Surveying: Prepared By: Engr. Enzo Castillo
Surveying: Prepared By: Engr. Enzo Castillo
Surveying
F U N D A M E N TA L S O F S U R V E Y I N G C H A P T E R 1
R E F E R E N C E M AT E R I A L : E L E M E N TA R Y S U R V E Y I N G ; A N I N T R O D U C T I O N TO G E O M AT I C S ( T H I R T E E N T H
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B Y C H A R L E S D . G H I L A N I & PA U L R . W O L F
Prepared by: Engr. Enzo Castillo
Definition of Surveying
Also called “GEOMATICS”
the science, art, and technology of determining the relative positions of points above, on, or
beneath the Earth’s surface, or of establishing such points.
discipline which encompasses all methods for measuring and collecting information about the
physical earth and our environment, processing that information, and disseminating a variety of
resulting products to a wide range of clients.
“A surveyor is a professional person with the
academic qualifications and
technical expertise to conduct one, or more,
of the following activities;
• to determine, measure and represent the land, three-dimensional objects,
point-fields, and trajectories;
• to assemble and interpret land and geographically related information;
• to use that information for the planning and efficient administration of the
land, the sea and any structures thereon; and
• to conduct research into the above practices and to develop them.
GEOMATICS
The principal reason cited for making the name change is that the manner
and scope of practice in surveying have changed dramatically in recent years. This
has occurred in part because of recent technological developments that have provided
surveyors with new tools for measuring and/or collecting information, for
computing, and for displaying and disseminating information. It has also been
driven by increasing concerns about the environment locally, regionally, and
globally, which have greatly exacerbated efforts in monitoring, managing, and
regulating the use of our land, water, air, and other natural resources. These circumstances, and
others, have brought about a vast increase in demands for new spatially related information.
SURVEYORS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
THEN NOW