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Dang stupid Texas surveyors. Most every surveyor in Texas was either drunk or thought the world revolved around some spot they were surveying in Texas. We are working on a project that is in Texas. We flew it and mapped it accurately. All of our map software puts north straight up. The property is tilted 2.75 degrees off of true north. The property has fence lines and roads and everything is angled over 2.75 degrees. The client wants us to rotate the world to fit their property so the boundary's look square not tilted. If I rotate the entire image all of the text will slant 2.75 degrees and look stupid.

To make the print that is 6 feet x 10 feet to look square I have to rotate the image only 2.75 degrees, bring in the text on a separate layer, then rotate the north arrow 2.75 degree off to point to real north. All because some drunk stoned or stupid surveyor in Texas can't figure out north.
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