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Z Terms
ZONE – The unit of division in State Plane Coordinate Systems created where state boundaries extend beyond limits imposed in the design of the projection system. Where the scale error between a geodetic distance and its grid representation ex
W Terms
W (Land Status Records) – West.
WA – Washington.
WAA (Land Status Records) – War Assets Administration.
WAR DEPT (Land Status Records) – War Department.
WASH. – Washington. Se
V Terms
V (Land Status Records) – Village.
VA – Virginia. See Virginia Land Surveyors
VAR INT (Land Status Records) – Variable Interest.
VAR. – Variation.
VIZ – A contraction for vide
U Terms
UA (Land Status Records) – Unit Agreement.
UINTAH SPEC MER (Land Status Records) – Uintah Special Meridian.
UNAPPROP (Land Status Records) – Unappropriated.
UNDET (Land Status Records) – Un
T Terms
T (Land Status Records) – Township.
TA (Land Status Records) – Tentative Approval.
TALL MER (Land Status Records) – Tallahasee Meridian.
TC (Land Status Records) – Timber culture.
S Terms
S (Land Status Records) – South.
SAH (Land Status Records) – Soldier’s Additional Homestead.
SB MER (Land Status Records) – San Bernardino Meridian.
SC – South Carolina.
SCS (Land Status Rec
R Terms
R (Land Status Records) – Range.
RB (Land Status Records) – River Basin.
RCPL (Land Status Records) - Reciprocal.
RD (Land Status Records) – Road.
RDS (Land Status Records) – R
Q Terms
QCD (Land Status Records) – Quitclaim deed.
QS (Land Status Records) – Quicksilver.
QUADRANGLE MAP – A map of a four sided figure bounded by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. See
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O Terms
O – Ohio.
O (Land Status Records) – Order.
OAS – Office of Aircraft Services.
OCS – Outer Continental Shelf.
O&C (Land Status Records) – Oregon and California (revested lands).
N Terms
N (Land Status Records) – North.
NA (Land Status Records) – Native Allotment.
NAV MER (Land Status Records) – Navajo Merdian.
NB – Nebraska.
NC – North Carolina.
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M Terms
M – Mile, as marked on monuments and/or accessories .
m – M eter.
MA – Massachusett s.
MAT S (Land Status Records) – Material site.
M&B (Land Status Records) – Metes and Bounds.
L Terms
LA. – Louisiana.
LA MER (Land Status Records) – Louisiana Meridian.
LAT (Land Status Records) – Latitude.
LCR – Lower Colorado River.
LD (Land Status Records) - Interior Land
K Terms
KAN – Kansas. See Kansas Land Surveyors
KCLA (Land Status Records) – Known Coal Leasing Area.
KGRA (Land Status Records) – Known Geothermal Resource Area.
KGS (Land Status Records) – Kno
J Terms
JURIS (Land Status Records) – Jurisdiction.
JACOB’S STAFF – A single staff or pole used for mounting a surveyor’s compass or other instrument. Used instead of
a tripod, a Jacob’s staff is fitted with
I Terms
IA – Iowa. See Iowa Land Surveyors
IA (Land Status Records) – Indian Allotment.
IAS – Indian Allotment Survey.
IBID. – An abbreviation for “ibidem,” a Latin term meaning “in the same pla
H Terms
HB – Handbook. If in a citation, it means “House Bill.”
HDQ S (Land Status Records) – Headquarters Site.
HDS (Land Status Records) – Homestead declaratory statement.
HE (Land Status Records)
F Terms
F.2d – In a citation, as 22 F.2d 100, means Federal Reporter, Second Series.
FAA (Land Status Records) – Federal Aviation Administration.
FBX MER (Land Status Records ) – Fairbanks Meridian.
F
E Terms
E (Land Status Records) – East.
EC STATION – 1) Extended control station*. 2) Electronic control station.
EDM – Electronic Distance Measurement.
EDP – Electronic Data Processing.
D Terms
D (Land Status Records) – Director.
DC – District of Columbia.
DC (Land Status Records) – Donation claim. See DONATION LAND CLAIM.
D/C (Land Status Records) – Ditches and/or Canal.
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Tools Used in Surveying
Instruments used in surveying include:
- Alidade
- Alidade table
- Cosmolabe
- Dioptra
- Dumpy level
- Engineer's chain
- Graphometer
- Groma (surveying)
- Laser scanning
- Level staff
- Measuring tape
- Plane table
- Pole (surveying)
- Prism (surveying) (corner cube retroreflector)
- Prismatic compass (angle measurement)
- Ramsden surveying instruments
- Ranging rod
- Surveyor's chain
- Tachymeter (surveying)
- Tape (surveying)
- Theodolite
- Half theodolite
- Plain theodolite
- Simple theodolite
- Great theodolite
- Non-transit theodolite
- Transit theodolite
- Seconds theodolite
- Electronic theodolite
- Mining theodolite
- Suspension theodolite
- Traveling theodolite
- Pibal theodolite
- Registering theodolite
- Gyro-theodolite
- Construction theodolite
- Photo-theodolite
- Robotic theodolite
- Vernier theodolite
- Total station
- Transit (surveying)
- Tripod (surveying)
- Universal instrument (surveying)
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