CARTOGRAPHY

Survey Symbols and Scale for

Plotting Surveys

Lecture 4
Public Land Surveys
Name Symbols
Advance Plans Ap

Homestead Application H

Free Patent Application F

Sales Application (individual) Si

Sales Application (corporation) Sc

Miscellaneous Sales Application Msi

(individual)
Public Land Surveys
Miscellaneous Sales Application Msc
(corporation)
Lease Application (individual) Li
Lease Application (corporation) Lc
Miscellaneous Application (individual) Mli
Miscellaneous Application (corporation) Mlc
Foreshore Lease Application (individual) Fli
Foreshore Lease Application (corporation) Flc
Reclaimed Lands Rl
Agricultural Colony Ac
Group Settlement Survey Gss
Public Land Surveys
National Government Land or Private Land to Ng
be acquired by the National Government
Townsite Reservation Boundary Tb
Townsite Reservation Subdivision Ts
Townsite Reservation Subdivision (individual) Tsi

Townsite Reservation Subdivision (corporation) Tsc

Public Lands Delimitation Pld

Public Lands Subdivision Pls
National Reservation Nr
Municipal Reservations Mr
Provincial Reservations Pr
Public Land Surveys
Subdivision of Undecreed Property Csd

Consolidation of Undecreed Property Ccn

Consolidation and Subdivision of Ccs

Undecreed Property
Private Land Surveys
Name Symbols
Private Surveys by Private Land Surveyor Psu

Private Surveys by Bureau of Lands Psu

Surveyor
Private Surveys, Municipal Psm
Private Surveys, National Psn
Subdivision of Decreed Property by Bsd
Public Land Surveyor
Private Land Surveys
Subdivision of Decreed Property by Psd
Private Land Surveyor
Consolidation of Decreed Property by Bcn
Public Land Surveyor
Consolidation of Decreed Property by Pcn
Private Land Surveyor
Consolidation and Subdivision of Bcs
Decreed Property by Public Land
Surveyor
Consolidation and Subdivision of Pcs
Decreed Property by Private Land
Surveyor
Government Land Surveys

Name Symbols

Friar Land Boundary Flb

Friar Land Subdivision Fls

Friar Land Relocation Flr

National Government Property Lease Ngl

National Government Property Sale Ngs

Other Land Surveys
Name Symbols
Monument Location Survey Ml

Municipal Street Surveys Ms

Provincial Road Surveys Prs

Political Boundary Surveys Pb

Special Work Order Swo

Other Land Surveys
Cadastral Land Surveys
Scale for Survey Plotting
Scale to be Maximum Difference in
Used Coordinates

1:100 0 to 30 meters
1:200 30 to 60 meters
1:300 60 to 90 meters
1:400 90 to 120 meters
1:500 120 to 150 meters
Scale for Survey Plotting
Scale to be Used Maximum Difference in
Coordinates
1:600 150 to 180 meters
1:800 180 to 240 meters
1:1,000 240 to 300 meters
1:2,000 300 to 600 meters
1:3,000 600 to 900 meters
1:4,000 900 to 1,200 meters
1:5,000 1,200 to 1,500 meters
1:6,000 1,500 to 1,800 meters
1:8,000 1,800 to 2,400 meters
1:10,000 2,400 to 3,000 meters