Trimble’s 2025 Geospatial Industry Report offers a vivid and compelling picture of where our profession stands today and where it is headed tomorrow. The message is unmistakable: land surveying is entering one of the most transformative and opportunity filled eras in its long and respected history. As innovation accelerates and the demand for reliable geospatial information continues to grow, licensed land surveyors are becoming more essential than ever across the Commonwealt

Following in the footsteps of our predecessors while forging a pathway for our successors...This is particularly true with the boundary...