Global Navigation Satellite System it near the boundary in the manner prescribed in of reference points, covering the first
vering the first and
provides autonomous geo-spatial positioning
with global coverage.
Cadastral Map shall refer to a map made as a
result of a Cadastral Survey, drawn to
appropriate scale and showing all land parcels
and important natural and man-made features
within a municipality/project, for purposes of
describing and recording ownership.
Cadastrre shall refer to a set of records about
parcels of land consisting of a spatial reference
and the related information on the area,
ownership/claims, value and use of land
primarily for taxation purposes.
Delimitation Survey shall refer to the
establishment of the permanent forestland and Reclamation Projects Filling of submerged
protected area boundaries by conducting actual land duly approved by the Philippine
ground survey Reclamation Authority
Geodetic Engineer shall refer to a natural
person with professional expertise in the field
of surveying and the corresponding survey data
presentation in the form of maps, plans, geo-
spatial digital maps, etc.; either in the
government service or in the private practice,
and who has been issued a Certificate of
Registration and Identification Card by the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
Land Registration shall refer to the official
recording of land ownership based on the legal
documents submitted to the Register of Deeds
for the Province or City where the land is
located
Metes and Bound shall refer to the description
of a land parcel with its boundary directions
and distances, together with a note of adjacent
property owners, their lot numbers, and other Unique Parcel Identifier shall refer to the
relevant natural and man-made features
Monument shall refer to any concrete object
that is set permanently in the ground to mark
the position of a point or a boundary corner
Moniment of Titles deeds and other
documentary evidence of title or ownership to
land
Parcel Information Sheets shall refer to a
document recording the boundary adjudication
agreement by all concerned and participating
claimants or owners, in collaboration with the
geodetic engineer, a Barangay official, and
adjudicator, indicating and describing the
boundaries of a land parcel and any natural
features, marks and occupations that are or
the Manual of Procedures
Patrimonial Property shall refer to properties Project Control Surveys shall refer to the
owned by the State but are not intended for
public use,
Projection map shall refer to a map where all large isolated tract of land, a group settlement,
lots subject for verification and approval are a barangay or group of municipalities, covering
plotted to determine cases of overlaps with
previously approved plans.
Philippine Reference System of 1992 shall
refer to the , a national common coordinate
reference system for all surveys and maps
pursuant to Executive Order No. 45 dated
January 5, 1993, as amended.
Reference Point shall refer to a point
appropriately marked on the ground with an
established horizontal and vertical position
Secretary shall refer to the Secretary of the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR).
Survey Plan shall refer to a two-dimensional
map showing the metes and bounds of a
surveyed parcel or parcels of land and other
pertinent information.
Survey Returns shall refer to the collective
documents submitted by a Geodetic Engineer
(GE) as a result of the survey conducted and
other relevant documents as may be required.
number exclusively assigned to a land parcel in
reference to its physical spatial position on the
Land Information Map (UPI = LIM Number +
Parcel Number)
Control Surveys shall refer to the survey
conducted to determine the horizontal and
vertical positions of points which will form
part of a geodetic network or project controls
over an area which will subsequently become
the basis in determining the rectangular
coordinates in an area
Geodetic Control Surveys shall refer to the
surveys conducted covering extensive areas
which take into account the curvature and the
geoid-spheroidal shape of the earth at sea level
for the purpose of establishing basic network
second order controls
surveys conducted to establish the positions of
points of reference for projects with a limited
geographic coverage such as a municipality, a
primary control (third order), secondary
control (fourth order) and tertiary control.
Cadastral Surveys shall refer to the survey
made to determine the metes and bounds of all
parcels within an entire municipality or city for
land registration and other purposes
Numerical Cadastre shall refer to a cadastral
survey wherein the bearings and distances of
the individual lots are determined from the
computations based on the actual ground
survey.
Graphical Cadastre shall refer to a cadastral
survey wherein the bearings and distances of
the individual lots are determined using transit
and stadia, scaling from photo map, and other
graphical methods
Public Land Subdivision shall refer to the
subdivision of A&D lands covering an area of
more than 1,500 hectares
Isolated Surveys shall be comprised of all
classes of surveys of isolated parcels of land
used for agricultural, residential, commercial,
resettlement, or other purposes covering areas
not more than 1,500 hectares.
Group settlement and Townsite Subdivision
Surveys shall refer to the subdivision of A and
D lands of not more than 1,500 hectares into
50 parcels or more
Public Land Surveys shall refer to all original
surveys covering A and D lands which has not
been subjected to private rights nor devoted to
public use pursuant to the provisions of public
land laws
Amendment Surveys shall refer to the surveys
covering untitled/undecreed properties by
changing the number of lots thereof without
affecting the original technical description of
the boundary
Private Land Surveys shall refer to the
surveys covering lands claimed or owned by an
individual, a partnership, a corporation, or any
other form of organization, undertaken for
purposes of original or subsequent land
registration.
Government Land Surveys shall refer to the
surveys of parcels of lands administered by or
belonging to the National Government or any
of its branches and instrumentality
Friar Land Estates Surveys shall refer to the
surveys on the lands purchased by the
government from the Religious Orders and
private corporations from 1904 to 1913
National Government Lands Survey shall
refer to the surveys of all patrimonial
properties owned by the government not
intended for public use
Local Government Units (LGU) Lands Mineral Land Surveys shall refer to surveys
Surveys shall refer to the surveys on the lands of mining claims, quarry applications, sand and
acquired by the provincial, city/municipal, or gravel applications, and other mineral lands
barangay government pursuant to the Republic within private or public lands, executed for
Act 7160 aka "Local Government Code of mineral agreements, permits, licenses or for
1991," other purposes pursuant to the provision of
Republic Act No. 7942, otherwise known as
Conversion Surveys shall refer to the surveys "The Philippine Mining Act of 1995"
conducted for the purpose of transforming/
converting the lots covered by approved Forestlands and National Parks/Protected
graphical cadastral surveys, cadastral mapping Areas Delimitation Surveys shall refer to the
and photocadastral mapping ,into numerical or surveys conducted by the Regional Composite
regular cadastral lots, with computation and Survey Team (RCST) or qualified private
plotting in the system of the cadastral project Geodetic Engineers in order to delimit on the
ground the boundaries of forestlands and
Other Land Surveys shall refer to the surveys national parks/protected areas from the
made for purposes of determining the metes agricultural (A and D) lands as delineated
and bounds of parcels not included in the pursuant to Sections 3 and 4 , Article XII of the
enumeration above and intended for a specific 1987 Constitution, PD 705, the "Revised
purpose Forestry Code of the Philippines" and Republic
Act No. 7586, otherwise known as the
"National Integrated Protected Areas System
Act of 1992." It shall also include the sub
classification and zonification of said areas.