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All you need to know about ALTA survey

All you need to know about ALTA survey – Part I

What is ALTA Survey? ALTA survey is a very common term used in Civil Engineering & Real Estate domain which stands for “American Land Title Association”. It’s a set of principles which has classified and standardized the survey methods, processes and actions of surveys, helping property surveyors meet the standard requirements of recognized Government and Private entities. The basic objective of ALTA survey is to establish common and acceptable principles and expectations in the U.S. It provides a common standard for all the parties in the transaction to follow – especially the professional land surveyors. The ALTA survey typically provides detailed information about: Property boundaries Easement and encumbrances Encroachments Evidence of use by other parties Names of neighboring property owners Land improvements Roads and property features Access and legal routes to the property Zoning classification Flood zone classification Water boundaries Existence of cemeteries Legal property description Why ALTA Survey is required? Mostly the Lending institutes, Banks, Title companies, Insurance companies orders the ALTA surveys to be performed to make sure the property in question is free and clear of all the survey matters except those already disclosed. Basis these clearances, the property title and mortgage insurance are issued. ALTA surveys determine exact property lines, water boundaries, improvements, existing easements, encroachments and other land-ownership elements, providing not just probable title conflicts but also the property elements. Since these surveys, performed mostly for commercial properties, are costly and complicated, a title commitment is required before ordering an ALTA survey. Land surveyors work closely with title companies to ensure that all information is accurate and provides the most-comprehensive view of the property in question. Steps in ALTA Survey:  An ALTA land survey aims to collect and record data from property records as well as physical surveying, to fulfill the needs of title companies during insurance dealings. Following are the steps and processes required to perform during ALTA survey – In this article, we explained basics of ALTA Survey, stay tuned for more on details about ALTA survey standards in our next article. Meanwhile for more details on, how Indovance can help you in drafting a land survey, you may reach us at [email protected] or speak to us at +1 919-238-4044.

CAD Drafting Services For A Large City. How We Did It?

Technological advancements in every sphere of design and drafting has opened the doors for new possibilities. One such area of engineering design is route survey design. Recent software advancements have empowered the industry with greater efficiency and improved accuracy in planning and execution of projects. Technologies like GIS (Geographic Information System) has undoubtedly proven to be a reliable tool for integrating different data sets in one single platform, helping surveyor to chalk out exact plan for route survey. 3D GIS can handle larger data sets effectively compared to traditional 2D static maps, a big thank you again to the technological development in design industry. Having said that, is the new software features and technology alone enough to deliver what we call Excellence? Every project is different, has different challenges, has different critical elements to it. And every time, as a project handler, you will need a different problem-solving approach. Yes, you will need technology as a critical resource in designing and drafting, but to strategies and execute, you need expertise and intelligence of highly skilled human resources. One such critical project on which we are working is about – Optical Fiber Cable Placement Route Survey drafting for one of the largest cities in USA. Here is what we did – The Route Survey Drafting Challenge –  Indovance Inc, got this opportunity to carry out the CAD drafting work for route survey of a large city for Optical fiber cable placement. No wonder, this would need a completely new approach as it covers enormously big area and will generate large sets of topographic survey data. Moreover, the timely delivery and quality of work is of paramount importance to us. Combining it all together and delivering complete 2D design of fiber cable placement network is a complex task. Indovance has a solution – This time around, up with new challenge in hand, Indovance team chalked out the critical elements in the survey and strategized to solve each challenge we have. We created view ports that will have all the important existing and proposed elements on cable placement network, and topographic data can be set with predefined positions. We divided the entire city into sections and completed the drafting for each section one by one. But dividing area alone is not the key, view ports were set in a way, that will keep the pre-identified critical elements constant and make sure, the quality standards are met, allowing to finish the project in time. This approach helped us deliver the project with great efficiency. Of course, usage of right software features and design tools helped but the problem-solving approach and expertise of highly skilled human resources over the software tools, yet again proved vital. Indovance Inc, is an expert in Engineering Drafting and Land Surveying works with experience of around one and half decade in engineering design domain. With advantages like highly skilled workforce, cost effective solutions & quick turnaround time (TAT), Indovance is first choice of many fortune 500 engineering and publishing giants. You can also set up your entire design and drafting team in India with our Virtual Office Model. For more information, reach us on +1 919-238-4044 or drop in a mail to us at [email protected].

Drone Technology - Revolutionizing The Aerial Surveys

Drone Technology – Revolutionizing The Aerial Surveys

Drones have been around for a while. However, the technology has now been widely used in the surveying and remote sensing professions. But thanks to the advent of practical, lightweight lithium polymer batteries, low-cost drone technology, lightweight digital cameras and advances in close-range oblique aerial photography — all of which make the future of drones in surveying exciting. How It Works: There are two basic types of drones—fixed-wing unit and a rotor type.  Typically, a fixed wing unit would have a brushless electric motor, and the rotor type would have between three and eight (or more) brushless electric motors (referred to as multirotors).  The rotor units enable the drones to float at a specific altitude and position and operate in limited airspace. The technology for both systems relies on the featherweight lithium polymer battery that is able to store an incredible amount of power. The brushless motors have a large variable speed range with good power at all speeds, lightweight air-frames and a simple, hobby-type airplane radio controller. Devices like GPS and altimeters enhance their capabilities. Small, on-board video cameras with micro-video transmitters enable pilots on the ground wearing digital video headsets to “fly” as though they were sitting in the pilot’s seat. The Benefits: With the technology moving so rapidly and its adoption in aerial surveys, the drones would revolutionize surveying services. They are the most important technological advances introduced in this space.  The benefits of using a drone for surveying are immense. Highly accurate, high-definition maps can be created in a fraction of the time that it needed earlier Data of all sorts can be gathered by the drone including photography and video All information can be instantly uploaded to a server where it can be accessed by authorized individuals anywhere in the world It becomes much easier to reach difficult locations with drones Using drones is significantly safer in certain situations These are of course just a few of the reasons why this technology has been so important to the industry. As applied robotics continues to increase in complexity, there is very little doubt that the capabilities of surveying drones and the breadth of data that can be collected would only increase in the coming times.

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