Surveying has been around for a very long time. It is known as the second oldest profession and men have been practicing it since early 3000 BC. It was used in ancient Egypt when they built the pyramids, and was used by the Roman Empire to establish tax registers of conquered lands. Surveying requires a skill in mathematics and was one of the first...

Land surveying instruments have a long history. Since the concept of boundaries came into existence, then the pyramids of Egypt, when buildings reached massive proportions, land surveying instruments played a critical role in the location and construction of virtually every plot of land was divided, and every building erected ever since. American history...

The technique widely known as land surveying has been in use for centuries and is known as the second oldest profession humanity has ever conceived. Because humans always had the need to know exactly where they were located and accurately determine their position in the planet, surveying was created back in ancient Egypt with the use of rope extensions...

Surveyors tools are basically any device that doesn’t necessarily require a specialized skill set to use. A total station is a very sophisticated device that takes extensive training and knowledge to operate with the degree of precision required to meet the standards expected by either legal restrictions and regulations, the client, or both. Given...

A professional land surveyors kit is easy to find on the internet. If you have to buy one yourself, you want to know what to look for. You may be lucky and be supplied with one from your employer. If you are not in that lucky category however, read on to learn how to find a professional land surveyors kit. If you are a beginner, you want a beginners...

The work of the land surveyor is to gather data in the field, using precise measurement instruments, to ultimately produce a graphic and legal description of property. This information is gathered, mapped, recorded and then, re-gathered, re-mapped and rerecorded as the ownership of, characteristics of and laws governing land ownership and management...

For centuries upon centuries, mankind has been employing various techniques to survey the land around them. Even as far back as the building of the pyramids in Ancient Egypt, people have been using varied and archaic means of surveying the land. Land surveying has been done in many different ways over the decades and some of the oldest means of measuring...