Survey
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[change] Geography
- Surveying, the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth
- Aerial survey, a method of collecting information using aerial photography
- Cadastral survey, 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, used by the U.S. Public Land Survey System
[change] Statistics
- Statistical survey, a collection of quantitative information about members of a population
- Census, a collection of information about every member of a population
- Sampling (statistics), collecting information on only a sample of a population
- Opinion poll, an informal collection of opinions using sampling
- Quantitative marketing research, the use of surveys to collect data for marketing purposes
- Paid survey, statistical survey which rewards the participant, often used to collect information for marketing purposes
- Questionnaire, a series of questions used to gather information
- Information Technology , a collection of surveys on IT
[change] Earth Sciences
- Geological survey, an investigation of the subsurface of the ground to create a geological map or model
- Geophysical survey, the systematic collection of geophysical data for spatial studies
- Soil survey, the mapping of the properties and varieties of soil in a given area
- Archaeological field survey, the collection of information by archaeologists prior to excavation
- Hydrographic survey, the gathering of information about navigable waters for the purposes of safe navigation of vessels
- Cave survey, the three-dimensional mapping of underground caverns; the resulting map is also referred to as a survey
[change] Astronomy
- 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
[change] Academia
- Survey article, a scholarly publication to summarize an area of research
[change] Organizations
- The Institut Géographique National, a French state establishment which produces and maintains geographical information for France and its territories
- The Survey of India, India's central agency in charge of mapping and surveying
- The Zoological Survey of India studies the fauna of India
- The British Geological Survey, a body which carries out geological survey and monitoring of the UK landmass
- The Ordnance Survey, national mapping agency for Great Britain
- The British Antarctic Survey, conducts scientific research in and around Antarctica for the United Kingdom
- The United States Geological Survey, government scientific research agency which studies the landscape of the United States
- The U.S. National Geodetic Survey, performs geographic surveys as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce
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