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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French surveer, to look over, from sur- + veer to [[see]]

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French surveer, to look over, from sur- + veer to [[see]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : to [[examine]] as to condition, situation, or [[value]] : appraise  

*1a : to [[examine]] as to condition, situation, or [[value]] : appraise  

:b : to query (someone) in order to collect [[data]] for the [[analysis]] of some aspect of a group or area

:b : to query (someone) in order to collect [[data]] for the [[analysis]] of some aspect of a group or area

*2: to determine and delineate the [[form]], extent, and position of (as a tract of [[land]]) by taking [[linear]] and angular measurements and by applying the [[principles]] of [[geometry]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry trigonometry]

*2: to determine and delineate the [[form]], extent, and position of (as a tract of [[land]]) by taking [[linear]] and angular measurements and by applying the [[principles]] of [[geometry]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry trigonometry]

*3: to view or [[consider]] comprehensively

*3: to view or [[consider]] comprehensively

*4: inspect, scrutinize <he surveyed us in a lordly way — Alan Harrington>  

*4: inspect, scrutinize <he surveyed us in a lordly way — Alan Harrington>  

'''Surveying''' or [[land]] surveying is the [[technique]] and [[science]] of accurately determining the [[terrestrial]] or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and [[angles]] between them. These points are usually on the [[surface]] of the [[Earth]], and they are often used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or [[governmental]] [[purposes]].

'''Surveying''' or [[land]] surveying is the [[technique]] and [[science]] of accurately determining the [[terrestrial]] or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and [[angles]] between them. These points are usually on the [[surface]] of the [[Earth]], and they are often used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or [[governmental]] [[purposes]].

To accomplish their objective, surveyors use elements of [[geometry]], engineering, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry trigonometry], [[mathematics]], [[physics]], and [[law]].

To accomplish their objective, surveyors use elements of [[geometry]], engineering, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry trigonometry], [[mathematics]], [[physics]], and [[law]].

An alternative definition, per the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Congress_on_Surveying_and_Mapping American Congress on Surveying and Mapping] (ACSM), is the [[science]] and [[art]] of making all essential measurements to determine the [[relative]] position of points and/or [[physical]] and [[cultural]] details above, on, or beneath the [[surface]] of the [[Earth]], and to depict them in a usable form, or to establish the position of points and/or details.

An alternative definition, per the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Congress_on_Surveying_and_Mapping American Congress on Surveying and Mapping] (ACSM), is the [[science]] and [[art]] of making all essential measurements to determine the [[relative]] position of points and/or [[physical]] and [[cultural]] details above, on, or beneath the [[surface]] of the [[Earth]], and to depict them in a usable form, or to establish the position of points and/or details.

Furthermore, as alluded to above, a particular type of surveying known as "land surveying" (also per ACSM) is the detailed [[study]] or inspection, as by gathering [[information]] through [[observations]], measurements in the field, questionnaires, or [[research]] of legal instruments, and [[data]] [[analysis]] in the support of [[planning]], [[designing]], and establishing of [[property]] boundaries. It involves the re-establishment of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadastre cadastral surveys] and land boundaries based on [[documents]] of [[record]] and historical [[evidence]], as well as certifying surveys (as required by statute or local ordinance) of subdivision plats/maps, registered land surveys, judicial surveys, and space delineation. Land surveying can include associated services such as mapping and related data accumulation, construction layout surveys, precision measurements of length, [[angle]], elevation, area, and [[volume]], as well as horizontal and vertical control surveys, and the [[analysis]] and utilization of land survey data.

Furthermore, as alluded to above, a particular type of surveying known as "land surveying" (also per ACSM) is the detailed [[study]] or inspection, as by gathering [[information]] through [[observations]], measurements in the field, questionnaires, or [[research]] of legal instruments, and [[data]] [[analysis]] in the support of [[planning]], [[designing]], and establishing of [[property]] boundaries. It involves the re-establishment of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadastre cadastral surveys] and land boundaries based on [[documents]] of [[record]] and historical [[evidence]], as well as certifying surveys (as required by statute or local ordinance) of subdivision plats/maps, registered land surveys, judicial surveys, and space delineation. Land surveying can include associated services such as mapping and related data accumulation, construction layout surveys, precision measurements of length, [[angle]], elevation, area, and [[volume]], as well as horizontal and vertical control surveys, and the [[analysis]] and utilization of land survey data.

Surveying has been an [[essential]] element in the [[development]] of the human [[environment]] since the beginning of recorded [[history]] (about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_BC 5,000 years ago]). It is required in the [[planning]] and [[execution]] of nearly every form of construction. Its most familiar [[modern]] uses are in the fields of transport, building and construction, [[communications]], mapping, and the definition of legal boundaries for [[land]] ownership.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying]

Surveying has been an [[essential]] element in the [[development]] of the human [[environment]] since the beginning of recorded [[history]] (about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_BC 5,000 years ago]). It is required in the [[planning]] and [[execution]] of nearly every form of construction. Its most familiar [[modern]] uses are in the fields of transport, building and construction, [[communications]], mapping, and the definition of legal boundaries for [[land]] ownership.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying]

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