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Welcome to Huntsville Land Surveying

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256-585-6002 If no answer, leave a message with the following info: Your name? Your number? Full Address of the property, including city? What you need the survey for? We will try to call you back as soon as we can. Another effective way to get Help is to: Use the form in the Sidebar or on our Contact Page. For more information, continue to read. Welcome to the Huntsville Land Surveying website. This site is intended to provide info to find a Land Surveyor in the Huntsville, AL, and Madison County area of Alabama. If you’re looking for a … Continue reading →

How GPS is Used in Land Surveying

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Land surveying is a profession that greatly utilize the GPS satellite system. Today, man-made constellations are in orbit. Their purpose is to provide instant, exact and global positioning information. This global positioning system (GPS) is revolutionizing the modern construction sites, automating and guiding land surveying equipment, providing instantaneous points and positions, and simplifying control surveys. Nearly everyone involved in the land surveying and construction industry has heard something about satellite positioning technology or maybe you or someone you know is already using it. Whether an operator or a casual observer, there are still many questions about how this exciting … Continue reading →

Glossary

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Glossary of Civil Engineering & Land Surveying Terms: Easement – the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another’s land as a right of way to your own.) Usually an easement has a special purpose and gives the owner of the easement right to “trespass” on the landowners property in order to maintain the easement or utility covered in the easement. Encroachment – to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. This is when a building or some portion of it, or a wall or fence, extends beyond the boundary of the owner and … Continue reading →