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Survey may refer to:
Statistics and human research
Spatial measurement
Surveying , the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth
Types and methods
Photogrammetry , a method of collecting information using aerial photography and satellite images
Cadastral surveyor , used to document land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, plats, and maps
Dominion Land Survey , the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes
Public Land Survey System , a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels
Survey township , a square unit of land, six miles (~9.7 km) on a side, done by the U.S. Public Land Survey System
Construction surveying , the locating of structures relative to a reference line, used in the construction of buildings, roads, mines, and tunnels
Deviation survey , used in the oil industry to measure a borehole's departure from the vertical
Archaeological field survey , the collection of information by archaeologists prior to excavation
Geospatial survey organizations
Geological surveys
Geological survey , an investigation of the subsurface of the ground to create a geological map or model
Types
Cave survey , the three-dimensional mapping of caverns
Geophysical survey , the systematic collection of geophysical data for spatial studies
Hydrographic survey , the gathering of information about navigable waters for the purposes of safe navigation of vessels
Soil survey , the mapping of the properties and varieties of soil in a given area
Geological survey organizations
Astronomical surveys
Astronomical survey , imaging or mapping regions of the sky
Durchmusterung , a German word for a systematic survey of objects or data, generally used in astronomy
Redshift survey , an astronomical survey of a section of the sky to calculate the distance of objects from Earth
Other types of survey
See also
Topics referred to by the same term