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Some type of conflict comes up between you and your neighbor: you say your property boundary is supposed to be located at a certain point, and he says it's not. Or, you're looking to get an area near your home mapped for a utility line. In all cases, don't make assumptions contact a surveyor. In Connecticut, a professional, certified surveyor will come to your home or business and assist you in your dispute or in mapping.
What is surveying? Surveyors, on a technical level, use the technique of determining the two- or three-dimensional positions of points on the Earth's surface and the angles between them. This may be to simply determine a line between two structures or to map by a topographical or photogrammetric survey. The reference points in either instance include the lines of latitude and longitude on the Earth's surface. Professionals, in this field, additionally, will use geometry, trigonometry, physics, and engineering skills to determine these points.
Surveying, however, also delves into legal matters, particularly when a boundary is concerned. A surveyor, aside from using physical skills, will conduct research into a property's history. Legal documents often need to be consulted in regards to a property's or building's boundary. Additional research through observations, measurements, questionnaires, and data analysis may be gathered to learn more about the property and for better determination of a boundary.
In addition to traditional surveying techniques, a Connecticut surveyor, or any surveyor for that matter, will use the latest methods of technology. A three-dimensional laser scanner is one such method to quicken the scanning process and produce an accurate model. A laser scanner sends out a pulse of light in the direction of an object and measures the time the pulse takes to leave and return. This time is a distance for a certain point on the surface of the object and the scanner maps it out on a three-dimensional graph. With thousands of pulses sent out, more points are added to this graph to form a three-dimensional image of a structure. For Connecticut surveyors, this will allow an image for example, of a building needing restoration in the state to be traced into two-dimensional drawings at various angles.
