Questions tagged [land-survey]
The measurement of landscape features and their positions.
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Aligning separate datasets with different CRS in QGIS for the purposes of terrain modelling
I would like to develop a 3D model of a site located in Vermont, USA. I will be using the state's LiDAR dataset which I am pretty comfortable with. However, I need to coordinate this topographical ...
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Aligning surveyed point layers in QGIS
I’m wondering if QGIS has a tool to align the lat, long, and alt data of two point layers based on a common point. I have data like this:
Survey 1 points:
A
B
C
Survey 2 points:
C
D
E
I’d like to ...
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What does this symbol mean on an 1853 GLO map?
This is a segment of an 1853 GLO survey map from the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon.
Does anyone know what the wavy line with the light blue gradient running alongside denotes?
I've tried ...
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How to translate tract map bearings/distances to coordinates for property corner survey using RTK GPS [closed]
I have a tract map delineating property lines using distances and bearings. It looks something like this (screenshot of part of it):
My goal is to locate the exact property corners of one of these ...
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How to get the row and column of US PLSS sections?
How to get the row and column of US Public Land Survey System (PLSS) township sections? Sure, looking at a diagram I can quickly fill in a lookup table by hand,
section,column,row
1,6,6
2,5,6...
36,6,...
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How do I tie survey data to a coordinate system?
I have Record of Survey drawings from Marin County that I can plot in CAD, but I am not sure the best/easiest way to place the lot lines into a coordinate space. I found some benchmarks in the County ...
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What is the likely error of the triangulation of Gauss' survey?
I have been trying to figure out the famous Gauss' big triangle measurement, but not being particularly well-versed in geodesy (I come at this from a physics perspective), I have been having some ...
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UTM survey coordinates not coming in correctly
I am a QGIS noob but semi experienced in Arc and other GIS softwares. I am trying to bring in points staked out in NAD83 UTM Zone 15N but they won't come in right on QGIS. I've changed the map CRS to ...
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Find land parcel coordinates in Google Earth
A parcel of land (Lot 1, Blk-52 of the subdivision survey
Psd-05-023701, being a portion of Phase 2, Psd-05-022167), situated in
Barangay Alawihao, Municipality of Daet, Province of Camarines Norte,
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GPS latitude, longitude, elevation, and Total Station's Coordinates - can they be used together?
I have used DGPS to get the coordinates (lat, long) using UTM projection, and elevation (height above ellipsoid) for different points (set a). If I use one of the collected points location to setup ...
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Field Maps with ArduSimple GNSS
I was able to use ArduSimple RTK GNSS normally with Esri Collector. Now with Field Maps it behaves strange. I have an NTRIP subscription and my integration app Lefebure NTRIP works great. It can ...
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Getting Surveyor Coordinates into QGIS
I am trying to add a polygon on a map using the Add Polygon Feature in QGIS. I have a diagram from the South African Surveyor General. There is no way of using the Georeferencer in QGIS in order to ...
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Does US Survey Foot have inches?
From time beyond my remembrance, there are 12 inches in 1 foot. Now later in life, I get introduced to the US Survey Foot and Mile. I see all these calculations for converting between Meters and these ...
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Entering curve 6 call out in traverse table using ArcMap
(Line 5) South 88-58'-07" West 60.00 feet to the southeasterly terminus of a non-tangent curve concave to the southwest and having a radius of 13 feet, a radial of said curve to said terminus ...
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How to create a roadway using a topo values shapefile (survey points data) in Sketchup Pro?
I am a GIS Technician, new to Sketchup, I would like to know how to create a roadway in Sketchup Pro using a shapefile which is a survey points data with elevations in meters.
The topographic data is ...
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