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P Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā - Property Line.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā PAĀ ā Pennsylvania.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā PAR (Land Status Records)Ā ā Parcel.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā PART (Land Status Records ) ā Partially.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā PAT (Land Status Records)Ā ā Patent.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā PCĀ ā Poin
D Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā D (Land Status Records)Ā ā Director.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā DCĀ ā District of Columbia.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā DC (Land Status Records)Ā ā Donation claim. See DONATION LAND CLAIM.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā D/C (Land Status Records)Ā ā Ditches and/or Canal.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
When a land surveyor locates and establishes points between two survey stations, that act is called ranging. There are two conventional methods of ranging: the direct method and the indirect method.
Direct Ranging Method
This is applicable to situation
A site planning survey is a type of land surveying required by local governing jurisdictions for building permit applications. It is used to plan developments and propose improvements of a site before construction starts. More specifically, a site pl
B Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā BAL (Land Status Records)Ā ā Balance.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā BDY; BDRS (Land Status Records)Ā ā Boundary, Boundaries.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā BEN (Land Status Records)Ā ā Bentonite.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā BH MER (Land Status Records)Ā ā Black Hills Meridian.
Ā
In 2015, I performed an ALTA survey on +/-150 Acres of land.Ā Recently, I dicovered an error which requires a 6' shift on a portion of the boundary.
What is the proper procedure to correct this?
E Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā E (Land Status Records)Ā ā East.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā EC STATIONĀ Ā ā 1) Extended control station*. 2) Electronic control station.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā EDMĀ ā Electronic Distance Measurement.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā EDPĀ ā Electronic Data Processing.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
F Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā F.2d āĀ In a citation, as 22 F.2d 100, means Federal Reporter, Second Series.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā FAA (Land Status Records)Ā ā Federal Aviation Administration.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā FBX MER (Land Status Records ) ā Fairbanks Meridian.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā F
T Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā T (Land Status Records)Ā ā Township.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā TA (Land Status Records)Ā ā Tentative Approval.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā TALL MER (Land Status Records)Ā ā Tallahasee Meridian.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā TC (Land Status Records)Ā ā Timber culture.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
M Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā M āĀ Mile, as marked on monuments and/or accessories .
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā m ā M eter.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā MA āĀ Massachusett s.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā MAT S (Land Status Records)Ā ā Material site.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā M&B (Land Status Records)Ā ā Metes and Bounds.
R Terms
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā R (Land Status Records)Ā ā Range.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā RB (Land Status Records)Ā ā River Basin.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā RCPL (Land Status Records)Ā - Reciprocal.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā RD (Land Status Records)Ā ā Road.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā RDS (Land Status Records)Ā ā R
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Tools Used in Surveying
Instruments used in surveying include:
- Alidade
- Alidadeā table
- Cosmolabe
- Dioptra
- Dumpyā level
- Engineer'sā chain
- Graphometer
- Gromaā (surveying)
- Laserā scanning
- Levelā staff
- Measuringā tape
- Planeā table
- Poleā (surveying)
- Prismā (surveying) (corner cube retroreflector)
- Prismaticā compass (angle measurement)
- Ramsdenā surveyingā instruments
- Rangingā rod
- Surveyor'sā chain
- Tachymeterā (surveying)
- Tapeā (surveying)
- Theodolite
- Halfā theodolite
- Plainā theodolite
- Simpleā theodolite
- Greatā theodolite
- Non-transitā theodolite
- Transitā theodolite
- Secondsā theodolite
- Electronicā theodolite
- Miningā theodolite
- Suspensionā theodolite
- Travelingā theodolite
- Pibalā theodolite
- Registeringā theodolite
- Gyro-theodolite
- Constructionā theodolite
- Photo-theodolite
- Roboticā theodolite
- Vernierā theodolite
- Totalā station
- Transitā (surveying)
- Tripodā (surveying)
- Universalā instrumentā (surveying)
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