Check Your Understanding - Answers
- What does a boundary survey do?
A boundary survey locates and verifies all property corners and boundaries, shows the location of all improvements in relation to the property lines, includes an area of the overall property and shows any existing encroachments.
- How does a location survey differ from a boundary survey?
A location survey is boundary survey with the additional location of all the interior improvements.
- When are property surveys most often conducted?
When land is being sold
- What are datums?
Standard elevation reference points
