The process of surveying land uses a series of precision instruments to measure features such as distance, area and elevation. All of these measurements are important to determine what a parcel of ...

Before the introduction of small UAVs for aerial photogrammetry, planes, helicopters and metric cameras were used. Not only was this costly, it was also complex due to the images being taken from high ...

Introduction Traditional land surveying has supported industries like construction, mining, and infrastructure for decades, ...

As the land surveying profession evolves to meet the changing needs of a high-tech world, advances in data collection and computing power support increasing demand for comprehensive geographic ...

Virtual Surveyor has significantly reorganized its smart drone surveying software plans with the addition of the Productivity Tools suite to the Ridge plan. Previously available only in the ...

The USDA-NRCS has created the Web Soil Survey (WSS) as a clearance house for soil survey data from the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). Currently, there are data available for almost all ...

A World Bank study finds that tablet-based tools can measure farmland almost as accurately as GPS devices, though they tend ...

Mine surveying has a long history of having an integral role in the development of mining operations. Its application is essential prior to the breaking of ground and the commencement of mining ...

The joint committee of the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors released its regular five-year update of survey standards, effective as of February 23, ...

Accurate and scalable methods for land area measurement are essential for estimating key agricultural indicators, such as crop yields, as well as understanding agricultural relationships. A ...