Surveying Engineering involves the application of knowledge to the analysis, design, and execution of surveying and mapping projects and the design of land mapping and information systems. Surveyors rely on an understanding of the science of surveying measurement and analysis, the legal principles of boundary location, the laws related to boundaries and land use, and applicable mathematical and computational theories and principles when performing this work. Positional accuracy, land planning and development concepts pertinent to subdivision of land and property surveys, land record and land tenure concepts as well as earth-related sciences such as geodesy are each a part of professional surveying. Surveying Engineers work for private surveying or engineering firms, for City, County, State or Federal Highway Departments, for State Lands Commissions, for the US Forest Service and for the US Bureau of Land Management.
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You might also hear the term "geomatics" applied to surveying. Geomatics is widely considered to include surveying as well as many of the related "geospatial" professions such as remote sensing, photogrammetry, and Geographic and Land Information Systems (GIS/LIS). While coursework in these areas are required in the NMSU Surveying Engineering program, we have chosen to keep the name "Surveying" as this is still the most widely used term in the U.S.
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