Define surveying? classifications of surveying?
Answers
• Control surveying : To establish horizontal and vertical positions of control points.
• Land surveying : To determine the boundaries and areas of parcels of land, also known as property survey, boundary survey or cadastral survey.
• Topographic survey : To prepare a plan/ map of a region which includes natural as well as and man-made features including elevation.
• Engineering survey : To collect requisite data for planning, design and execution of engineering projects. Three broad steps are
1) Reconnaissance survey : To explore site conditions and availability of infrastructures.
2) Preliminary survey : To collect adequate data to prepare plan / map of area to be used for planning and design.
3) Location survey : To set out work on the ground for actual construction / execution of the project.
Answer:
Surveying is the process of determining relative positions of objects on earth's surface by measuring the horizontal distance between them
Explanation:
Surveying is the process of determining relative positions of objects on earth's surface by measuring the horizontal distance between them . The object of Surveying is to prepare a map in a suitable scale
Types of Surveying -
A) PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION - plane survey and geodetic survey
B) SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION -
1/ based on instrument - chain survey,compass survey,planetable survey, theodolite survey,aerial survey etc.
2/based on objects - land survey( like - cadastral survey,engineering survey , city survey etc) ,mine survey etc
3/ based on nature of field - military survey,astronomical survey ,marine survey etc