Find a Surveyor Is Live — Here's How It Works

There's a new directory of surveying professionals at https://rpls.com/surveyors/ — and if you're a member, there's a page in it with your name on it, waiting to be filled in.

Find a Surveyor is where the public comes to hire one of us. Somebody needs a boundary survey, an ALTA, an elevation certificate — they land here, find a licensed surveyor near them, and get in touch. All these years this site has been where surveyors talk to each other. This is the part that points outward.

Here's what it is, and why it's worth five minutes of your time.

Why bother

If a landowner three counties over needs a surveyor, how do they find you today? A web search that buries you under lead-gen sites, or word of mouth that never reaches them. Your own website, if you've got one, is one small shop against the whole internet.

The directory fixes that:

• Your own page, built to be found. Every listing is a real page, marked up the way Google wants, so when somebody searches "land surveyor in [your state]," an RPLS.com page — yours — is what turns up.
• Browse by state. Every listing lands on a state page, so somebody looking close to home finds the surveyors who actually work there.
• Browse by service. Boundary, ALTA, topo, construction staking, elevation certificates, laser scanning, drone work — pick what you do, and you show up on those pages too.
• A map with your pin on it, so people see at a glance who's near the job.
• Your email never sits on a public page. Folks reach you through Contact this surveyor — it routes straight to your inbox, nothing to scrape. Add a phone number and website if you want more ways to be reached.
• RPLS.com already ranks. You're not starting a website from scratch; you're adding your name to a domain the search engines already trust.

The public reads the directory free — no login, no membership. That's the whole point: the more people who find you, the better it works for you.

Getting your listing up

Head to your Dashboard and set up your listing. It only takes a few minutes. New listings get a quick look before they go live — the same review we've always done on first posts — and then you're in the directory and turning up in search. You can edit it any time.

A few things worth knowing:

• Fill in your services and the states you serve. Those aren't just labels — they're the pages you show up on. The more honestly you pick them, the more of the right people find you.
• Add your logo and a few photos of your work. A listing with a face on it gets taken seriously; a blank one gets scrolled past.
• One listing per member, one location. If your firm runs offices in more than one town, each one signs up on its own membership with its own listing — that way every office gets its own page, its own pin on the map, and its own spot on the state pages.
• Contact info stays in one place. Change your number, add a service, move the office — update the listing and it's fixed everywhere it shows.

The rules that carry over

Real surveyors, listing themselves. This is a directory of licensed professionals — the people who do the work, listing their own shops. Keep it accurate, and keep it yours.

And the original one, same as it's been since day one: be nice. A client found you here because this community has a good name. Do right by them and keep it that way.

On membership

Memberships start August 1, 2026. From then, listing your business is a member benefit. Finding a surveyor stays free to the public, always — no login, no membership, and that isn't changing. Until then, everything works as it does today. Saying so now so it's no surprise later.

That's about it

Set up your listing, fill it in properly, and keep it current. Then let the site go to work putting you in front of the people looking to hire.

Questions, or trouble getting your listing set up? Reply here and I'll sort it out.