WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO WHO WE SERVE CAREERS LOCATIONS BLOG SURVEY + GEOSPATIAL HOME SURVEY TERMS ABOUT US EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS EVENTS RESOURCES SAFETY CULTURE PRESS ROOM Survey + Geospatial Knowledge Center Understanding the ever-changing world of land surveying CEC’s clients have relied on our multi-disciplinary team’s expertise for more than 30 years. Like all technical fields, land surveying and geospatial engineering has its own individual and rapidly changing terminology. This glossary is here to help enhance communications with our clients. LAND SURVEYING BATHYMETRIC / HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) 3D LIDAR SCANNING AND IMAGERY SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING LAND SURVEYING Boundary Survey ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Topographic Survey Utility Survey As-Built Survey Horizontal & Vertical Control Surveys Construction Staking Volumetric Surveys Settlement and Deformation Monitoring Route/Railroad/Right-of-Way Surveys Oil and Gas Pipeline/Well Site Surveys Pipeline As-Built Surveys Mapping-Grade Data Collection Tree Surveys Stream Surveys FEMA Elevation Surveys Subdivision Surveys Easement Conveyance BATHYMETRIC / HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS Bathymetric Survey Pre-Dredging/Post-Dredging Surveys Demolition Surveys Draft and Trench Verification Storage Volumes and Residence Time Calculations Utility Crossing Alignment Surveys / Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Scans UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) / Pipeline Leak Detection Unmanned Aircraft System/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAS/UAV) Vegetative Analysis Thermal Imagery Visual Façade Inspections Right-of-Way Monitoring 3D LIDAR SCANNING AND IMAGERY LiDAR Scanning Bridge Surveys Mine Surveys Asset Management Surveys Industrial and Manufacturing Scanning Landslide and Deformation Surveys SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Designating Surface Geophysical Method Utility quality level A Utility quality level B Utility quality level C Utility quality level D Utility Locator Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Pipeline Camera Inspection GET IN TOUCH STAY IN TOUCH info@cecinc.com (800) 365-2324 * Subscribe to our blog! Join our mailing list! SEND Home About CEC Locations Careers Privacy Policy Terms of Use Third-Party Recruiting Trademarks Site Map Copyright © Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. All rights reserved. "CEC" refers to Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Civil & Environmental Consultants of New York, Inc., and CEC Landscape Architects, LLC. At this time CEC is not offering land surveying, landscape architecture or geology services in the state of New York.