| Cadastral surveys deal with one of the oldest and most fundamental facets of human society-ownership of land. A Cadastral Survey relates to land boundaries and subdivisions, made to create units suitable for transfer or to define the limitations of title. This type of survey is now used to describe surveys of the public lands of the United States, including retracement surveys for the identification and resurveys for the restoration of property lines. The term derives from the French cadastre, a register of the survey of lands and is, in effect, the public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land for purposes of taxation. |
