Any
time you need to know exactly where a particular point lies on
a piece of land - or where the land's boundaries are - you need
to have a survey done. Don works mostly for banks, who want to
ensure everything is in order on property they have been asked
to mortgage.
Surveying
has changed drastically over the years. Although the work done
in the past was of excellent quality - "bad surveyors don't last,"
Don says. Today, thanks to improved technology, even better results
can be achieved with less labour.
"I can show
you a plan from 1926, when they would have been measuring with
metal chains," Don explains. "The equipment would have been very
simple, but the results are accurate to within inches - it's amazing.
In the past you would have had a crew of six guys out there slogging
away. Now my wife and I skip out and press a few buttons and we're
done."
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