Surveyor
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Surveyor may refer to:
Professions and their activities
Places
Publications
Ships
Space exploration
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Professions and their activities
- SurveyingSurveyingSee Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
, the process of determining accurate positions on, or near the Earth's surface- CadastralCadastreA cadastre , using a cadastral survey or cadastral map, is a comprehensive register of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country...
surveying, the process of establishing boundary locations and land parcel corners - Construction surveyingConstruction surveyingConstruction surveying is to stake out reference points and markers that will guide the construction of new structures such as roads or buildings...
, the process of layout out construction projects, and verifying their position during construction - A hydrographic surveyHydrographic surveyHydrographic survey is the science of measurement and description of features which affect maritime navigation, marine construction, dredging, offshore oil exploration/drilling and related disciplines. Strong emphasis is placed on soundings, shorelines, tides, currents, sea floor and submerged...
, the gathering of information about navigable waters, mapping the topography of the bed of lakes, rivers, and large bodies of water
- Cadastral
- A marine surveyorMarine surveyorA Marine Surveyor is a person who conducts inspections, surveys or examinations of marine vessels to assess, monitor and report on their condition and the products on them. Marine Surveyors also inspect equipment intended for new or existing vessels to ensure compliance with various standards or...
or "ship surveyor", someone who inspects and examines ships - A quantity surveyorQuantity surveyorA quantity surveyor is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with building costs.The profession is one that provides a qualification gained following formal education, specific training and experience that provides a general set of skills that are then applied to a...
, someone who controls costs on construction projects - A pollster, someone who conducts surveys or opinion pollOpinion pollAn opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence...
s - Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsRoyal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations....
, a professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other countries - American Congress on Surveying and MappingAmerican Congress on Surveying and MappingThe American Congress on Surveying and Mapping is an international professional association representing the interests of those engaged in measuring and communicating spatial data relating to the Earth's surface...
a learned body of cartographers, geodesists, GIS practitioners, and professional land surveyors in the United States of America
Places
- Surveyor Bay (Alaska)Surveyor Bay (Alaska)For other places with the same name, see Surveyor Bay .Surveyor Bay is a bay in Alaska in the United States.Surveyor Bay is located at Latitude 53°15'41" North, Longitude 167°34'2" West and is on the southeast coast of Unalaska Island, one of the Aleutian Islands...
, a bay on the coast of Unalaska Island in Alaska in the United States - Surveyor Bay (Tasmania)Surveyor Bay (Tasmania)For other places with the same name, see Surveyor Bay Surveyors Bay is a bay and locality of the Huon Valley Council on the south coast of Tasmania, Australia....
, a bay on the coast of Tasmania in Australia - Surveyor Lake (Algoma District, Ontario)Surveyor Lake (Algoma District, Ontario)Surveyor Lake is a lake in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada, about northwest of the community of Espanola. A private road with public access runs about west of the lake.-Hydrology:...
, in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada - Surveyor Lake (Nipissing District, Ontario)Surveyor Lake (Nipissing District, Ontario)Surveyor Lake is a lake in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada, about southwest of the community of Temagami.-Hydrology:The lake is in the Lake Huron drainage basin, is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of . The primary inflow, at the north of the lake, is the Temagami River from...
, in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
Publications
- Surveyor magazineSurveyor magazineSurveyor is a British professional weekly magazine for those in the public and private sectors providing technical services in local government....
, a British professional weekly
Ships
- NOAAS Surveyor (S 132), a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey ship in service from 1960 to 1995 or 1996
- USC&GS SurveyorUSC&GS SurveyorUSC&GS Surveyor or NOAA Ship Surveyor has been the name of more than one United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and may refer to:...
, the name of more than one ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - USS Surveyor (1917)USS Surveyor (1917)USS Surveyor was an armed steamer that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.Surveyor was built as the survey ship USC&GS Surveyor in 1917 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and entered service with...
, an armed steamer in commission in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919
Space exploration
- Surveyor ProgramSurveyor programThe Surveyor Program was a NASA program that, from 1966 through 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on the Moon...
, a series of unmanned spaceflights to the Moon
Other
- Surveyor (typeface)Surveyor (typeface)Surveyor is a Didone classification digital serif typeface designed by Tobias Frere-Jones in 2001 as a custom typeface for use in Martha Stewart Living magazine...
, a Didone classification serif typeface - The SurveyorsThe SurveyorsThe Surveyors is a 1972 Swiss drama film directed by Michel Soutter. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jean-Luc Bideau - Leon* Michel Cassagne - Max* Jacques Denis - Lucien* Marie Dubois - Alice* Armen Godel - The Lawyer...
, a 1972 Swiss film