Krause & Gantzer

For obvious reasons, the human body formed the basis of early measurement standards. The cubit, for example, measured lengths based on the distance from the tip of the finger to the point of the elbow.

Remember, there is more than one type of survey you can have done on land for residential or commercial purposes. These may include a tree location survey, topographic survey and boundary survey.

Land surveying is an art as much as it is a science. A good surveyor has the ability to deal with any issues that are unique to your area as well as your type of land.

Although records for surveying reach far back into history, it was the ancient Romans who actually made it a recognized profession, and even created an office expressly for the official surveyor of the empire.

When you invest in a land survey of your property, we will be able to help you determine your individual situation and options, taking into consideration such regulations and guidelines involving statutory law, common law, and local practices.

Existing evidence such as stone, wood, or iron monuments, fences and occupational lines, trees, etc. can help the Land Surveyor find boundaries. The absence of such existing evidence may make it difficult for the surveyor to retrace the original survey.

Are you planning to build on or otherwise develop a piece of property? A good land survey will help architects and engineers know the lay of the land so they can correctly design and build the new structure.

A wetlands survey is designed to review any ecological changes that have taken place in a wetland habitat, particularly after it’s been restored. This is often part of long-term rehabilitation efforts for this type of fragile environment.

When you are having a land survey done, you should be aware that land ownership records on file may contradict adjoining and adjacent property descriptions. Gaps and overlaps are not uncommon, and a registered Land Surveyor can help you sort out the true land boundary.

In the Roman religion, Terminus was the god who protected boundary makers. In fact, landowners celebrated a festival called the Terminalia in Terminus’ honor every year on February 23.

What is land surveying? According to the department of Engineering at Purdue University, it’s been traditionally defined as the science and art of determining relative positions of points above, on or beneath the surface of the earth, or establishing such points.

Most of the people who explored this country were surveyors. Both Meriweather Lewis and William Clark of the Corps of Discovery Expedition were surveyors. Daniel Boone was also one. Without their work, knowledge of the vast expanse of the country would have been significantly delayed.

In modern terms, the diopter is a unit of measurement used to define the refractive power of a lens. In earlier periods, however, the diopter was a physical instrument used by engineers and surveyors to measure angles of land.