Surveys and Mapping

The Surveys and Mapping Division offers several products and services, including:

General Products of the Surveys and Mapping Division:

• Building and maintaining the national geodetic control network;
• Surveying and mapping for delimitation, acquisition and alienation of government lands;
• Checking and drawing of survey plans in accordance with the Land Surveyor’s Act;
• Providing cadastral, topographic, hydrographic and other basic mapping services;
• Arbitration in the case of objections to surveys;
• Providing technical services for the Land Titles Division;
• Coordination and supervision of aerial photography within the public service;
• Providing surveying and land information;
• Supervision of contracts for surveys executed on behalf of the National Land Agency (NLA).

Cadastral Surveys and Mapping products and services:

• The preparation of description of lands for the purpose of the Registration of Titles Act by plan and computation of areas of parcels from cadastral surveys;
• Compilation of cadastral maps;
• The checking of cadastral plans;
• The drawing of plans for annexation to Certificates of Title, on the request of the Registrar of Titles;
• The resolution of dual registration of parcels or strips of land;
• Any objection to surveys may be referred to the Director of Surveys and Mapping for arbitration.

Topographic and Hydrographic products and services:

• The provision of major and minor horizontal and vertical control surveys;
• The preparation of topographic maps at varying scales;
• The coordination and stewardship of aerial photographs in the public sector;
• The provision of large scale topographic surveys for development projects;
• The hydrography of harbours and coastal waters.