surveyor's

Boundary marker's tool

Surveyor's is the possessive form of surveyor, a person who measures and maps land boundaries and features.

The possessive typically modifies tools of the trade: surveyor's transit, surveyor's chain, surveyor's stake.

A surveyor's level is an instrument for establishing horizontal planes across terrain.

equipment

transit

Movement between places

  • theodolitePrecision angle-measuring instrument
  • levelHorizontal or uniform position
  • chainLinked segments forming length

rod · tripod · plumb bob · measuring tape · stakes · flags · compass · prism · benchmark · stadia

fieldwork

sighting

Instance of perceiving something

staking · grading · topography · elevation · contour · datum · baseline · backsight · foresight · turning point

documentation

plat

Mapped piece of ground

legal description · easement · right-of-way · setback · lot line · parcel · subdivision · title · encroachment · monument

profession

licensed

Granted official permission

cadastral · geodetic · boundary · construction · hydrographic · mining · photogrammetric · GIS · mapping · apprentice

Opposites
professional role in property/land

surveyor'slandowner's

Belonging to property holder

owner's · proprietor's · developer's · buyer's · seller's

perspective on land

surveyor'slandowner's

Belonging to property holder

homeowner's · resident's · occupant's · squatter's · claimant's

precision measurement vs. casual estimation

surveyor'slayman's

Non-specialist's simplified perspective

amateur's · novice's · homeowner's · rough

Phrases
Family

surveyor, surveyors

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