The process of surveying land uses a series of precision instruments ... Surveying charts include site outlines and maps that surveyors use to record data and express it visually for clients.

For those of you rushing to the comment section after reading the title to tell [Ben Dauphinee] that his DIY land surveying efforts ... position can be placed on a map to within a couple of ...

a site survey will account for factors such as soil type, utility locations, vegetation and adjacent land usage affecting the potential construction site. Background details such as zoning maps ...

Land surveying is an ancient practice, dating back at least 5,000 years to when Egyptian rulers used it to tax land plots. Over the centuries, it has been repeatedly transformed by new technologies — ...