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Surveying Resources
A free directory of surveying resources — professional associations, state licensing boards, standards bodies and educational programs — organized by state and by type.
The Vermont Society of Land Surveyors represents licensed land surveyors practicing throughout Vermont, highlighting the role surveyors play in the state’s infrastructure, boundary work, dispute resolution, and mapping. VSLS maintains a membership directory, holds regular committee meetings, and runs a classifieds page for jobs and equipment. Its signature annual event is a fall conference, and…
One-year certificate, associate degree, and a bachelor's in surveying management, with hands-on training on current instruments and software.
To set standards of qualifications, education, training, and experience for persons engaged in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Land Surveying. To promote high standards of professional performance for those persons working in the profession.
The Virginia Association of Surveyors, founded in 1948, is the Commonwealth’s principal professional organization for licensed surveyors. VAS works to advance the professional development and interests of its members, offers continuing education through seminars and schools, and holds an annual general membership meeting and convention. The association is organized into ten regional chapters covering different…
The Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects (APELSCIDLA Board) examines, licenses, and regulates approximately 35,000 individuals and related business entities in Virginia.
Wake Technical Community College
(Wake Tech)
Associate degree and certificates in geomatics technology, training students in boundary and topographic surveying, GNSS, GIS, and drones.
The Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors provides consumer protection to the public through the licensing of professional engineers, land surveyors and on-site wastewater designers. The Board recommends rules and regulations for administering licensing and regulatory laws. It also investigates and resolves complaints. BRPELS is self-funded and fully supported by its licensing and registration…
Our mission is to protect the public interest and to provide for the regulation of surveying in West Virginia. This web site is designed to provide current information to licensees, exam candidates, firms and the general public. If you have questions after viewing our site, please contact the Board office.
The West Virginia Society of Professional Surveyors is the primary professional organization representing licensed surveyors across the state, summarizing its mission as developing, educating, and representing the profession. WVSPS offers continuing education, including an on-demand professional development hour program, and maintains a business directory that helps the public find a surveyor. The society runs a…
The Western Federation of Professional Surveyors is a regional association that coordinates activities among professional land surveying societies in the western United States. It brings member state societies together on issues that cross state lines and provides shared resources their members can draw on. WFPS offers professional development materials including a Fundamentals of Surveying exam…
The Professional Land Surveyor Section of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors. and Registered Interior Designers is created in Wis. Stat. § 15.405(2) and has authority as outlined in Wis. Stat. ch. 443.
The Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors supports Wisconsin’s surveying community and the public it serves. The society is organized into eight regional chapters – Central, Northeast, Madison Area, Northern Lakes, Northwest, Southeastern, Southwest, and Western – each represented as a section of the main association website. WSLS hosts an annual event known as the Annual…
The Board’s mission is to safeguard life, health and property of the public by assuring that those who practice the professions of engineering and land surveying are licensed and attain and maintain competence in those professions.
York University
(York)
BEng in geomatics engineering (land surveying, remote sensing, GIS), plus a BSc geomatics science stream.