surveying has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map

Examples

"he studied surveying at college"

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

In November 1900 surveying was done under John_Marsden on the east mountains to ascertain if it would be possible to get sufficient water and fall to operate an electric power_plant .

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