Land Survey

LAND SURVEYS (sometimes called cadastral or property surveys) are conducted to establish the exact location, boundaries, or subdivision of a tract of land in any specified area. This type of survey requires professional registration in all states. Presently, land surveys generally consist of the following chores:

• Establishing markers or monuments to define and thereby preserve the boundaries of land belonging to a private concern, a corporation, or the government
• Rerunning old land survey lines to deter- mine their lengths and directions. As a result of the high cost of land, old lines are remeasured to get more precise measurements
• Calculating areas, distances, and directions and preparing the land map to portray the survey data so that it can be used as a permanent record.
• Writing a technical description for deeds.