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surveyingAccurate measuring of the Earth's crust, or of land features or buildings. It is used to establish boundaries, and to evaluate the topography for engineering work. The measurements used are both linear and angular, and geometry and trigonometry are applied in the calculations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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How is a land survey different from the "off-the-shelf" maps like USGS, the county tax office, or even online maps? The company plans to use $4 million toward an airborne geophysical and land survey on its 100 per cent-owned 65,000-plus hectare property known as the Timiskaming Diamond Project. The locations of agricultural pesticide applications are reported according to the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a grid that parcels land into sections with an area of approximately 1 [mi. |
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