1. Land surveying (boundary or property surveying)
2. Engineering surveying - Answer-Two Largest fields of surveying
Take and analyze measurement - Answer-What do surveyors do?
Distances, angles, and positions - Answer-What do surveyors measure?
Horizontal, slope, and vertical - Answer-Wh...
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1. Land surveying (boundary or property surveying)
2. Engineering surveying - Answer-Two Largest fields of surveying
Take and analyze measurement - Answer-What do surveyors do?
Distances, angles, and positions - Answer-What do surveyors measure?
Horizontal, slope, and vertical - Answer-What distances do surveyors measure?
Angles in the horizontal and vertical planes - Answer-What angles so surveyors
measure?
1. Two-dimensional points
2. Elevation dimensions referenced to mean sea level (MSL)
3. Three-dimensional positions of points - Answer-What positions do surveyors
measure?
North America - Must be licensed by the state or province in which they work
Engineer Surveyors - must have a civil engineering license - Answer-Who can perform
surveys?
Surveying - Answer-The art and science of measuring distances, angles, and positions,
on or near the surface of the earth.
Plane Surveying
Geodetic Surveying - Answer-Types of Surveys
Plane Surveying - Answer-Survey of such limited size that computations can be based
on plane geometry and trigonometry for all horizontal positioning.
Plane Surveying - Answer-Most engineering and property surveys
Geodetic Surveying - Answer-A survey of such high precision or covering such a large
geographical area that computations must be based on the ellipsoidal shape of the
earth.
Control Surveys
Preliminary Surveys
Layout Surveys - Answer-Classes of Surveys
, Control Surveys - Answer-Survey taken to establish or reestablish reference points,
elevations, and lines for preliminary and construction surveys.
Preliminary Surveys - Answer-The gathering of data (distance, position, an dangles) to
locate physical features, so that they can plotted to scale on a map or a plane.
Layout Surveys - Answer-Survey in which they surveyor marks on the ground the
features shown on a design plan.
Topographic Surveys - Answer-Preliminary survey used to tie in the horizontal and
vertical positions of natural and constructed surface features of an area.
Hydrographic Surveys - Answer-Surveys designed to define shoreline and underwater
features.
Route Surveys - Answer-Preliminary, control, or construction surveys that cover a long
but narrow area, as in highway and railroad construction.
Property Surveys - Answer-A survey to retrace or establish property lines, or to
establish location of buildings within property limits.
Final ("as-built") Surveys - Answer-Post construction survey that confirms design
execution and records in-progress revisions.
Aerial Surveys - Answer-Preliminary and final survey using traditional aerial
photography and aerial imagery.
Construction Surveys - Answer-Surveys that provide line and grade.
Latitude - Answer-east/ west, parallel to the equator, measured 90 max
Longitude - Answer-north/south, perpendicular, measure 180 max
System of Geographic Coordinates - Answer-Used in navigation and geodesy, but
those engaged in plane surveying normally use their coordinate grid systems or the
original township fabric as a basis for referencing
1. Ease of calculation (plane geometry and trigonometry)
2. The availability of one common datum for X and Y dimensions in a large (thousands
of square miles) area - Answer-Grid Reference Advantages
Leveling - Answer-The procedure for determining differences in elevation between
points that are some distance from each other.
Elevation - Answer-The vertical distance above or below a given datum; also known as
orthometric height.
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