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  • Land Survey Audit Policy
  • Land Survey Audit Procedures
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Land Tasmania

  • Cadastral Survey Standards
    • Cadastral Standards Background Information
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    • Current Survey Policy and Practice
      • Circulars - Office of the Surveyor General
      • Land Survey Audit Policy
      • Land Survey Audit Procedures

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Current Survey Policy and Practice

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​Useful information on survey policy and practice.

In this Topic

  • Circulars - Office of the Surveyor General
    Circular Memoranda issued since 1979
  • Land Survey Audit Policy
    Any survey of land that has been certified by a registered land surveyor and/or lodged with a registering authority may be subject to audit
  • Land Survey Audit Procedures
    Details the approved procedures for the audit of surveys of land
FurtherInfo


  Calculation of Positional Uncertainty for Cadastral Surveys   (569Kb)


  Survey Checklist.pdf   (71Kb)
  Survey Checklist.xlsx   (31Kb)​

Geoscience Australia: AUSPOS frequently asked questions


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Office of the Surveyor General
134 Macquarie Street
HOBART TAS 7000
Phone: 03 6165 4444
Email: osg@dpipwe.tas.gov.au

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