GEO 121 – Lecture 4 i. Certificate of instrument registration.

Isolated Surveys – shall comprise all classes of lands used

for agricultural, residential, industrial, commercial,
2. Plans of Isolated Survey
resettlement and other purpose.
a. Preparation of Isolated Land Survey Plans
1. Public Land Surveys b. Coordinates Lines
 all original surveys of lands of the public domain c. Scale for the Isolated Survey
classified as alienable or disposable pursuant to the d. Plotting and centering of Lot
provisions of Public Land Law (CA 141).
INSPECTION, VERIFICATION and APPROVAL OF
 survey of this land shall be conducted upon the issuance
SURVEYS
of SA as mentioned in DAO 2007 – 29.
 Public Land can only be disposed of only as follows; 1. INSPECTION OF ISOLATED SURVEY
o for homestead settlement a. Preliminary Evaluation
o by sale b. Technical Evaluation
o by lease c. Field checking
o by confirmation of imperfect and incomplete title that 2. VERIFICATION OF ISOLATED SURVEY
is either by judicial legalization or by administrative a. The LMS GE designated by RTD for Lands concerned
legalization upon recommendation of the Chief shall verify the
2. Private Land Surveys – all original surveys claimed or Survey.
owned by an individuals, partnerships, corporations or b. The return of the test traverse or triangulation.
any other form of organization undertaken for use in land c. Findings and observations.
registration proceedings pursuant to the provisions of PD d. Issuance of the Certificate of Acceptability and
1529 aka Property Registration Decree. Endorsement Letter addressed to the RTD.
3. Government Land Surveys – lands that administered by e. Approval of the Isolated Survey
or belonging to the National Government or any of its
branches pursuant to Friar Lands Act. No. 1120, as
amended by Act No. 3038.  Conversion Surveys – All surveys converting graphical
4. Conversion Surveys – converting graphical cadastral lots cadastral lots into numerical cadastral lots, computed and
into numerical cadastral lots, computed and plotted in the plotted in the system of the cadastral project.
system of the cadastral project.  Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) -is the
5. Group Settlement Survey (GSS) or Townsite standard generic term for satellite navigation systems that
Subdivision – shall be conducted in the PRS 92 system provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global
and shall follow the accuracy requirement. coverage
 Government Land Surveys – All original surveys of
METHODOLOGY
lands administered by or belonging to the National
1. Determination of position of the lot’s boundary from an Government or any of its branches
established reference point shall be conducted using  Isolated land surveys - shall comprise all classes of
GNSS. isolated parcel of lands used for agricultural, residential,
2. Lot corners determined by side shots industrial, commercial, resettlement, or other purpose.
 <= 1500 : ETS  Land Registration - shall refer to the official recording
 500 – 150 : 1” of land ownership based on the legal documents
 10 – 500 : 6” submitted to the Register of Deeds for the Province or
 5 – 10 : 20” engr. tran. City where the land is located.
 <5 : 30” w/ steel tape  Other Land Surveys – All surveys made for the purpose
3. GE shall undertake GSS or TS survey upon receipt of of determining political boundaries, verifying or
survey. relocating prior surveys, delimiting alienable and
4. Data Research of Adjoining Claims disposable areas, forestlands, parks and other protected
5. Reconnaissance areas, ancestral claims, watersheds, reservations,
6. Notification of the Survey foreshore lands; determining the geographic coordinates,
7. Isolated Survey accuracy shall comply to the accuracy establishing location monuments and triangulation
requirement for Tertiary Control. stations, locating roads and streets, easements, and any
8. Setting Permanent Position of Lot Corners other survey work not included in the preceding classes.
a. Tie Lines – a straight line with known bearing and  Parcel Information Sheets (PIS) – shall refer to a
distance expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds document recording the boundary adjudication agreement
computed based on the position of Corner 1. by all concerned and participating claimants or owners, in
b. Connection of Survey – the survey shall be collaboration with the geodetic engineer, a Barangay
adequately connected to permanent reference points official, and adjudicator, indicating and describing the
existing in close proximity to the survey. boundaries of a land parcel and any natural features,
c. Common Point – when a previous survey and the marks and occupations that are or near the boundary in
survey in progress overlap or adjoin each other. the manner prescribed in the Manual of Procedures.
 President – it refers to the President of the Philippines
SURVEY OUTPUTS  Private Land Surveys – All original surveys of lands
1. Survey Returns – requirements including: claimed or owned by individuals, partnerships,
a. Letter of Transmittal. corporations, or any other form of organization,
b. Original Drafting Film Plan. undertaken for use in land registration proceedings
c. Parcel Information Sheet.  PRS92 – shall refer to the Philippine Reference System
d. The original field notes. of 1992, a national common coordinate reference system
e. Survey notification letter. for all surveys and maps pursuant to Executive Order No.
f. Lot Data Computation. 45 dated January 5, 1993, as amended.
g. Traverse Computation.  Public Land Surveys – All original surveys of lands of
h. Astronomical Observation Computation. the public domain classified as alienable or disposable
 pursuant to the provisions of the Public Land Law
(Commonwealth Act No. 141).
 Reference Point - shall refer to a point appropriately
marked on the ground with an established horizontal and
vertical position.
 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.
 Tie Lines – A tie line shall be a straight line with known
bearing and distance expressed in degrees, minutes and
seconds computed based on the position of corner 1 of the
lot from an established reference monument.