Perform a site survey.
Performance should include
- research (i.e., via courthouse resources) on the site/parcel
- surveying equipment
- GNSS
- measuring tape/laser
- transits or robotic total stations
- leveling rods
- references
- field books.
Teacher Resources:
- Virginia Association of Surveyors (VAS) Links to an external site.
- Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Links to an external site., Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR)
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the licensure requirements for a surveying career?
- What is the purpose of surveying equipment?
- What equipment is necessary for different surveys?
- What is a boundary survey?
- What is the connection between surveying and GIS?
- How does one lay out a boundary?
- How does one survey the boundary of an existing structure or site?
- What is a lot survey?