Land Surveying
By definition, land surveying is "the art and science of: 1) reestablishing cadastral surveys and land boundaries based on documents of record and historical evidence; 2) planning, designing, and establishing property boundaries; and 3) certifying surveys as required by statute or local ordinance such as subdivision plats, registered land surveys, judicial surveys, and space delineation."
While it no longer carries the clout it had 200 years ago, land surveying claims many exceptional, brilliant minds including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Banneker and Henry David Thoreau.
Some might even say, Eric Martin! A few land surveyors established lines so important to this nation's delineation, their names transcend their work, as is the case with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. |
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