A land survey is a scientific method of determining the location of certain points on the surface of the earth, the angles formed by these points and the distance between them. Historical records tell us that surveying has been practiced by the Egyptians since before the construction of the Great Pyramids. Of course, the survey equipment used nowadays is totally different than the one used by the Egyptians.


Being a scientific method of research, surveys have elements of law, geometry, math, physics and engineering. There are a lot of fields that require such surveys for their day to day dealings. For example, builders and engineers will never start a new project without having a reliable survey of the land they are about to build upon. Real estate and mortgage professionals need to know exactly where a building is located before they can make any transaction regarding it. Also lawyers, judges and title insurers depend on an accurate land survey when they are trying to resolve some litigation issues. You can look up the Chanton Survey Team and ask for their help at http://www.chanton.co.uk/landsurvey.aspx.


Seeing that they are used in so many fields, there are also a lot of types of surveys. Firstly, we have the GPS survey which is used for urban planning and augmenting the cadastral recording systems. The Geographical and Land Information System relies on GPS data, which has become increasingly popular in the last few years among the land surveyors and not only. There is also a boundary survey, which is required by government officials any time you want to build something. The property lines must be clearly defined in this type of land survey, in order to spot any issues like easements and encroachments. Moreover, there is also a site planning survey. This type of survey requires, in addition to the normal identifying of the borders and obtaining the required permits, a topographic survey which identifies elevation features.


There are many other types of surveys like the court exhibit, the mortgage inspection, the subdivision survey and so on. But what kind of equipment do they use when making a land survey? There are many different pieces of equipment that are involved, no matter what you are measuring. That is why it is very important that you know what the proper equipment is for the proper job. You can find a lot of the survey equipment you may need online, for example the Chanton Group has a very good display of equipment on their website at http://www.chanton.co.uk/surveyequipment.aspx.


Survey equipment can be categorised as such: levels (optical and digital), theodolites, lasers, total stations, GPS, GIS & mapping (hand held or not), surveying software and, of course, some safety and detection equipment such as cable locators, drain and gas detectors, special equipment for confined spaces. Of course you can also find surveying accessories such as tripods, data cables, ranging poles, measuring staffs or radios.


When in need of Survey Equipment http://www.chanton.co.uk/surveyequipment.aspx or an actual Land Survey http://www.chanton.co.uk/landsurvey.aspx contact the Chanton Survey Team and you will not be disappointed!