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hello everyone, just curious about how around the world the name Land Surveyor changes

Posted by omar lozada on August 17, 2010 at 5:29pm in LSU Features and Q&A
What other names are there for Land Surveyors around the world? For example in Spain, Europe, Japan, etc..
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  • Dean Raynes February 23, 2012 at 8:20pm

    I went to Brazil a few etoryears back and they have no name for land surveyor.

  • Tim K. February 19, 2012 at 4:29pm

    German: Vermessungsingenieur

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      faiz > Tim K. December 25, 2017 at 4:05am

      vermessungsingenieur... wow.. how to pronounce that

  • Stijn Busschaert February 19, 2012 at 12:46pm

    Dutch= landmeter or topograaf

  • ALFRED LOW November 25, 2010 at 7:16pm
    Malaysia=jurukur tanah
  • Arnold November 17, 2010 at 2:30pm
    Estonia=maamõõtja
  • Alexander Skripkin September 17, 2010 at 4:46pm
    Russia=геодезист [geodezist]
    • Duminda A Weheragoda > Alexander Skripkin September 23, 2010 at 9:11am
      Sri Lankan= minindoruwa (මිනින්දෝරුවා)
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    Jaybird August 17, 2010 at 5:42pm
    here are some other translations of the word "land surveyor"

    Finnish=maa maanmittari
    Portuguese=agrimensor
    Polish=geodetę
    Greek=τοπογράφου
    Spanish=agrimensor
    Italian=agrimensore
    japanese=測量士
    Chinese=土地测量师
    Italian=landmeter
    Korean=측량사
    Danish=landinspektoer
    Yiddish=ערד ערדמעסטער
    Arabic=مساح الأراضي
    • António Lopes dos Santos > Jaybird February 22, 2012 at 2:41pm

      Allo

      In Portuguese we say "Topógrafo or Geómetra" The word "agrimensor" its a Luso-Brasilien Word.

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