Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
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I need to do a basic survey to agree boundary's for buying some land within a woodland.
Heres the woodland roughly drawn out in Live Maps:
http://m aps.live.c om/?v=2&am p;cid=7F48 A8525A3CCE F1!130& ;encType=1
I now need to draw out the boundaries accuratley. Im A GIS Consultant, so I should really know a bit more about this. GPS won't work under treecover. Ive thought about measuring out with tape measures each boundary, but im looking for thoughts on how to go about this. Taking into account, im doing this without access to survey equipment - What would you suggest? I thought if I could get the measurements and a few reference points that I could match up to 1:10k OS mapping, Is should be able to map out the area satisfactorily.
Some advice, tips would be great.
Heres the woodland roughly drawn out in Live Maps:
http://m
I now need to draw out the boundaries accuratley. Im A GIS Consultant, so I should really know a bit more about this. GPS won't work under treecover. Ive thought about measuring out with tape measures each boundary, but im looking for thoughts on how to go about this. Taking into account, im doing this without access to survey equipment - What would you suggest? I thought if I could get the measurements and a few reference points that I could match up to 1:10k OS mapping, Is should be able to map out the area satisfactorily.
Some advice, tips would be great.





RE: Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
Try a W3 search for "elementary surveying pdf". You should get lots of hits.
In the US, you would generally be required to retain a licensed land surveyor for this work. Is that not the case in the UK?
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RE: Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
Or, if the cost of a mistake is high, just get a topo survey company in to do it for you.
RE: Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
"Sometimes technology gets in our way and we fail to see the solution under our nose."
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Namdac
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RE: Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
Timothy Day
Field Engineer and Surveyor
Brasfield and Gorrie Gen.Contractors
Birmingham, Al. U.S.A.
RE: Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
Think I will attempt to do a basic survey with compass and measuring tapes, and if this is rubbish, will rent out a theodolite and see if I can get some better results. If not, ill have to fork out some £.
Thanks everyone for your input.
RE: Need to Survey Boundaries within Wood
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Namdac