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Quantitative research

* Statistical survey, a method for collecting quantitative information about items in a population
* Paid survey, a method for companies to collect consumer opinions about a product by offering them money as rewards

[edit] Geography

* Surveying, the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth
* Aerial survey, a method of collecting information using aerial photography
* Cadastral survey, used to document land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, plats, and maps
* Dominion Land Survey, the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes
* Public Land Survey System, a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels
* Survey township, a square unit of land, six miles (~9.7 km) on a side, used by the U.S. Public Land Survey System

[edit] Earth Sciences

* Geological survey, an investigation of the subsurface of the ground to create a geological map or model
* Geophysical survey, the systematic collection of geophysical data for spatial studies
* Soil survey, the mapping of the properties and varieties of soil in a given area
* Hydrographic survey, the gathering of information about navigable waters for the purposes of safe navigation of vessels
* Cave survey, the three-dimensional mapping of underground caverns; the resulting map is also referred to as a survey

[edit] Construction and Mining

* Construction surveying Locating of structures relative to a reference line, used in the construction of buildings, roads, mines and tunnels
* Deviation survey, used in the oil industry to measure a borehole's departure from the vertical

[edit] Archaeology

* Archaeological field survey, the collection of information by archaeologists prior to excavation

[edit] Astronomy

* Astronomical survey, imaging or mapping regions of the sky
* Durchmusterung, a German word for a systematic survey of objects or data, generally used in astronomy
* Redshift survey, an astronomical survey of a section of the sky to calculate the distance of objects from Earth

[edit] Academia

* Survey article, a scholarly publication to summarize an area of research

[edit] Organizations

* The Institut Géographique National, a French state establishment which produces and maintains geographical information for France and its territories
* The Survey of India, India's central agency in charge of mapping and surveying
* The Zoological Survey of India studies the fauna of India
* The British Geological Survey, a body which carries out geological survey and monitoring of the UK landmass
* The Ordnance Survey, national mapping agency for Great Britain
* The British Antarctic Survey, conducts scientific research in and around Antarctica for the United Kingdom
* The United States Geological Survey, government scientific research agency which studies the landscape of the United States
* The U.S. National Geodetic Survey, performs geographic surveys as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce