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Land surveying is the science and technique of measuring distances, angles, and elevations on the Earth's surface to determine land boundaries, topography, and property lines. It involves the use of specialized equipment and methods to create accurate maps and legal descriptions for land use and development.
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Land surveying is the science and technique of measuring distances, angles, and elevations on the Earth's surface to determine land boundaries, topography, and property lines. It involves the use of specialized equipment and methods to create accurate maps and legal descriptions for land use and development.

Key research themes

1. How are modern remote sensing technologies enhancing accuracy and efficiency in land surveying?

This theme investigates the integration of cutting-edge technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), terrestrial and mobile laser scanning (TLS and MLS), photogrammetry, and GIS into land surveying practices to improve data precision, speed, cost-effectiveness, and applicability in diverse contexts. Understanding these technological advances is critical due to the traditional challenges of surveying—such as accessibility, environmental constraints, and the need for detailed spatial data—which limit conventional methods. The research collectively focuses on practical implementation, comparative accuracy assessments, and workflow optimizations.

Key finding: This study developed and tested a UAV-based method tailored to customary land parcel mapping in rural Namibia, demonstrating that UAV imagery can overcome many limitations of traditional ground surveys by offering faster,... Read more
Key finding: The paper comparatively evaluated mobile (Leica BLK2GO) and static terrestrial laser scanning (Focus 3D S120) technologies in the specific context of garden surveying, concluding that mobile laser scanning augmented with SLAM... Read more
Key finding: This paper demonstrated that budget UAV systems, combined with GIS spatial analysis and Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry, provide a practical and affordable alternative to conventional topogeodetic methods for... Read more
Key finding: The authors proposed an innovative application of photogrammetry and GIS methods within digitally constructed human-occupied virtual landscapes, extending archaeological surveying techniques beyond physical terrains. This... Read more
Key finding: This comparative study assessed elevation accuracies of forest road data derived from aerial imaging, airborne laser scanning (ALS), and mobile laser scanning (MLS), finding superior precision on asphalt surfaces with MLS... Read more

2. What are the key risk factors affecting the time and accuracy in land surveying projects, and how can they be managed?

This area of research focuses on identifying and analyzing risk factors that influence land surveying project performance, particularly with respect to timely delivery and measurement accuracy. The investigation covers technological, environmental, managerial, and human factors, quantifying their impacts and proposing a classification of their responsibilities. This theme is significant because land surveying underpins critical civil engineering projects, and risks that compromise accuracy or cause delays may lead to costly and unsafe outcomes.

Key finding: This study identified forty-three specific risk factors impacting the time and accuracy of land surveying projects, grouped under reconnaissance, planning, data collection, and data adjustment activities. Key high-threat... Read more

3. How do land administration systems influence sustainable land management and development?

Research under this theme explores the theoretical and practical frameworks of land administration systems (LAS) in codifying land rights, restrictions, and responsibilities to support sustainable development. The focus is on legal property rights, socio-economic dimensions, environmental stewardship, and governance structures worldwide. The theme is critical because land tenure security and administration underpin economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability, yet systems vary considerably across juridical and cultural contexts.

Key finding: This paper articulates that coherent land administration systems form the foundation for sustainable development by formalizing rights, restrictions, and responsibilities related to land use. Emphasizing the distinctions... Read more

All papers in Land Surveying

Since the introduction of the common law system, precedent case law has been a core element of its existence. Due to the high number of boundary surveys conducted as part of boundary disputes during the past number of years, research of... more
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S tem prispevkom dopolnjujem v zaokroženo celoto članek z naslovom Zgodovina topografskih izmer habsburške monarhije, ki je bil od decembra lani do februarja letos objavljen po delih v treh zaporednih številkah revije Življenje in... more
In most of Nigeria's rural communities, land holdings are small and uneven; and this impacts significantly on their mechanisation potentials. This fragmented nature of the farmlands also inhibits the creation of an effective land market.... more
Compte rendu par Eric Fabre (université de Provence - IUT de Digne)
"Just as Grant Wood portrayed Parson Weems pulling the curtain back on the life of George Washington, we shall illuminate Washington's mathematical education. We are blessed with 179 pages of handwritten manuscript in Washington's... more
Regression analysis is probably one of the most used statistical techniques in engineering applications. Further, least square technique is often which that is used for such regression analysis. While LS computations can be carried out... more
Abstract. In most of Nigeria’s rural communities, land holdings are small and uneven; and this impacts significantly on their mechanisation potentials. This fragmented nature of the farmlands also inhibits the creation of an effective... more
In the Middle Ages, the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge in the operations of field measurement is difficult to apprehend. The article examines on the one hand the evolution of the geometry since the first... more
This diploma thesis presents the comparison of two approaches to performing measurements carried out with the instruments LEICA GEOSYSTEMS TC2003 and LEICA GEOSYSTEMS TCRP1201 R300. The measurements were performed manually and by using... more
CV. BAGJA NIAGA TEKNIK (BNT BANDUNG) Service & Supplier Surveying Instrument Kami merupakan Supplier alat teknik/alat survey/alat topografi maupun alat laboratorium, baik dalam kondisi bekas maupun kondisi baru berupa Total Station,... more
Se stále rychlejším rozvojem moderních technologií na poli terénní geodézie se zvětšuje i možnost jejich používání pro účely archeo logie. V posledních letech navíc dochází i k větší a větší dostupnosti celé řady různých geodetických... more
Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) are reference stations of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), providing fundamental positioning infrastructure that is accurate and reliable. As such, CORS are designed to meet... more
This research is one method that might be used to accelerate land registration as referred to in Article 19 of the UUPA which currently only reaches ± 44,227,462 land parcels from ± 108,422,172 land parcels in the entire territory of the... more
Recommender systems have grown to be a critical research subject after the emergence of the first paper on collaborative filtering in the Nineties. Despite the fact that educational studies on recommender systems, has extended extensively... more
States vegvesen region midt har ansvaret for regionens kulturminner i forbindelse med vegnettet. Dette omfatter blant annet steinhvelvsbruer fra 1800-tallet og gamle vegfar som denne tilstandsanalysen tar for seg. Denne rapporten forsøker... more
satellites service that provides universal access to position, velocity and time information. Nowadays, GPS has emerged as a universal cornerstone for much of our technological infrastructures. However, the GPS signals can be corrupted,... more
Some important factors of brand loyalty that influences the customers significantly to get loyal towards local products are; name of the brand, quality of product, price, promotion, service quality and environment.
There is a great demand for accurate and high-resolution seafloor topography (bathymetry) data. However, at present availability of such data remains spatially incomplete and limited. Bathymetry in shallow water areas is challenging for... more
In this note, we present the technical procedures for the execution of co-owned subdivisions in Tunisia. We give all the details concerning the work in the office as well as those in the field.
Land surveyor Wallis Frederick Hime was one of the founders of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya and the land survey profession in Kenya. In this talk he delves into his experiences in land surveying before and after Kenya's... more
While doing my graduate LIDAR research we were often tasked with writing user guides for the equipment that we purchased to help others know how to use it. Jonathan Murphy and I teamed up to create a user guide for the Leica Total... more
Cite as follows: Hetherington, Kregg. 2016. "Surveying the Future Perfect: Anthropology, Development and the Promise of Infrastructure." In Infrastructures and Social Complexity: A Companion. P. Harvey, C.B. Jensen, and A. Morita, eds.... more
The 20 m SPOT DEM (Digital Elevation Model) was acquired by the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGoF) in Nigeria for use in topographic mapping. A localized assessment of the DEM is needed to validate its stated... more
CV. BAGJA NIAGA TEKNIK (BNT BANDUNG) Service & Supplier Surveying Instrument Kami merupakan Supplier alat teknik/alat survey/alat topografi maupun alat laboratorium, baik dalam kondisi bekas maupun kondisi baru berupa Total Station,... more
The main objective of this research paper is to present a deep and specified presentation on plane table surveying. What, how and where is plane table surveying used is explained in detail. A comprehensive introduction followed by... more
Dans la longue histoire cadastrale du Languedoc, qui renaît probablement à la fin du XIIe siècle et se révèle aux historiens au début du XIIIe, les années 1520-1560 marquent un tournant décisif quant à la manière d’élaborer ces compoix.... more
For nearly a century there is an ongoing debate about, have the ancient Egyptians known any case of the Pythagorean Theorem and that the triangle 3-4-5 is right-angled? According to the opinions of most scholars, there is no written... more
This thesis investigates the three-dimensional (3D) coordinate transformation from a global geocentric coordinate system to a national terrestrial coordinate system. Numerical studies are carried out using the Swedish geodetic data SWEREF... more
-Cet article donne un aperçu général sur les systèmes et les types de cadastres existants à travers le monde et plus particulièrement sur le cadastre marocain. -Il porte, également, sur les aspects du cadastre marocain qui nécessitent... more
Control Surveying is the determination of the precise position of a series of stations distributed over an area to serve as the origin or reference to be used for checking of subsequent surveys to be used in engineering projects like... more
Regression analysis is probably one of the most used statistical techniques in engineering applications. Further, least square technique is often which that is used for such regression analysis. While LS computations can be carried out... more
Presentation of the results of the survey of geodetic data on the Polish state border. Serious inaccuracies in public data concerning the course of the state border have been discovered. This results in differences of several dozen... more
Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) are reference stations of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), providing fundamental positioning infrastructure that is accurate and reliable. As such, CORS are designed to meet... more
This paper presents the current status of land information management system in Uganda, the different problems faced with the system and the practical solutions to the problems. Land is the basic element of development and more especially... more
Indonesia is one of much country have a rich natural resources. Be it marine or natural resources. One of natural resources in the land natural resources in from of Forest Ecosystems. Forest ecosystems can to employed for tourism based... more
Georg Öder der Jüngere (II.) und dessen gleichnamiger Sohn verkörperten im ausgehenden 16. Jahrhundert als kurfürstliche Markscheider das amtliche Vermessungswesen Sachsens. Georg Öder II. erscheint im Zusammenhang mit seinen Vermessungen... more
 To learn to apply a system approach to a plan, execute and manage a survey given specification as a group  To learn and undertake site measurements and calculations using proper equations  To learn how to analyze data with respect to... more
Contrastive analysis of English and Polish surveying terminology examines how surveying terms and concepts differ in English and Polish. The purpose of the book is three-fold: (1) to investigate how surveying terms are created and how... more
Over the Eastern Mediterranean Coast, a historical centre, well known as the port of the Phoenicians, stands facing the sea where ships sail across the blue horizon. There lie the oldest historical monuments of Sidon that remain... more
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Petunjuk Teknis Pengukuran Kerangka Dasar Vertikal pada Kemah Kerja Geodesi ITB 2014
The book adopts a classical pedagogical approach by providing a vivid insight into the theory of surveying and its application through solving typical problems in the field of surveying. It aims at helping the students understand... more
The use of Global Positioning System (GPS) in cadastral surveying has ignited much interest over the past decades. To take advantage of the rapid expansion of the GPS technology in both developed and developing countries, cadastral... more
Isu pertikaian tanda sempadan diantara dua hakmilik telah berlaku sejak 1990-an. Ini disebabkan oleh perkembangan teknologi moden yang digunakan bagi pengukuran tanah pada masa ini. Walaubagaimanapun, dengan penggunaan teknologi ini dapat... more
The history of Tauric Chersonesus, a colony of Heraclea Pontica, established on the coast of the Gerakleiskii Peninsula, lasted for two thousand years, from the fifth century BC to the fifteenth century AD. During this period, many... more
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