Have some vacant land out by Wikieup Az.. Looking to get survey on a corner of it so I can put a fence up. Just vacant land with road access. Having a hard time finding anyone willing to even go out. Everyone I reach out to refers me to another contractor who then tells me they can't also. Any suggestions on finding someone. Anyone on here want to go out? Cash or on the books at this point I don't care. If your willing or younger guy wanting to moonlight on the side you can dm me if you want also. Just need 3 corners marked, was planning on shooting the rest in with a theodolite I already have for work.

I know the general consensus on here is no diy home owner survey, which I totally agree but running out of options. I see some companies in phoenix rent equipment. With out getting in over head are there basic options to get you with in a 1 foot. Fence will be set back anyway. Saw fondriest has rentals.

HELP!!

Is it possible to get a same day or next day survey on a SFR in Sarasota, Florida? Homeowner says he doesn't have one and title company is requiring it. Thanks,

Hi all,

I am a student out of Missouri about to graduate with a degree in Geospatial Science. I am looking for a surveyor or survey data position that will take me out West or to a mountainous region.

I have had two internships, one as a surveyor and the other as a GIS technician for a regional planning firm. I am also on the last year of a contract with the Army Reserves; however, I should still be able to relocate.

I grew up in the outdoors, am competent and can assimilate myself into any work environment that is required.

Unless this is seen as self-promotion by the moderator and I get permabanned, I would be more than happy to share my resume. Any advice or critical objectivity will be received with gratitude.

Cheers! I apologize if this waste's your time.

This was found while getting a TOB survey on all drainage ditches in the area. One is completely paved in bricks, probably about 300 yards worth and at least 10 feet across. When did they stop doing this kind of work?

Hey all,

Can anyone help me read LiDAR stuff? Specifically within the blue boundary?

I am in the process of looking for a new property for my family & my next home. I have found a small lot that has a variety of benefits, but I cant tell if the driveway would really be passable come deep winter.

The first photo is without LiDAR so you can see anything.

The red point seems to be a flat spot, as well as the area to the left and right of the foundation in the middle.

I have tried to find other variations or ways to look at this before I make the trip over, I just want to be as prepared as possible. If possible.

I am just some generic guy who wants to learn the basics to not waste my time.

Thanks in advance

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Me and my family live in Los Angeles, my dad has a bachelors and lots of experience from a different country. What would he need to do to become a land surveyor?

Hey! I’m a civil engineering major, and my dream is to be a land surveyor for the National Park Service. I’m curious—what kinds of land do you actually survey? Do you ever get to work in remote or natural areas, or is it mostly urban/developed properties?

Also, how much of the job is working solo vs. with a team? I really enjoy working independently, so I’m wondering how that fits in.

I’d love to hear about your experiences—thanks in advance! 😊

Good evening people,

I used to work as a landsurveyer (when GPS was a backpack and didn't work in built up areas! Late 90s) and am now a landscaping construction manager

I'm after advice on what kit is available to set out trees using N/E coordinates.

I've hired kit before which costs upwards of £100/day and the added grief of pick up/collection.

As an example next week I'll need 12 trees setting out - not worth spending £100+ & time or wait for the site engineer to come out, also don't need mm accuracy....

Are there any non expensive (<£100 if poss) bits of kits/apps that are relatively accurate (I'm not after a unicorn app with mm accuracy!) I'm thinking of something to plug into a phone/tablet/laptop... I've had a look online but it's a bit of minefield, look at accuracy of about 500mm...

Thanks in advance!

I'm wanting to pursue land surveying and was just wondering what I'd have to study in college to get there. I'm in England and wanted to know what course I'd have to apply for to get there. Any help appreciated

I am from Germany, and it is getting cold (maybe I'm just a little behind but lol) I just recently started my apprenticeships as a surveyor and this is my first winter, so I put on my big winter gloves and thought that was that. But no they are too thick, and I can't use our equipment with them, do you also have this problem? And if not, do you have a glove you could recommend?
Thanks in Advance :)

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Im about to get a T7 soon and wanted to know your thoughts towards it.Had a Panasonic and well Rover Fell on top of it and they no longer make these anymore and only other option was the T7 With warranty is there anything really new on the T7?

I am considering going back to school to become a land surveyor. I have some college credits. I am currently in a trade. I would like to know what its like in a day in the life/what's actually necessary to survey land. Do I really need a bachelor's degree? Thanks in advance.

Not a troll post, just trying to find my way in life.

Saw this plane belonging to a company the does land surveying, outside of having less traffic is there a benefit to doing the Surveying at night rather than in the day?

Hi everyone, I'm a land surveyor with 6yrs of experience who will be relocating to the UK by January as an international student, can I easily get a job?

Hi everyone, I'm a land surveyor with 6yrs of experience who will be relocating to the UK by January as an international student, can I easily get a job?

Does anyone in the KC area need a Survey Technician job opportunity?

I own a really nice shop in a neighboring but depressed town. I also own the lots in front of this house. The owner of this house put in a gravel driveway on my property years ago without permission. All of their renters have been using my property(the driveway) to work on derelict cars. I have even loaned them tools and expertise.

It went up for sale, and I called the agent (who got snippy with me), when I mentioned that they can’t sell that house under the pretense that the gravel driveway next to it goes with it. It quickly went off the market and back to being a rental. After the last renter moved out, I tried several avenues of reaching out. The owner will not correspond with me. So, I parked my trailer(as seen in the picture) in the driveway.

They moved the trailer while doing work on the house! I moved it back and the real estate agent from years ago called me again. I explained that if they continued to rent, I would want it in writing that I’d rent that driveway to the owner for $10/year. But, if they sold the house, they’d have to move the driveway, and I would bring my tractor down and put one in for free.

(I have all the county plat maps proving ownership) well, still no correspondence and now I see that they got a survey done. I’m assuming to try and claim more of my property.

Turns out, they lost another 10’. That kitchen addition is WELL over my property line as it marks the corner of their lot. Now, I don’t get too excited, I try to help those in need and not squeeze blood out of turnips. I only put my foot down to stop the clock on “adverse possession”

The stake is 30’ from my 3000 sq ft shop. I do not live here. I’m trying to stop the clock on adverse possession of the driveway only, and keep a buffer between some of the shady car repair and my shop for fire hazard reasons.

What do you suppose will happen next? Crazy how easy I am and willing to work with people.

So I am relatively new to Land Surveying and I find that when I ask my colleagues about which types of projects you should use the cell network for vs the base station for I often get very different answers. For instance some of my colleagues think you should use the cell network for as builts, topos, and staking waterline since it is faster to set up than the base while some others think we should ideally use the base for practically everything. I am curious what people's thoughts are on this?

Hey team, as the title states I’m looking for someone who can do a 1/4 acre lot boundary survey in Montgomery County Maryland. Looking to put in a fence on the property line and all I have is the plat. I have some feelers out to a few contacts but I’m getting a price between 1800 and 2500 a quote which seems pretty steep. Am I crazy or are these prices normal?

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Hi guys. This was in the masonry subreddit. In Kentucky. I bet this might be a boundary. I know I’d sure as shit shoot it in no matter what. Post your stone wall photos for us all to enjoy!

He is first pic and we are second pic. Fence on left side of photo is what we're arguing about.

We just bought a house in colorado that was a total beater, been working on it relentlessly to get it ready to live in (while living in it) and the neighbors house is also a beater. It was a mother in his house and the daughter in our house so i assume property boundaries were not that big of an issue with them, as there was also a gate going from one fenced area (my yard) to his yard. They are both deceased now. We both buy our properties "as is" accepting the ILS survey and the property lines. Now 3 meetings with the neighbor later i thought he was reasonably cool and nice. I showed him our whole house in reno state and he showed me his.

Heres where it got dirty. I have a dog who bites. He knows that. The fece in my yard is only 3ft tall, so i went and bought 5ft fence pannels and started swaping the old panels for the new panels. This guy "chad" comes up to me and says the house ILS survey that he already agreed to is wrong and that we need to move the poles in towards our house 2ft. I told him no way am i doing that as this is the original fence that has been here for 40+ years, and it skirts a tree that would need to be taken out if the fence were moved in much at all. I don't have the time or money right now to do so. He's super upset about it, saying that the house property line boundaries and fence need to match and that he needs that extra room for "parking" as well as that the house might have trouble being sold if the lot lines were not "perfect". He has a parking lot already about 6 cars wide and we have a parking lot 2 cars wide....

For context this guy is 25 yo real estate broker.

I was working my ass off doing this fencing swap, digging up the old chain link fence and spent about 20 hours so far doing fencing and excavating the fence path. (lots of detritus and rocks). This really left a bitter taste in my mouth and quite honestly made me not excited for my new neighbors to move in. He already said he wanted to do things the amicable way but is not opposed to other ways. (WOW).

We are planning to tell him to get a real survey done by a licensed surveyor and that he can pay for a 5ft fence to be installed 15" if he doesn't like ours.

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We were served today with papers as our fence is on neighbors property .. we have been here 20 years. How do we read this? Do we need to hire survey of our own?

Currently in the process of moving from Trimble to Leica (company choice not mine) and I’m just having a play round with the CS30 controller to get used to it. When I import .csv and .dxf files the points import as control points. Is there anything I can do to make the points import as just plain points?

Hello everyone, for some context I’m a 28 yo who lives in NYC. With a bachelors degree in geographical information systems. Through looking into some videos became interested in starting a career in land surveying.

I’ve heard from some that i would have to go back to school and from others that school wouldn’t have to be an option. But i wanted to get information on what my next steps would look like. And what the pros and cons of this career path would look like.