The surveying is the name it receives the art and technique of measuring land surfaces and drawing up the corresponding plans.
Formerly, land surveying was considered a branch of the topography (science that studies the set of principles and procedures that aim at the graphical representation of the earth's surface), which had the mission of delimit the surfaces, measure the areas and rectify the corresponding limits, anyway, currently, it is considered a autonomous discipline that presents its own statute and specific language, focusing on the study of territorial objects of any scale and focused on setting all kinds of limits.
So the surveying is in good condition. produce cartographic elements and virtual infrastructure to establish plans, maps and charts , attributing publicity to government and property limits.
It should be noted that in order to carry out its tasks and activities, surveying draws on other disciplines such as geometry, engineering, physics, mathematics, law, trigonometry, architecture, history, computing, and soil science.
It should be noted that surveying has been a determining factor in the development of the human environment, practically since the beginning of recorded human history, surveying was present and was essential when planning and executing any form of construction.
Throughout its history, land surveying has used different elements and techniques when making the relevant measurements, among the most prominent are: surveyor's squad which facilitated the establishment of the dimensions of different angles in various directions; the union of points with a chain of known length, the compass, the barometer; the tape measure, the theodolite, a very modern instrument, of universal mechanical-optical measurement, which allows to measure vertical angles and especially those horizontal ones and also with some auxiliary tools it can measure unevenness and distances.
The surveyor, on the other hand, is the individual who is professionally dedicated to Surveying and therefore is specialized in measuring land surfaces and then raising the corresponding plans.
