Property Survey Lesson 1.1 & 1.2

A map made from a cadastral survey showing all land parcels and important natural and man-made features within a municipality or project.

A set of records about land parcels containing spatial reference and information on area, ownership or claims, value, and use, primarily for taxation.

A DENR office responsible for implementing DENR programs and enforcing environmental and natural resources laws at the community level.

A document that evidences ownership of real property and is required to transfer property from one person to another.

A survey that establishes permanent forestland and protected-area boundaries through actual ground survey.

An encumbrance imposed upon an immovable property for the benefit of another immovable property belonging to a different owner.

A natural person with professional surveying expertise who is issued a Certificate of Registration and ID by the PRC Board of Geodetic Engineering under RA 8560, as amended.

A generic term for satellite navigation systems that provide autonomous geospatial positioning with global coverage.

The official recording of land ownership based on legal documents submitted to the Register of Deeds where the land is located.

The right or document by which a person asserts control over a property.

A description of a land parcel using boundary directions and distances, together with adjacent owners, lot numbers, and relevant natural or man-made features.

A concrete object permanently set in the ground to mark a point or boundary corner.

Deeds and other documentary evidence of title or ownership to land.

A government-issued document through the Register of Deeds certifying that a named person is the registered owner of a described property, subject to restrictions, conditions, and encumbrances.

A document recording the boundary adjudication agreement of concerned claimants or owners, prepared with the GE, Barangay official, and adjudicator.

State-owned property that is not intended for public use, public service, or the development of national wealth.

A map where lots subject to verification or approval are plotted to determine overlaps with previously approved plans.

The national common coordinate reference system for surveys and maps.

Projects involving the filling of submerged land duly approved by the Philippine Reclamation Authority.

A point appropriately marked on the ground with an established horizontal and vertical position.

The act or process of entering a public register one’s right, title, or interest to real property.

The Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

A two-dimensional map showing the metes and bounds of surveyed parcels and other pertinent information.

The collective documents submitted by a Geodetic Engineer as a result of a survey and other required documents.

A property record maintained by provincial, city, or municipal assessors showing market and assessed values and the basis for real property tax.

A number exclusively assigned to a land parcel based on its physical spatial position on the Land Information Map.

What is the formula for UPI?

Anything that is or may be the object of appropriation.

The taking of something that belongs to or is associated with somebody else, especially without permission.

How is property classified according to its nature?

Land or any estate in land, generally including whatever is built or growing upon it; essentially, something immovable.

All property other than real property; generally, movable property.

How is property classified according to ownership?

Property intended for public use, such as roads, streets, canals, rivers, ports, and bridges constructed by the State.

Property belonging to private persons, either individually or collectively.

The independent right of exclusive enjoyment and control of a thing for the owner's reasonable needs and the promotion of general welfare, subject to laws and the rights of others.

The holding of a thing or enjoyment of a right through material occupation or by subjecting it to one's will.

What is the main purpose of land surveys?

What are the three main purposes of property surveys?

Why is a property survey important before purchasing land?

What are the six major phases of a typical land-survey procedure?

What is done during the Location phase?

What documents may be examined during the Location phase?

Where are documents for the Location phase commonly obtained?

What is done during the Determination phase?

What is physical evidence of a boundary mainly composed of?

What are the two types of monuments?

What are examples of natural monuments?

What are examples of artificial monuments?

What type of boundary markers should not be used because they are perishable?

Why should perishable markers not be used as monuments?

What is commonly conducted during the Survey Proper?

What happens during the Establishment of the Boundary phase?

What is prepared during the Property Description phase?

Where are survey outputs submitted for approval?

What documents are included in survey returns?

What are approved survey returns used for?