| Land surveying is considered world’s | | | | engineering and land surveys. |
| second-oldest profession. It is known as | | | | Work of land surveyor is to mark, describe and |
| Geomatics in Canada and Europe. This profession | | | | map property ownership. If we don’t know |
| started in Egypt and Babylonia. Basic meaning of | | | | the boundaries of our land we can’t enjoy the |
| surveying is nothing but the science of measuring | | | | use of it. Without the help of a land surveyor we |
| and mapping relative positions above, on or under | | | | cannot buy, sell, mortgage or develop land in a |
| the surface of the earth, or establishing such | | | | proper way. To gather information on land they |
| positions from legal or technical documents. | | | | generally make use of computers, measuring |
| Surveying is very important because without that | | | | tools and mapping systems. With the help of the |
| railroad cannot be constructed, skyscrapers | | | | data they can find the probable location. They |
| cannot be erected and homeowners cannot put | | | | come to a conclusion with the help of rules of |
| fence around their yards. Would you approve if a | | | | evidence, state and federal laws, knowledge about |
| highway was built in your backyard without your | | | | common law and local standards of practice. In |
| approval. Without the help of surveyor, would you | | | | various situations it is considered art than science. |
| know where does your backyard start and | | | | Another important task of a surveyor is to |
| where does it end. If you see a guy on the road | | | | understand and decrypt the legal description. A |
| looking through an instrument on a tripod he is a | | | | professional Land Surveyor is one who has |
| surveyor. | | | | education and experience and who has passed an |
| In U.S different terminologies are used for land | | | | examination for registration required by the laws |
| surveyor. Some of them are RLS (Registered | | | | of state in which he or she is practicing. |
| Land surveyor), LS (Land Surveyor), or a PLS | | | | A land surveyor works for energy and utility |
| (Professional Land Surveyor). When a land | | | | companies, realtors, photogrammetrists, |
| surveyor is licensed, the State Board of | | | | construction firms, private land owners, |
| Registration “registers” that license of the | | | | government agencies, homeowners, Department |
| Land Surveyor. | | | | of transportation, GIS departments, Land |
| The work of a surveyor is very important in the | | | | developers, Bureau of Land Management and |
| design and construction process. The various | | | | many others. |
| tasks performed by surveyor are tell people | | | | Different types of land surveys are Boundary, |
| where their property starts and ends, measure | | | | Cadastral, Construction, Control, Elevation, Lot, |
| and map the land for engineering design, work on | | | | Mining, GIS and LIS, Mortgage inspections, |
| title surveys for real estate transactions, lay out | | | | Quantity surveys, Route survey, Topographic, |
| buildings etc. Examples of survey are: geodetic | | | | Subdivision etc. |
| surveys, topographic surveys, soil and wetland, | | | | |