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SURVEYING
LESSON 3
 WHAT ARE THE
CLASSIFICATION OF
SURVEYS?
1. Plane Survey
Surveys that cover so small a part of the earth’s
surface that its curvature need not to be taken
into account.
2. Geodetic Survey
Surveys in which the earth’s curvature must be
taken into account.

3. Cadastral Survey
Surveys which are made for determining and
defining land boundaries and areas. They are also
used for locating and identifying property lines.
4. Relocation Survey
A survey to established the boundaries of a
parcel using its legal description which typically
involves the setting or restoration of monuments
or markers at the corners or along the lines of the
parcel often in the form of iron rods, pipes or
concrete monuments in the ground or nails set in
concrete or asphalt. In the past wooden post,
blazes in trees, piled stone corners or other types
of monuments have also been used.
5. Topographic Survey
Are those made for determining the shape of the
ground and the location of both natural and artificial
features upon it.

6. Engineering Surveys
a. Route Survey
They comprise survey of linear construction such
as railroads, highways, canals, transmission lines
including the layout of lines and grades for these
projects.
b. As-Built Survey
A survey conducted several times during
construction project to verify. This usually
entails a complete survey of the site to confirm
that the structures, utilities and roadways
proposed were built in the proper locations
authorized in the plot plan or site plan.
c. Construction Survey
known as layout or setting out survey. It is a
process of establishing, marking the position
and detailed layout of new structures such as
roads or buildings for subsequent construction.
7. Underground surveys
Consists of surveys for locating the workings
below the earth’s surface as in mines, tunnels
and aqueducts.
8. Aerial Surveys
Utilize photographs taken from an airplane.
Measurements are obtained from the
photographs or from three dimensional
projections of stereo-pairs of photograph. The
process of obtaining such measurement is called
photogrammetry.
9. Hydrographic Survey
Are those made for determining the shape of the
bottom of lakes, rivers, harbors and oceans. They
also include the measurement of flow of water in
streams and the estimation of water resources.
a. Bathymetric Survey
A survey carried out to map the seabed profile.
Consists of surveys for sea bed and under water
terrain .or profile
Question?