Art and Culture Articles - Surveying the History of Land and Geometry


by 10x Marketing - Date: 2009-08-05 - Word Count: 477 Share This!

Our history of land surveys extends back to the time of the Egyptians. They used simple geometry to survey and construct structures like the pyramids. A modern day property survey was used by the Egyptians to figure out the foundation and boundaries they could exclaim to build the pyramids.

Maps or blue prints are drawn when doing land surveys. Just as the Egyptians used hieroglyphics to map out statues and buildings, we use the same basic mapping when surveying. Think about how much time and surveying needed to give us an Atlas. In the 1500's an Atlas was created by combining maps that people had drawn of their areas to give us a flattened image of the world.

As surveying continued, longitude and latitude emerged so we could define exactly where we were positioned on Earth. As technology advanced, we now have Global Positioning Systems that act as navigators. Satellites take images of land and send out a signal to our GPS systems to tell us where we are and how long it will take to get where we are going.

There's software out there that takes this idea a bit further. A property survey is imaged in a way that we can look at a street view of the building or landmark we are trying to find. By taking one picture then rotating the camera, you are able to rotate the view of the map 180 degrees. This helps immensely when you are trying to identify a location with different landmarks and symbols. As GPS navigation advances, the graphic user interfaces shown will be able to incorporate this technology. You will be able to view a location as if you were there in person.

While we have more advanced tools to calculate geometry, the Egyptians did their best to estimate geometry. With their indefinite knowledge, they came up with the pyramids. Said to be near perfect in their structure, which leads us to wonder how they accomplished this. Point of reference became a crucial effort the Egyptians used to build the pyramids. Positions of the sun, distances of shadows is how some came to conclusions based in geography.

We use bits of geography and survey in our every day lives. When you judge the distance of an object and estimate how long it will take you to reach it, is the same principle that goes into land surveys. The boundaries of states and property are man made. The importance of a land survey is large due to the amount of situations that will go wrong if you decide to build on your land. If you build onto your neighbors property by accident, financial repercussions are headed your way.

About the author: Jason Ausmus is a web content producer for Innuity www.innuity.com. For more information regarding surveing of landand the surveying of property, visit Dryco Surveying


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