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| Alberta | Nova Scotia |
| British Columbia | Ontario |
| Canada Lands | Prince Edward Island |
| Manitoba | Quebec |
| New Brunswick | Saskatchewan |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Full list of Universities and Colleges> |
Learn about the different types of surveying
From the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors – Career brochure
From Ryerson University – Geomatics brochure
From Australia - The Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW – Types of surveying, videos too
Learn more from our professionals
In Alberta - Alberta Land Surveyor’s Association
In British Columbia - Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors
In Canada Lands* - Association of Canada Lands Surveyors
In Manitoba - Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors
In New Brunswick - Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors
In Newfoundland - Association of Newfoundland Land Surveyors
In Nova Scotia - Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors
In Ontario - Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
In Prince Edward Island - Association of Prince Edward Island Land Surveyors
In Québec - Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec
In Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan Land Surveyors' Association
*Canada Lands include the Northwest Territories, offshore, National Parks,
Indian Reserves, etc.
Read about other surveyors and how they got there
Graduate Career Profiles – University of Calgary, Department of Geomatics Engineering
Interviews with students – Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors, The BC Land Surveyor E-newsletter, Spring 2008 issue
Betty Baxter – from Become a Surveyor, U.K.
Hear from Women in the biz (pdf)
See what surveyors in other countries are doing
Australia - The Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW – What is a surveyor? Videos too
Missouri, USA - Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors - video
Want to know about GPS?
GPS Tutorial
GPS - Global Positioning System, The
Shipwrecks, values, geodesy…
Office of Coast Survey, USA – Surveys & Wrecks
The Value of Being a Surveyor
Geomatics, geodesy and geomatics engineering
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Take a look at some online surveying journals
Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors – The BC Land Surveyor, E-Newsletter, Fall 2007 issue – “Survey a Career”
Professional Surveyor Magazine, USA
Saskatchewan Land Surveyors' Association – Corner Post
See what Canadians are doing
Natural Resources Canada - Cadastral Data
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)