Types of Land Surveys

Land surveyors are involved in the task of measuring the boundaries of the land, making maps, creations of legal description about the land they even plan for the development of the land. This article deals with the different types of the land surveys present in the market that can help you determining the boundaries of your land.

Boundary survey

The survey which reveals the corners of the property and the property lines of a piece of a land is referred to as a boundary survey. They are usually undertaken to obtain the building permits, to settle the disputes related to the property and for the purpose of erecting the fences. This survey is considered to be the basic survey to be undertaken in the initial stages of the property.

Cadastral survey

Cadastral survey is the name referred for the original survey, resurvey of the lands belonging to the public under the Public land survey system for the purpose of the re-establishment of the property lines.

Construction Survey

The survey which is being undertaken at the time of the construction in order to have control over the elevation, the dimensions of the place are referred to as construction survey. In short this kind of survey is undertaken during the construction of the land.

Control Survey

Control survey facilitates information on the horizontal and the vertical points that determine the boundaries of the place. Further the output facilitated by this survey helps in the aerial view of the photographs.

Court Exhibit or Judicial Survey

This survey is useful in court room for the purpose of registration. This survey involves the analysis of the various legal descriptions and maps; it also involves the cross checking of the different fields located in the description and the actual, the monuments and the physical aspects of the place and all this information has to be presented in a visual exhibit so that it could be used in the court room with ease. This survey is referred with different names in different areas like in some areas it is referred as Torrens or judicial land marks (JLM’s) or Judicial Monument (JM’s) or Judicial Marker.

Elevation or Floodplain Survey

This survey is conducted to estimate the altitude of the various sections of the building or the land. The results derived from this survey are often used in building plans and it also helps in determining whether the property is in flood zone or not.

Geodetic Survey

This survey takes in consideration the curvature of the earth and other astronomic observations for the determination of the boundaries.

Hydrographic and Underwater Surveys

These surveys collect data on the water bodies, they provide details regarding depth of water, the contours, the direction and the velocity of the current, the place where the immovable objects are located in the under waters.

Lot split survey

These surveys are needed when a piece of land has to be divided in two or three pieces.