surveying : Idioms & Phrases
Geodetic surveying
- geodesy.
Webster 1913
Maritime , ∨ Nautical , surveying
- that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc.
Webster 1913
Plane surveying
- . See under
Plane , a.
Webster 1913
Topographical surveying
- that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface of the earth.
