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Getting involved in Survey Engineering

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Learning to conduct a topographical survey is one of the most fundamentals lessons in survey engineering. It's also one of the most basic needs for landowners who need their property plotted in an accurate, overhead manner that accurately records the layout of the land in all its dimensions. But why is a practice so important? Performing a topographical survey is one of the oldest professions in the world, and it is still being conducted to this day. Nothing has been created to replace this practice, because of how useful it is for both landowners and surveyors alike. It can be difficult to tell how big a plot of land really is when surveying it from the ground. However, with a professional in survey engineering, land can be measured, and the shape of it can be easily determined. So why would anyone need a topographical survey ? It could be due to boundary disputes, a purchaser of land wanting to know where the boundaries actually lie, if they may have shifted in a...