Land Surveying Equipment

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

The role of technology in surveying, as in all business, has become increasingly important over the last few years. What does this mean for us?  A lot.

About ten years ago, I wrote an article for the ACSM Bulletin about using integrating technology into everyday surveying.  At that time, FWA was “convinced that GPS technology is for the every day surveyor and should already be included in his or her ‘tool box’”. I found that accuracy and productivity increased, saving both time and money. However, at the time, it wasn’t something that everyone had adopted.

Well, technology has grown and expanded over these past ten years, and we are more sure than ever that it must have its place in a surveyor’s tool box. The old school ways of map tables and alidades have stepped aside for the computer and laser revolution. Landsurveyors.com says that to be truly competitive, surveyors must embrace new technologies. Federal law may even require it. The old school ways have moved over for the computer and laser revolution.

Technology is great for us. It continues to make our work more accurate and efficient. It helps us communicate our findings to our clients much faster and easier. It even lets us write about our findings here. So embrace it, we will.

Read more about changing technologies in surveying.

jmettee   Infrastructure, Surveying
Clinometers, Contractor Survey Instruments, Land Survey Instruments, land surveying, Theodolites
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