10-03-2013, 04:03 AM
in all likelihood, they are reading grades first and foremost. the instrument being used is called a "transit" and is what most road surveyors use to set grades for utilties which is the first thing that must be done (unless there is excavation to do to create a road from virgin terrain.
what you are thinking of a typical land survey, where metes and bounds are surveyed, is probably secondary to their task.
what you are thinking of a typical land survey, where metes and bounds are surveyed, is probably secondary to their task.