Perform a site survey.
Performance should include
- surveying equipment such as
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- measuring tape
- theodolite
- transits
- tachymeter
- leveling rods
- plumb bob
- drones
- lidar
- 3D scanning
- references
- field books.
Teacher Resource: Virginia Association of Surveyors (https://www.vasurveyors.org/ Links to an external site.)
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is the purpose of each piece of surveying equipment?
- What equipment is necessary for different surveys?
- How do you use each piece of surveying equipment?
- What is a boundary survey?
- How would you lay out a boundary (e.g., soccer field, house, parking lot)?
- How does one survey the boundary of an existing structure or site?
- What is a lot survey?