• ♦Manual Notice 2008-1
• ►1. Introduction
  • ►1. General Information Overview
    • ♦Manual Use
    • ♦Documentation of Authority
    • ♦Laws and Standards
    • ♦Administrative Documents
  • ►2. Manual Organization
    • ♦Organization of Chapters
    • ♦Chapter Descriptions
    • ♦Chapter 2, General Surveying Procedures
    • ♦Chapter 3, Preliminary Surveying
    • ♦Chapter 4, Design Surveying
    • ♦Chapter 5, Right of Way Surveying
    • ♦Chapter 6, Aviation Surveying
    • ♦Chapter 7, Construction Surveying
    • ♦Appendix A, Glossary
    • ♦Appendix B, Second Term Calculations
    • ♦Appendix C, Monumentation
    • ♦Index
  • ►3. Manual Overview
    • ♦Purpose of the TxDOT Survey Manual
    • ♦Manual Creation
    • ♦Acknowledgements
  • ►4. Standing Committee on Surveying
    • ♦Committee Background and Members
    • ♦Link to SCOS Information
    • ♦SCOS Charter
    • ♦Committee Makeup
    • ♦Membership Terms
    • ♦Leadership / Administration
• ►2. General Surveying Procedures
  • ►1. General Surveying Procedures
    • ♦Standards and Requirements Overview
    • ♦Minimum Standards of Practice (TBPLS)
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.13. Introduction
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.15. Precision
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.16. Boundary Construction
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.17. Monumentation
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.18. Certification
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.19. Plat / Description / Report
  • ►2. Standards
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Standards
  • ►3. Introduction to Surveying
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Types of Surveys
    • ♦Geodetic Surveys
    • ♦Plane Surveys
    • ♦Surveying Field Work
    • ♦Factors Affecting Field Work
    • ♦Field Notes
    • ♦Electronic Data
    • ♦Data Collection
    • ♦Survey Review and DTM
• ►3. Preliminary Surveying
  • ►1. Horizontal Control Surveys
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Justification
    • ♦Resources
    • ♦Field Methods
    • ♦Rights of Access
    • ♦Monuments
    • ♦Azimuth Marks
    • ♦Tolerances
    • ♦The End Product
  • ►2. Vertical Control Surveys
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Justification
    • ♦Resources
    • ♦Field Methods
    • ♦Rights of Access
    • ♦Monuments
    • ♦Tolerances
    • ♦The End Product
  • ►3. Investigative Surveys
    • ♦Overview
  • ►4. Photogrammetry
    • ♦Control Target Documentation
    • ►Control Targets - General
  • ►5. GPS Surveying
    • ♦General Information
    • ♦TxDOT Levels of Survey Accuracy for GPS
    • ♦Level 1 Surveys
    • ♦Level 2 Surveys
    • ♦Level 3 Surveys
    • ♦Level 4 Surveys
    • ♦Level 5 Surveys
    • ♦Level 6 Surveys
    • ♦Level 7 Surveys
    • ♦Requirements and Specifications
    • ♦Equipment and Software
    • ♦Datum and Project Control
  • ►6. GPS Static Surveying
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Planning
    • ♦Fieldwork
    • ♦Downloading the Data
    • ♦Processing
    • ♦Adjustment
    • ♦Determining Elevations
    • ♦Deliverables
  • ►7. GPS RTK Surveying
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Planning
    • ♦Preparing the Data Collector
    • ♦Setting Up the Base Station
    • ♦The Rover
    • ♦Post Processing
    • ♦Integrating Conventional Measurements
    • ♦Using Networked RTK (VRS)
    • ♦The End Product
  • ►8. Geodetic Surveying
    • ►Overview
    • ♦Datums
    • ♦State Plane Coordinates
    • ♦The State Plane-to-Surface Transition
    • ♦Choosing an Appropriate Project CAF
    • ♦Truncating Coordinates
    • ♦Identifying Delivered Coordinates
    • ♦Calculations
    • ♦Surface Distance to Geodetic Distance
    • ♦Geodetic Distance to State Plane Grid Distance
    • ♦Surface Distance to State Plane Grid Distance
    • ♦Geodetic Azimuth to Grid Azimuth
    • ♦Astronomic Azimuth to Geodetic Azimuth
    • ♦Plane Coordinates to Geographic Coordinates (Lat. and Long.)
    • ♦Geographic Coordinates (Lat. and Long.) to Plane Coordinates
    • ♦Example Problems
    • ♦Footnotes
• ►4. Design Surveying
  • ►1. Descriptions and Definitions of Survey Types
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Topographic Survey
    • ♦Topographic Map
    • ♦Planimetric Map
    • ♦Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
    • ♦Route Survey
    • ♦Purposes
    • ♦Considerations - Other Technology
    • ♦Work Product
    • ♦Information Required
    • ♦Monuments
    • ♦Conditions
    • ♦Field Procedures
    • ♦Topographic Features
    • ♦Electronic Data
    • ♦Data Collection
    • ♦Office Analysis
    • ♦TxDOT Deliverables - Computer Files, Maps, and Drawings
    • ♦Title Sheet
    • ♦Horizontal Control
    • ♦Vertical Control
    • ♦Certification
    • ♦Right of Way- Descriptions with Plats (Exhibit A) and ROW Maps
  • ►2. Differential Leveling
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Equipment
    • ♦Instrument Check
    • ♦Leveling Methods
    • ♦Leveling Tolerance
    • ♦Datum
    • ♦Three-Wire Leveling
    • ♦Bench Marks (BM) and Temporary Bench Marks (TBM)
    • ♦Turning Points/Temporary Bench Marks (TP/TBM)
    • ♦General Considerations / Objectives
  • ►3. Trigonometric Leveling
    • ►Overview
• ►5. Right of Way Surveying
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Boundary Survey
  • ►2. Phases of a Boundary Survey
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Preliminary Research
    • ♦22 Texas Administrative Code §663.16 (c). Boundary Construction
    • ♦Related Boundary Construction Information
    • ♦Draft Deed Record Sketch
    • ♦Field Work
    • ♦Final Survey
  • ►3. Field Work Instructions
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Encroachments
    • ♦Fence Ties
    • ♦Easements
    • ♦Boundary Checklist
    • ♦Utilities
    • ♦Property Corners
    • ♦Locate Structures in Interior of Parcel near Proposed Taking
    • ♦Locate Natural Features Referred to in Deeds
    • ♦Locate Roadways Entering and Exiting the Property
    • ♦Flag All Survey Points
    • ♦TSPS Survey Categories
    • ♦Information Provided by the State for ROW Mapping
  • ►4. ROW Mapping Requirements
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Surveying for ROW Acquisition
    • ♦Texas State Plane Coordinate System
    • ♦General ROW Map Requirements
    • ♦ROW Parcel Numbering
  • ►5. ROW Map Components
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Title Sheet
    • ♦Parcel Index Sheet
    • ♦Control Sheet
    • ♦Plan Sheets
    • ♦Existing Information
    • ♦Proposed Information
    • ♦Parcel Information
    • ♦ROW Maps for Utility Relocation Projects
    • ♦Property Descriptions
    • ♦Metric Requirements for Existing Projects
    • ♦Certification and Monuments
    • ♦ROW Sample Plat Parcel Exhibit A
    • ♦ROW Sample Plat Parcel Exhibit B
    • ♦ROW Sample Plat Parcel Exhibit C
    • ♦ROW Sample Plat Parcel Exhibit D
    • ♦Public Roads and Alleys
    • ♦Original Submission to a District
    • ♦Finalizing Maps after Project Acquisition
    • ♦ROW Maps for Off-System Projects
    • ♦Standardized MicroStation Graphic Files
• ►6. Aviation Surveying
  • ►1. Roles and Responsibilities
    • ♦Fee Simple Parcels and Avigation Easements on Texas Airport Improvement Projects
    • ♦Aviation Division’s Role
    • ♦TxDOT District’s Role
    • ♦Services to be Provided by Surveyor
    • ♦Legal Descriptions of Survey Sketches
  • ►2. Avigation Easements - Various Samples
    • ♦Legal Description of Survey Sketch
    • ♦Field Notes
    • ♦Avigation Easement
    • ♦Avigation Easement
    • ♦Field Notes
• ►7. Construction Surveying
  • ►1. Survey Checks
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Surveying Suggestions
  • ►2. Locative and Construction Surveys
    • ♦Locative Survey
    • ♦Construction Survey
• ►A. Glossary
• ►B. Second Term Calculations
• ►C. Monumentation
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Markers and Methods
    • ♦ROW Marker
    • ♦Control Point Marker
    • ♦Bench Mark
    • ♦Property Corner Marker
    • ♦Denial of Access Marker
    • ♦Rock Setting
    • ♦Datum Point Rod
    • ♦Poured Concrete Setting
    • ♦Light Duty Setting
• ♦Index

TxDOT Survey Manual

January 2008

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