Beruflich Dokumente
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The pundit cartographer Nain Singh Rawat (19th century) received a Royal
Geographical Society gold medal in 1876, for his efforts in exploring the Himalayas
for the British
In states organized per the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), surveyors must carry
out BLM cadastral surveys under that system.
Cadastral surveyors often have to work around changes to the earth that obliterate
or damage boundary monuments. When this happens, they must consider evidence that
is not recorded on the title deed. This is known as extrinsic evidence.[18]
Noteworthy surveyors[edit]
Three of the four U.S. Presidents on Mount Rushmore were land surveyors. George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln surveyed colonial or frontier
territories prior to serving office.
David T. Abercrombie practiced land surveying before starting an outfitter store of
excursion goods. The business would later turn into Abercrombie & Fitch lifestyle
clothing store.
Percy Harrison Fawcett is a British surveyor that explored the jungles of South
America attempting to find the Lost City of Z. His biography and expeditions were
recounted in the book The Lost City of Z and were later adapted on film screen.
Ino Tadataka produced the first map of Japan using modern surveying techniques
starting in 1800, at the age of 55.