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______ shall pursue as a priority, the unification, synchronization
and regulation of all surveys on, but not limited to, agricultural
lands, mineral lands, forestlands, protected areas, civil and mil-
DENR
itary reservations, road networks and lands for other purposes
and expedite the conduct, verification and approval of surveys
thereon.
__________- shall refer to the result of a Cadastral Survey, drawn
to appropriate scale and showing all land parcels and important
Cadastral Map (CM)
natural and man-made features within a municipality/project, for
purposes of describing and recording ownership.
_______ - shall refer to a set of records about parcels of land
consisting of a spatial reference and the related information on
Cadastre
the area, ownership/claims, value and use of land primarily for
taxation purposes.
____________- shall refer to the establishment of the permanent
forestland and protected area boundaries by conducting actual Delimitation Survey
ground survey.
__________-shall refer to a natural person with professional ex-
pertise 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,
Geodetic Engineer (GE)
and who has been issued a Certificate of Registration and Identi-
fication Card by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-
Board of Geodetic Engineering pursuant to Republic Act 8560,
the Geodetic Engineering Act, as amended.
_____________- is the standard generic term for satellite navi-
gation systems that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
with global coverage.
_________- shall refer to the official recording of land ownership
based on the legal documents submitted to the Register of Deeds Land Registration
for the Province or City where the land is located.
__________- shall refer to the description of a land parcel with
its boundary directions and distances, together with a note of
Metes and Bound
adjacent property owners, their lot numbers, and other relevant
natural and man-made features.
___________- shall refer to any concrete object that is set perma-
nently in the ground to mark the position of a point or a boundary Monument
corner.
_____________-deeds and other documentary evidence of title
Muniments of Titles
or ownership to land.
______________- shall refer to a document recording the bound-
ary adjudication agreement by all concerned and participating
claimants or owners, in collaboration with the geodetic engineer,
a Barangay official, and adjudicator, indicating and describing Parcel Information Sheets (PIS)
the boundaries of a land parcel and any natural features, marks
and occupations that are or near the boundary in the manner
prescribed in the Manual of Procedures.
_____________- shall refer to properties owned by the State but
are not intended for public use, public service or for the develop- Patrimonial Property
ment of national wealth.
_____________- shall refer to a map where all lots subject for ver-
ification and approval are plotted to determine cases of overlaps Projection map
with previously approved plans.
_____________- shall refer to the Philippine Reference System
of 1992, a national common coordinate reference system for all
PRS92
surveys and maps pursuant to Executive Order No. 45 dated
January 5, 1993, as amended.

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____________- Filling of submerged land duly approved by the
Reclamation Projects
Philippine Reclamation Authority
_____________- shall refer to a point appropriately marked on
Reference Point
the ground with an established horizontal and vertical position.
______________- shall refer to the Secretary of the Department
Secretary
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
____________- shall refer to a two-dimensional map showing the
metes and bounds of a surveyed parcel or parcels of land and Survey Plan
other pertinent information.
_____________- shall refer to the collective documents submitted
by a Geodetic Engineer (GE) as a result of the survey conducted Survey Returns
and other relevant documents as may be required.
_____________- shall refer to the number exclusively assigned to
a LAND parcel in reference to its physical spatial position on Land Unique Parcel Identifier (UPI)
Information Map (UPI = LIM Number + Parcel Number)
Survey conducted to determine the horizontal and vertical posi-
tions of points which will form part of a geodetic network or project
Control Surveys
controls over an area which will subsequently become the basis
in determining the rectangular coordinates in an area.
The surveys conducted covering extensive areas which take into
account the curvature and the geoid-spheroidal shape of the
Geodetic Control Surveys
earth at sea level for the purpose of establishing basic network
of reference points, covering the first and second order controls.
The surveys conducted to establish the positions of points of
reference for projects with a limited geographic coverage such as
a municipality, a large isolated tract of land, a group settlement, Project Control Surveys
a barangay or group of municipalities, covering primary control
(third order), secondary control (fourth order) and tertiary control.
Survey made to determine the metes and bounds of all parcels
within an entire municipality or city for land registration and other Cadastral Surveys
purposes.
Bearings and distances of the individual lots are determined from
Numerical Cadastre
the computations based on the actual ground survey.
Bearings and distances of the individual lots are determined using
transit and stadia, scaling from photo map, and other graphical Graphical Cadastre
methods.
Subdivisions of A&D lands covering an area of more than 1,500
Public Land Subdivision
hectares.
Comprised of all classes of surveys of isolated parcels of land
used for agricultural, residential, commercial, resettlement, or oth- Isolated Surveys
er purposes covering areas not more than 1,500 hectares.
Subdivision of A&D lands of not more than 1,500 hectares into 50
Group Settlement/Townsite Subdivision Surveys
parcels or more
All original surveys covering A&D lands which has not been sub-
jected to private rights nor devoted to public use pursuant to the Public Land Surveys
provisions of public land laws.
Surveys covering untitled/undecreed properties by changing the
number of lots thereof without affecting the original technical Amendment Surveys
description of the boundary
Surveys covering lands claimed or owned by an individual, a
partnership, a corporation, or any other form of organization, un- Private Land Surveys
dertaken for purposes of original or subsequent land registration.
Surveys of parcels of land administered by or belonging to the
Government Land Surveys
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Lands purchased by the government from the Religious Orders
and private corporations from 1904 to 1913, for distribution to Friar Land Surveys
actual occupants and bonafide settlers pursuant to ACT 1120
Surveys of all patrimonial properties owned by the government
National Government Lands Survey
not intended for public use
Lands acquired by the provincial, city/municipal, or barangay gov-
ernment pursuant to the Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as
Local Government Units Land Surveys
the "Local Government Code of 1991", and other pertinent laws
which are not needed for public purposes
Conducted for the purpose of transforming/converting the lots
covered by approved graphical cadastral surveys, cadastral map-
ping (CADM) and photocadastral mapping (PCADM), into numer- Conversion Surveys
ical or regular cadastral lots, with computation and plotting in the
system of the cadastral project.
Made for purposes of determining the metes and bounds of
parcels not included in the enumeration above and intended for Other Land Surveys
a specific purpose.
Surveys of mining claims, quarry applications, sand and gravel
applications, and other mineral lands within private or public lands,
executed for mineral agreements, permits, licenses or for other Mineral Land Surveys
purposes pursuant to the provision of Republic Act No. 7942,
otherwise known as "The Philippine Mining Act of 1995"
Surveys conducted by the _____________ (RCST) or qualified
private Geodetic Engineers in order to delimit on the ground the
boundaries of forestlands and national parks/protected areas from
the agricultural (A&D) lands as delineated pursuant to Sections 3
and 4, Article XII of the 1987 Constitution, PD 705, the "Revised Regional Composite Survey Team
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 subclassification and
zonification of said areas.
All land surveys and mapping activities under the scope and
coverage of this regulation intended for disposition, registration
8560
and other purposes shall be made only by a Geodetic Engineer
pursuant to RA_____, as amended.
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys: He/She shall be a holder
of a valid ______________ registration, ______________ iden-
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
tification card, current professional tax receipt (PTR) and tax
identification number (TIN).
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys: He/She shall be an active
member of a PRC accredited association of Geodetic Engineers 8560
pursuant to R.A. _____, as amended.
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys: Geodetic Engineers in gov-
ernment service may execute surveys on government projects
court or authorized official of the concerned agency
upon authority/order issued by a______________. Section 9 a
and b above shall also apply to them, except PTR.
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys: There shall be created a
national database of registered GE's. The LMS shall submit a
listing of practicing GE's in their Region and the correspond-
ing________________, to the LMB who in turn shall validate the
PRC Registration Number with the date of issuance
data thereof with the PRC-Board of Geodetic Engineering. Upon
validation, the LMB shall update the GE's National Database and
furnish all the LMS Regional Offices with the Official Listing for
their reference.

In order to ensure the authenticity of survey returns submitted to

the DENR in accordance with laws and regulations, and to protect PRC Registration Number with the date of issuance
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use GE dry seal with an engraved PRC registration Number and
the date of issuance.
The Regional Surveys Division (RSD) shall maintain an ______
for every practicing GE which shall be signed by the said GE in
every submission of their survey returns. The said __________
shall contain the name of the GE, gender, date of birth, PRC
Registration No., and the date of issuance and space for three
Index Card
(3) specimen signature and three (3) initials. Moreover, it shall
provide columns for information on the submitted survey plans
such as survey symbol and lot numbers, location, area, name of
claimants/owners, date of submission, acceptance logbook entry,
number, and date of approval.
In consonance with RA 8560, as amended, the Director of
____________for Lands, shall ensure that no firm, company,
partnership, association or corporation will participate in the con-
LMB and the RTD
duct of bidding for survey projects or submit survey returns unless
the proprietors are GE's or the controlling group are GE's. In all
cases, the team leader of the survey project shall be a GE.
Firms, companies, partnerships, associations, corporations or in-
dividual practicing GE's who abandon _____ bid survey projects
without reasonable cause shall be barred from participating in
the bidding of other survey projects and in the actual conduct
DENR
of such surveys. The LMB/LMS shall pursue the necessary and
appropriate legal actions through the PRC - Board of Geodetic
Engineering and the proper court against the said erring practi-
tioners/firms.
The LMB/LMS shall likewise publish/post the list of delinquent
surveying companies or practitioners and may impose sanctions
such as non-acceptance of the survey returns of isolated surveys
Manual of Procedure
submitted for verification and approval. Blacklisted practitioners
may be reinstated upon completion of the project and in accor-
dance with the____________.
Consistent with the policy of upgrading survey and mapping prac-
tices, and database management, the LMB/LMS and practitioners
shall utilize the most appropriate modern techniques and technol-
LMB
ogy. The ______ shall develop a national system to expedite pro-
jection, verification and approval of surveys which are consistent
with the state-of-the-art technologies, processes, and procedures.
A GE shall first secure a survey order or _______ before conduct-
survey authority
ing survey of lands of the public domain.
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for the conduct of surveys
of public and government land for land registration and other
RTD for Forestry
purposes: Delimitation Survey for Watershed Reservation, SO if
area in the same region is less than 5,000 hectares
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for the conduct of surveys
of public and government land for land registration and other
RTD for PAWCZMS
purposes: Parks and Protected Areas Delimitation Surveys, SO
if area is less than 5,000 hectares
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for the conduct of surveys
of public and government land for land registration and other
CENRO
purposes: Isolated Land Surveys, SA if area is 12 hectares and
below
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for the conduct of surveys
of public and government land for land registration and other Regional Director MGB
purposes: Mineral Land Surveys, SO
The _____ of the concerned government agency or his/her duly
authorized representative shall issue survey authority for survey Head
of lands under the jurisdiction of their respective agency by virtue
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of existing laws. The copy of pertinent laws, legal documents or
muniment of title stating therein their jurisdiction or ownership over
the subject property shall be included in the survey returns.
________ which shall refer to the instruments in the conduct of
traverse, triangulation, and trilateration and other terrestrial-based Conventional surveying instruments
surveying methods.
__________which are used in aerial triangulation, compilation
and feature extraction using aerial photograph high-precision Aerial photogrammetric instruments
cameras mounted on an aircraft.
___________ refer to User Segment in the satellite-based posi-
GNSS Receiver
tioning system.
____________- a combination of GNSS and total stations. Smart stations
All conventional survey instruments, GNSS receivers and smart
stations shall be properly calibrated by and registered to the
________ before it can be used for any kind of survey covered LMB/LMS
by this regulation. Surveys made with instruments without valid
registration shall not be accepted for verification and approval.
_________ shall be issued by the LMB after the calibration. A
National Database on survey instruments shall be established and Original Certificate of Instrument Registration (CIR)
maintained/updated by the LMB.
Renewal of CIR may be issued by the LMS concerned after the
usual recalibration thereof. A copy of the renewed CIR shall be National Database on Surveying Instruments
furnished to the LMB for updating the__________.
Shall refer to the Triangulation Station Balanacan located in
Luzon 1911 Datum
Marinduque Province
Shall refer to the modified Luzon Datum 1911 which was adopted
as the datum for _____. Upon full implementation of _______, the
PRS92
________ Datum shall be the sole datum to be used in all surveys
and mapping in the country.
________________- also known as the "floating" reference sys-
tem wherein the surveys are referred to location monuments with
no definite geodetic positions and no subsequent adjustment to
the basic geodetic control network. These reference points are
Local Plane Coordinate System (LPCS)
established as the need arises, per survey project (Public Land
Subdivision, Group Settlement, Townsites, etc.) or per locality or
municipality, wherein the relative position among the control points
within the same system can be determined.
________________________, also known as the Philippine
Transverse Mercator (PTM) , are transformed from geographic to
grid coordinates on the Luzon 1911 Datum, determined through
Philippine Plane Coordinate System (PPCS)/Luzon 1911
astronomical observations. PPCS-PTM was adopted as the co-
ordinate system in the Philippines pursuant to Lands Circular No.
64, dated June 30, 1965 with the following characteristics:
____________- shall be the plane coordinate system referred to
the modified Luzon 1911 Datum known as _____. It shall replace
the PPCS/Luzon1911 and serve the standard coordinate system PPCS/PRS92
for all surveys in the country pursuant to Executive Order No. 45,
series of 1993, as amended.
A national standard spatial index map showing all land parcels
covered by Cadastral and Isolated Surveys over a specific map
Land Information Map
area with their UPI (Uniform Parcel Identifier). This is formerly
referred to as the Cadastral Information Map (CIM).

A continuous representation of the ground obtained by assem-

bling together individual photographs taken from an aircraft, into
Photo Map
a composite picture, scale and the effects of tilt are corrected. If
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information have been added or overprinted, it shall be known as
Orthophoto Map.
The_____________ shall be prepared on a reproducible material
political boundary map
of stable base as approved for official use by the LMB.
The progress map based on the control survey of the project shall
be made on reproducible materials of stable base as prescribed Manual of Procedures
in the _________.
The _______ , as a base map, shall serve as the primary source
Cadastral map
of land cadastre.
A base map coextensive with the boundary of the cadastral project
covering the entire municipality drawn in a convenient scale on
drafting film or other stable transparent materials in the same size Municipal Boundary and Index Map
as a cadastral map and showing other pertinent information as
required by the Manual of Procedures.
Shall serve a dual purpose of positioning points to facilitate the
survey of land parcels in difficult areas where it satisfies the
accuracy standard set by the principle of graduated accuracy,
consistent with land use, as may be specified by instructions, or Orthophoto map
provide graphical positioning of unavailable map detail for com-
pletion of the LIM. Detailed instructions on the procedures shall
be issued by the LMB Director.
Standard signs and symbols used in mapping and other carto-
graphic works, with their corresponding dimensions and colors,
Director
shall be included in the Manual of Procedures to be issued by the
LMB_______.
A _________ for each lot, whether computer/electronic or manu-
ally generated, duly signed by the concerned geodetic engineer,
shall be prepared upon approval of the survey plan. It shall contain Technical Description
pertinent information as prescribed by the Manual of Procedures
and submitted with the survey plan for land registration purposes.
___________ shall be consistent with the generally accepted
elements of a map (title, orientation, scale, source of information,
grids, legend, author, dates and other marginal information), and Real (hardcopy) maps
plotted in appropriate scales following the prescribed marginal
information.;
___________ easily converted into GIS-ready format and inter-
faced/integrated with other datasets and software environment.
Database (Spatial and Aspatial) will be seamless (provincial, Digital (softcopy) maps
regional and national) and with built-in electronic data security
system.
Lands bordering the seas, gulfs, bays, or ports shall be subject to
easements of salvage zone of _____ meters measured land ward 20
from the interior limit of the shoreline.
The easement of coast police is the obligation to leave a right of
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way ____ meters wide within the salvage zone.
Refers to a strip of land with natural or established vegetation,
which provides an added layer of protection to the natural forest
including mangrove forest. This shall be surveyed and established Buffer Zone
using standards provided for by existing laws, monumented on the
ground and properly indicated on the map.
Complete ______ of the cadastral survey shall be submitted to the
LMS for verification and approval. The verification process shall
compose of office (such as computerized verification) and on-site
Survey Returns
(such as conduct of test traverse) validation. However, the LMS
may conduct routinary inspection, as the need arises, while the
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The ___________ (GNIS) shall be established to provide man-
agement and operational support to the DENR, other stakehold- National Geodetic Information System
ers and general users of the network.
The _________ shall publish both in print and in digital form, the
First and Secord Order PRS92 Geodetic Control Points. The LMV
in the national and the LMS in the regional scope shall do the
NAMRIA
same with the Third and Fourth Order Control Points. The format
and the information in the certifications shall be uniform and in
accordance with the joint issuance of the ________ and LMB.
The ________ shall conduct a massive inventory of the survey
records which includes data of Reference Points, Isolated Sur-
vey plans, Cadastral Maps, Lot Descriptions, etc. using the most LMB/LMS
appropriate method. The GSD/RSD shall be the custodian of all
Survey Records both the digital and hard copies
Any person who is found to be misrepresenting himself as Ge-
odetic Engineer upon verification with ____________ , shall be
subjected to the filing of legal action in the proper court and PRC
the outright cancellation or rejection of the survey returns he/she
submitted for verification and approval in the LMS.
Any provisions of previous orders, memorandum circulars and
other issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby accordingly su-
perseded, amended or repealed. The provisions of DAO 98-12,
DENR
the Revised Manual for Land Surveying Regulations in the Philip-
pines that are still necessary shall be re-issued in the Manual of
Procedures

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