What is Land Surveying?
Land surveying is both a science and an art, dedicated to establishing and reestablishing property boundaries and corners through the careful use of recorded documents, historical evidence, and current professional standards.
Beyond boundary determination, land surveying encompasses a wide range of related services, including subdivision planning and design, drafting legal descriptions, mapping, construction layout, and performing precise measurements of angles, distances, elevations, areas, and volumes.
The Services We Provide:
♦ Boundary Surveys
♦ Subdivisions
♦ Topographic Surveys
♦ Geodetic and Photogrammetric control
♦ Highway & ROW Surveys
♦ Computer-Aided Drafting and Design
The Survey Process: What to Expect
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When you hire us, we follow a proven step-by-step process to ensure accuracy and clarity. It begins with research into your deed and adjoining properties, continues with on-site measurements and fieldwork, and concludes with a certified survey map showing your property boundaries, improvements, and any easements. Each step is required to protect your investment and give you confidence in your property lines.
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Step 1: Request an Estimate
You begin by asking for a cost estimate. This helps set expectations and ensures the survey is tailored to your needs.
Step 2: Preliminary Research
We gather key documents such as your deed, tax maps, and information about neighboring properties. This research lays the foundation for accurate boundary work.
Step 3: Site Visit
When appropriate, we visit the property to understand its conditions firsthand.
Step 4: Cost Estimate and Proposal Preparation
Using the research and your goals, we prepare a proposal outlining the steps required and costs.
Step 5: Authorization
Once you approve the estimate, sign and return the proposal, we schedule your project.
Step 6: In‑Depth Research
We dig deeper into title reports, adjoining deeds, filed maps, and highway records to uncover easements, rights of way, and historical boundary evidence.
Step 7: Research Sketch
All findings are assembled into a working sketch, noting monuments, distances, and other boundary clues.
Step 8: Field Reconnaissance and Survey
We walk the property and adjoining lands, looking for and locating physical evidence of boundaries such as markers, fences, or walls.
Step 9: Field Notes & Plotting
Measurements and observations are computed and plotted into working sketches.
Step 10: Boundary Computation
Using both research and field evidence, we calculate the precise location of your property lines.
Step 11: Final Survey Map
We prepare a professional map showing:
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Property improvements
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Any discrepancies between record boundaries and occupation
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Easements or encroachments
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Notes to aid interpretation
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Certifications if required
Step 12: Quality Check
The map is reviewed for accuracy, clarity, and completeness.
Step 13: Sign & Seal
Certified copies are signed and sealed.
Step 14: New Descriptions
If needed, new legal descriptions of the property are drafted.
Step 15: Boundary Markers
Physical markers are set where appropriate, giving you visible confirmation of your property limits.