How do surveyors determine where a property line is at when they get to a new property? Do they just use landmarks like trees and drive ways to determine the property line? What’s the difference between me taking a few wooden stakes and orange flags and just saying that’s my property line opposed to an official surveyor?
I imagine there is a process they go through to determine the exact measurements of the property but what is it?
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There is a system of surveyor benchmark monuments. A legal description of a property contains something called a metes and bounds description; an accurate description of the boundaries of said property. It starts with the “point of beginning” and proceeds around the property back to the same spot. The location of the point of beginning is recorded relative to a survey monument. Also, property corners are often marked with an iron rod driven into the ground. You can find them with a metal detector. These days, properties are often based off of GPS coordinates. The GPS device used by land surveyors is much more accurate than what’s in your phone. Sometimes they utilize repeater stations on the ground in addition to satellite signals to improve accuracy.
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