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Office of Land Surveys
Address:
California Department of Transportation
Division of Right of Way and Land Surveys
Office of Land Surveys, MS-35
1727 30th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816-8041
Contact Desk: (916) 227- 5919
Office of Land Surveys Phone List
Surveys Manual |
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| The Caltrans Surveys Manual is now published in U.S. Customary units (English), which include the U.S. Survey Foot. If you would like PDF format files of previous (including metric) versions of the Caltrans Surveys Manual, please contact Curtis Burfield. For information on the transition from metric to U.S. Customary units, please see the Division of Design web page. | |
Chapter |
Title |
Date last revised |
Chapter 1 |
Introduction |
Pending |
| Chaper 2 | Safety | December 2011 |
| Figure 2-1 | Caltrans Code of Safe Surveying Practices | December 2011 |
| Chapter 3 | Survey Equipment | December 2009 |
| Chapter 4 | Survey Datums | September 2006 |
| Chapter 5 | Accuracy Classifications and Standards | September 2006 |
| Figure 5-1 | Caltrans Orders of Survey Accuracy | September 2006 |
| Chapter 6 | Global Positioning System (GPS) Survey Specifications | December 2012 |
| Chapter 7 | Total Station Survey System (TSSS) Survey Specifications | September 2006 |
| Chapter 8 | Differential Leveling Survey Specifications | September 2006 |
| Chapter 9 | Control Surveys | September 2006 |
| Chapter 10 | Right of Way Surveys | September 2006
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| Chapter 11 | Engineering Surveys | September 2006 |
| Chapter 12 | Construction Surveys | November 2012 |
| Figure 12 | Revised Construction Staking Request Form | June 2009 |
| Chapter 13 | Photogrammetry | September 2006 |
| Chapter 14 | Survey Records | Pending |
| Chapter 15 | Terrestrial Laser Scanning Specifications | January 2011 |
Interim Guidelines |
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| Caltrig Specs | DRAFT - Interim Specification for Trigonometric Leveling | September 2006 |
| AMG | DRAFT - Guidelines for Implementing Automated Machine Guidance | June 2009 |
| Metric
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Construction Surveys - Chapter 12
Only to be used on projects approved by Project Delivery Directive PD-03, 9-03-2009 |
September 2004 |
| Superseded
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Construction Surveys - Chapter 12
To be used on projects advertised before November 27th, 2012 |
September 2006 |
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This page was last updated January 2013