Survey Terminology

This is used to by surveyors for a fixed point of reference having a known elevation above or below a particular datum.

• A survey mark

• A reference tag

• A benchmark

• A P.O.R

_______________________ surveying deals with areas of limited extent and its assumed that the earths surface is a plane and therefore no corrections necessary for the earths curvature.

• Plane

• Geodetic

• Topographic

• G.P.S

__________________________ surveying is concerned with determining the size and shape of the earth. This type would be used to survey large areas like a state or a county.

• G.P.S

• Topographic

• Geodetic

• Plane

__________________________ surveys are concerned with measurement and mapping of the physical features of the earth.These features are all natural and manmade features.

• G.P.S

• Plane

• Geodetic

• Topographic

What are the two functions of surveying ?

• To determine the existing relative horizontal and vertical positions and to establish marks to control construction or to indicate land boundaries.

• To determine longitude and latitude and the relative elevation.

• To determine the shape of a piece of land and how its elevation changes across the landscape.

• To determine the landscape of the land and how many acres are in the section being surveyed.

What is the definition of surveying?

• To draw a shape to interpret what the piece of land being surveyed looks like.

• It is a means of making accurate measurements of the earths surface.

• To calculate the amount of material contained in a parcel of land.

• To calculate the types of minerals located on a parcel of land.

What type of survey is depicted in the picture ?

• Topographic

• Geodetic

• Plane

• Dimensional

What piece of surveying equipment is shown in the picture ?

• Reciever

• Rotating laser assembly

• Reciever clamp

• Stationary laser

What piece of surveying equipment is shown in the picture ?

• Rotating laser detector

• Stationary reciever

• Battery pack

• Level indicator

What piece of surveying equipment is shown in the picture ?

• Measure rule

• Metric rod

• Engineers rod

• Measure rod