What is the main job of surveying?

Determining positions of points using distances and angles.

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Why: Surveying determines terrestrial positions of points from distances and angles between them, often to make maps and boundaries.

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Answer: Determining positions of points using distances and angles. Surveying determines terrestrial positions of points from distances and angles between them, often to make maps and boundaries.

  1. Surveying en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying
    determining the terrestrial positions of points based on the distances and angles between them
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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