Why is Land Surveying Beneficial?

Land surveying is the process of taking measurements of land and using them to create a detailed map of the area. It involves measuring the...

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The Crucial Role of Land Surveyors in Land Development Projects

What is the role of a land surveyor in land development projects? Land development projects require careful planning, precise measurements, and accurate information to ensure...

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Writing a Legal Description as a Professional Land Surveyor (Including Checklist)

The Vital Role of Accurate and Concise Legal Descriptions for Land Surveyors For professional land surveyors, crafting accurate and concise legal...

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What is "Double Rodding" in Land Surveying?

Double rodding is a technique used in land surveying to ensure the accuracy of measurements taken with a leveling instrument, such as a...

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The Best Land Surveyor Resources You Might Not Be Using

Land Surveyors United Community will turn 15 years old in 2022!  We've come a long way, together.  Keeping this community alive has been a labor of love to say the least.   My love for all of you, even those I haven't yet met, is what keeps me active and...

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National Surveyors Week, Surveying Jobs and Resources - oh my!

  Happy National Surveyors Week and we hope you are doing well.   This has been an entire week of celebrating the Land Surveying profession, here in the USA.  This week we accepted our 19,600th member, got a new home page for the community and...

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How BIM can affect Quantity Surveyors?

BIM automates core processes for quantity surveyors in the preconstruction stage by reinforcing the 3D BIM model with material and component cost estimates, model-based BOMs, and scheduling. The role of a...

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The surveyor hub for Arizona Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Arizona Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Alabama Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Alabama Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Arkansas Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Arkansas Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Alaska Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Alaska Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for California Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for California Land Surveyors was featured

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The surveyor hub for Arizona Land Surveyors was featured

The surveyor hub for Arizona Land Surveyors was featured

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Fun Day of Mapping Beacons #surveying — with Michael Abernethy.

Fun Day of Mapping Beacons #surveying — with Michael Abernethy.

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Lego Measurement Devices

Our civilization owes much of its advancement to the measurement of various elements that surround us,...

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just do it

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There Will Be Blood - Surveying Scene

The Surveying Scene from There will be Blood 2007

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Fundamentals of Surveying (Playlist 17 Video Tutorials)

    1 27:05 Now playing       Lecture 1: Distance Measurement CKV • 11K views • 1 year ago             2 40:01 Now...

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Miller High Life surveyors 1979 TV commercial

A 1979 television ad for Miller High Life showing how surveyors unwind after a busy day.

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Introduction to lesson materials and elements of right triangles.

Introduction to materials needed and introduction to the basic elements of any right triangle. Discussion on the Hewlett Packard HP 35s, HP 33s and introduction to the free downloadable app called "Free 42s" This is a great calculator for trigonometry for...

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Convert scanned PDF and Image into DWG

Get full-length AutoCAD courses from SourceCAD with one Subscription here https://sourcecad.com/autocad-courses/In this video, I have explained step by step ...

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Measuring a horizontal angle and a horizontal distance using Total Stations (Double Face method)

This video elaborates, one of the essential operations of Closed linked and Closed loop traverses. It explains...

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GNSS Receivers - Dual-frequency versus Multi Constellations

I currently use a Topcon GRS-1 which is Dual-frequency but, as it is older, only supports GPS and Glonass.Would a newer Single-frequency receiver that supports GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galilleo and SBAS give me better results in the UK?eg:...

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Leica Suction Fit stub machining result ( with Wim Janssen van Doorn in mind)

As a true Land Surveying / Setting Out engineer I tend to create (Design in CAD and 3D Print &...

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Plat Error

The distance of the closing course of plat S-142 (Search Official Records - Phil Diamond - Orange County Comptroller (occompt.com)), which is 900.48', is not the sum of the individual courses. I get a sum of 786.88'. What do you get?

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Surveyor Bookmarklets For On-The-Fly Posts to Community From Anywhere

Let's work smarter, not harder. How many of you have ever used  a bookmarklet? How can a Bookmarklet Be Helpful to a Land Surveyor? A...

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50 years back

Demonstrating Geodimeter and telurometer 

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Will the Phantom 4 RTK be Remote ID Compliant?

The Phantom 4 RTK has been the workhorse drone for thousands of surveyors across the...

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Use The New Resume Generator for Land Surveyors to Find a Job

Check out the new Resume / CV Generator Tool for Land Surveyors to find a job in Surveying.     Editing Your CV Resume This is a sample resume set...

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Land Surveyor Sound Off App is the Prelude to Savvy Surveyors Show

A new and different kind of App for those who would like something like a podcast authored by your fellow land surveyors.  Let's try something cool and new that no one has ever tried! We are experimenting with a new type of app...

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Survey Equipment Support App helps Surveyors Target Advice

Land Surveyors United Member around the world use a variety of advanced equipment built by various manufacturers.  One of the most difficult problems with surveying equipment is finding support when you need it. Therefore a Land Surveyor's best technical support is...

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Introducing "Smarketplace" Our Virtual Mall for Land Surveyors

  I'm excited to introduce to you something I've been working on since before COVID-19 started - something truely special and unique, just for Land Surveyors United...

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GIS Surveyor App for Surveyors and GIS Professionals

Polosoft technologies, a growing company in the field of GIS web and mobile application development with a highly experienced team. Recently, we have developed an android survey application (GIS Surveyor) for surveyors and GIS...

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Toolkit for Surveying Businesses

The Toolkit for Land Surveying Businesses This toolkit is a quick access to...

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Double Corner (RLS, PLS, RPLS, PLSS)

Normally the two sets of corners along a standard parallel; the standard township, section, and quarter-section corners placed at regular intervals of measurement; additionally, the closing corners established on...

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Geomatics

Geomatics is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as the "discipline concerned with the collection, distribution, storage, analysis, processing, presentation of geographic data or geographic information". Under another...

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Site Planning Survey

A site planning survey is a type of land surveying required by local governing jurisdictions for building permit applications. It is used to plan...

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Y Terms in Surveying

Y – The latitude or distance along the north-south axis in a coordinate system.

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Drone Aerial Mapping

Land surveyors have always produced drawings that show the property as if you were looking at it from above the earth. This shows property lines, outline of buildings, fences, encroachments, and distances and directions of the property...

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A Fun and Detailed Guide to GPS Land Surveying: Revolutionizing the Way We Map the World

  Land surveying is a profession that has stood the test of time, dating back to ancient civilizations like Egypt, where early surveyors used rope and basic geometry to map out land boundaries. Over the centuries, the technology and techniques used for land...

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FSMS 70th Annual Conference

Jul 30, 2025 at 10:00am to Jul 31, 2025 at 10:00amLocation: 5001 Coconut Rd, Bonita Springs, FL 34134Created by: Justin Farrow...

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Mapping Monday: Popple's Map of the British Empire in America

The Relationship of Land Surveying and Mapping to Popple’s A Map of the British Empire in America (1733) I. Introduction Overview of Popple’s A Map of the British Empire in America (1733) Henry Popple’s A Map of the British...

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Wisdom Wednesday: Week in History

How Land Surveying Shaped the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Geopolitical Game-Changer I. Introduction The...

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Wisdom Wednesday - This Week in History: The Partitioning of Korea

I.  Introduction Overview of U.S. and Soviet Occupations of Korea The division of Korea following World...

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Tools For Tuesday: The Level Rod

I. Introduction to Level Rods Definition and Purpose of Level Rods A level rod, also known as a leveling rod or staff, is one of the simplest yet most essential tools in the surveyor's toolkit. It serves a very specific and crucial purpose—measuring...

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Topic Thunder Thursday - Topographic Surveys

I. Introduction to Topographic Surveys Definition and Purpose Topographic surveys are an essential component of land surveying, focusing on the measurement and mapping of both the elevation and features of land. These surveys go...

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Topic Thunder Thursday: Green Surveying

I. Green Surveying - Bridging Bioengineering with...

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