Land Surveyors United
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, surveyors weren’t just technicians — they…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:30:05 +0000
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, surveyors weren’t just technicians — they were trusted public figures. Their measurements laid out towns, guided railroads, defined ownership, and mapped the paths that civilization itself would follow. The precision of the instruments, the care in their dress — it all spoke to a deeper idea: that land, law, and legacy demanded respect.
How do you think surveying’s public perception has changed since this photo was taken?
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Stefanos Karamanis showing off a beautiful instrument
Tue, 06 May 2025 21:30:02 +0000
Stefanos Karamanis showing off a beautiful instrument
Bob Anders Checking grade 525+ feet above the Bay with Treasure Island in the…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:00:17 +0000
Bob Anders Checking grade 525+ feet above the Bay with Treasure Island in the background ... This is the work behind the bridges we drive across without a second thought. Grade checks. Alignment verifications. Superstructure monitoring. Quiet precision in places where even standing still takes guts. The bay stretches out glassy and calm in the background, but up here? Every gust of wind, every vibration in the steel, every breath — it all matters. Fall protection is visible, safety lines tight, but at the end of the day, it's skill and steady nerves that make shots like this possible.
Would you have the nerve to set up a total station at 525 feet in the air?
From a decade again ... here is a Great collection of Markers from around the…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:03:44 +0000
From a decade again ... here is a Great collection of Markers from around the world! Thanks as always for sharing!
The Wild Heerbrugg NAK-0 is a legend for a reason — built to survive the…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:00:07 +0000
The Wild Heerbrugg NAK-0 is a legend for a reason — built to survive the roughest environments, from deserts to dense forests like this one. he footing is uneven. The sightlines are tight. Every leveling run demands focus and constant adjustment. And that's exactly why surveyors reach for tools like this one.
What can you tell us about this specific piece of equipment?
Cody Little turns the tailgate of a truck into a field desk, lining up…
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:00:12 +0000
Cody Little turns the tailgate of a truck into a field desk, lining up sharpened stakes, bundling them with blue tape, double-checking the count. In surveying, the stakes aren’t just wood. They’re communication. They’re intent. Each one holds a point that matters. And if you don’t prep them right — if you rush or get sloppy — the mistakes ripple through everything that follows The yellow bucket, the marking tape, the hammers — it’s all there, scattered with purpose. Every tool ready, every piece in its place. Cody Little says this image is just scratching the surface of how many stakes were in this batch.
Do you pre-bundle stakes for jobs, or stage as you go?
Down there, it’s just one person and one rod, glowing in a bright safety vest…
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:00:17 +0000
Down there, it’s just one person and one rod, glowing in a bright safety vest against the scale of the project. This isn’t just about measurements — it’s about presence. About stepping into the parts of the job nobody else sees, but everyone depends on. Odds are, this is the foundation phase of something big — a building, a bridge, a major piece of underground infrastructure. Working in a pit like this isn’t casual. It demands confined space awareness, safety-first fieldcraft, and the kind of precision that doesn’t forgive second guesses. Signals can bounce. Shadows can distort. And the only thing standing between a safe build and a future problem is the person holding that rod. User provoke.destroy submitted insta user @robzomb down in the pit.
What’s the biggest surveying challenge when you’re working below the surface?
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Caught in the rain at an active construction site, there’s no hesitation here.…
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:00:07 +0000
Caught in the rain at an active construction site, there’s no hesitation here. You adapt. You grab whatever you can — plastic, tarp, poncho — and you shield your gear like it’s second nature. Because it is second nature. In surveying, if your equipment fails, the project doesn't just slow down — it stalls, it costs, it cascades. Surveying isn't just about taking shots and staking points. It’s about showing up, adapting fast, and keeping the work moving no matter what the weather throws at you. geodezialevice submitted this nice shot of reality of the job.
What’s your go-to method for protecting your instrument when a sudden storm hits?
Land Surveyors United
The challenges here are real: tight spaces, no satellite signals, distorted…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:00:19 +0000
The challenges here are real: tight spaces, no satellite signals, distorted surfaces where murals can mask movement or sagging walls. But that’s exactly why the scanner is here — capturing wall alignments, monitoring for settlement, preserving every detail for renovation, compliance, or even digital archiving of the art itself. User magellan_space submitted this surveying shot in the Valley.
What’s the tightest or weirdest place you've ever had to set up a scanner or total station?
This vintage advertisement for Frederick E. Brandis is a window into a time…
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:00:27 +0000
This vintage advertisement for Frederick E. Brandis is a window into a time when surveying, navigation, and astronomy were all part of the same grand pursuit — charting the unknown with hand-built precision. The engraving captures it perfectly: one figure sights a sextant toward the sea, another steadies a theodolite on a tripod, and a third carefully records the moment. In the mid-1800s, a Brandis instrument wasn’t just gear — it was a badge of serious craft and trust. These were the devices that helped lay railroads across wild frontiers, map coastlines against unknown tides, and fix boundaries by the stars long before GPS was even a dream.
Do you think today’s gear will still be admired 150 years from now like Brandis’s instruments are today?
Cody Little turns the tailgate of a truck into a field desk, lining up…
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:00:12 +0000
Cody Little turns the tailgate of a truck into a field desk, lining up sharpened stakes, bundling them with blue tape, double-checking the count. In surveying, the stakes aren’t just wood. They’re communication. They’re intent. Each one holds a point that matters. And if you don’t prep them right — if you rush or get sloppy — the mistakes ripple through everything that follows The yellow bucket, the marking tape, the hammers — it’s all there, scattered with purpose. Every tool ready, every piece in its place. Cody Little says this image is just scratching the surface of how many stakes were in this batch.
Do you pre-bundle stakes for jobs, or stage as you go?
Unlike this guy, surveyors are still here ... still measuring.Surveying is one…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:00:18 +0000
Unlike this guy, surveyors are still here ... still measuring.Surveying is one of the oldest professions — tracing its roots back to ancient civilizations — so in a way, it’s only fitting that a dinosaur would wander onto the jobsite. And let’s be real: once you're mid-shot, mid-layout, or deep in field calculations, you could drop a Jurassic Park reboot around a surveyor and they'd still finish the traverse. User virgatamamrv submitted a shot of two of the oldest species known to have wandered the Earth.
If you could survey any time in history, what era would you pick?
From a decade again ... here is a Great collection of Markers from around the…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:03:44 +0000
From a decade again ... here is a Great collection of Markers from around the world! Thanks as always for sharing!
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, surveyors weren’t just technicians — they…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:30:05 +0000
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, surveyors weren’t just technicians — they were trusted public figures. Their measurements laid out towns, guided railroads, defined ownership, and mapped the paths that civilization itself would follow. The precision of the instruments, the care in their dress — it all spoke to a deeper idea: that land, law, and legacy demanded respect.
How do you think surveying’s public perception has changed since this photo was taken?
#surveyphotos #surveyequipment #LandSurveyorsUnited #SurveyingProfessionals #surveyors #futurist #SurveyingHistory #historicphotos
two surveyors stay locked in, instruments and notebooks in hand, checking every…
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:00:13 +0000
two surveyors stay locked in, instruments and notebooks in hand, checking every line and angle. In the background, a steel frame rises, a worker lifted by a telehandler, balancing carefully atop a fresh structure. It feels almost like a life-sized game of Jenga — one wrong move, and the whole thing shifts. But with precision and coordination, it rises exactly as it should.
What’s the most complex live construction situation you’ve had to survey?
The Wild Heerbrugg NAK-0 is a legend for a reason — built to survive the…
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:00:07 +0000
The Wild Heerbrugg NAK-0 is a legend for a reason — built to survive the roughest environments, from deserts to dense forests like this one. he footing is uneven. The sightlines are tight. Every leveling run demands focus and constant adjustment. And that's exactly why surveyors reach for tools like this one.
What can you tell us about this specific piece of equipment?