Land Survey

Surveying or land surveying is the branch of applied science which deals with the study of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them. Usually these points are on the surface of the Earth, and primarily they are used to create maps and boundaries for ownership, locations such as the surface location of subsurface features, building corners or other purposes required by government or civil law, such as property sales.

It has not been known by many individuals that the world’s second-oldest profession is land surveying. In a simplest way, it can be defined as the art and science of mapping and measuring land. It is vast in scope but truly comes down to people’s land boundaries and where they are located. Land surveys are very essential for buildings, railroads, skyscrapers, airports and bridges. One of the prime examples of when a land survey is necessary is when a fence is added to a yard. Unless we know the exact boundaries of the fence, permit will never happen so in this case as in many, a land survey is needed.