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  2. Level staff - Wikipedia

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    Surveyor's view of the levelling rod with the crosshair. This indicates a reading of 1.422 m, interpolated between the 1.420 m and 1.430 m marks. Rods come in two classes: Self-reading rods (sometimes called speaking rods). Target rods. Self-reading rods are rods that are read by the person viewing the rod through the telescope of the instrument.

  3. Topography - Wikipedia

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    Topographic survey information is historically based upon the notes of surveyors. They may derive naming and cultural information from other local sources (for example, boundary delineation may be derived from local cadastral mapping). While of historical interest, these field notes inherently include errors and contradictions that later stages ...

  4. Surveying - Wikipedia

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    A surveyor using a total station A student using a theodolite in field. Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

  5. Soil survey - Wikipedia

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    The information in a soil survey can be used by farmers and ranchers to help determine whether a particular soil type is suited for crops or livestock and what type of soil management might be required.

  6. Surveyor (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    NOAAS Surveyor, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey ship in service from 1960 to 1995 or 1996; USC&GS Surveyor, the name of more than one ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey; USS Surveyor (1917), an armed steamer in commission in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919

  7. Construction surveying - Wikipedia

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    Clients of a building surveyor can be the public sector, Local Authorities, Government Departments as well as private sector organisations and work closely with architects, planners, homeowners and tenants groups. Building Surveyors may also be called to act as an expert witness. It is usual for building surveyors to undertake an accredited ...

  8. Deformation monitoring - Wikipedia

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    A radio telemetry wireline extensometer monitoring slope deformation. Deformation monitoring (also referred to as deformation survey) is the systematic measurement and tracking of the alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of stresses induced by applied loads.

  9. Chartered Surveyor - Wikipedia

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    Chartered Surveyor is the description (protected by law in many countries) of Professional Members and Fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise) in the (British ...