The last 12 months have been interesting. For the first time, I testified as an expert witness in a Superior Court trial. Thankfully I had time to prepare, so questions weren’t a surprise and I had ready testimony and answers. I’ll save details for when the trial is concluded.
Also, I added scanned images and rectified maps to court decrees under the “Some Decrees & Maps” heading on the left sidebar of this blog. The scanned images are higher resolution than the PDF maps and so more detail might be discernable. The rectified maps are in either the Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 10 or California State Plane Zone 1 coordinate systems. GIS software can translate incoming coordinates in one coordinate system, to the one you are working in, so the actual coordinates aren’t much of an issue.
If you are trying to split up decreed water rights in decrees, keep in mind the “(How To) Water Rights Determination and Reapportionment December 14, 2009” document. It is the only written, comprehensive explanation that I have seen which describes how to start with a decree and maps and subdivide water rights for an existing ownership parcel today.
That’s it for now, more later as I work to add posts with useful information.