Surveyors' toolkit

This page provides a collection of procedures, specifications, and resources for carrying out survey activities on transportation projects. These tools assist with assuring compliance with methods and requirements for completion of TxDOT projects.

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Project management

• Preliminary site visit (Form ROW-S-PrelimSite)
• Right of entry request template
• Survey report template
• Texas 811
• Texas Railroad Commission public GIS viewer
• Texas Public Utility Commission water and sewer CCN viewer
• TxDOT district survey coordinators

Checklists

• Control plan sheet checklist (Form ROW-S-ConCheck)
• Design survey checklist (Form ROW-S-DesCheck)
• Local-let acquisition survey checklist (Form ROW-S-LLAcqCheck)
• Local-let survey control checklist (Form ROW-S-LLCntrlCheck)
• Primary survey control checklist (Form ROW-S-2462Check)
• Property description checklist (Form ROW-S-PDCheck)
• Right of way map checklist (Form ROW-S-MapCheck)
• Survey report checklist (Form ROW-S-ReportCheck)

Field

• Airborne lidar for design
• Control layout template
• Daily survey job safety analysis (Form ROW-S-JSA)
• Global positioning system (GPS)
• Mobile lidar for design
• Monument specifications
• Photogrammetry guide
• Required feature table
• Survey linking codes for OpenRoads designer
• Survey safety inspection (Form ROW-S-SI)
• Terrestrial lidar for design
• Traffic control plan (TCP) for surveying operations
• TxDOT survey levels of accuracy for GPS
• UAS aerial mapping for design
• UAS for surveying study

Office

• Aerial ground control submission (Form ROW-S-GrndCntrl)
  
• Aerial panel layout template
• County surface adjustment factors
• Cybersecurity resources
• Geodatabase template for use in TxDOTCONNECT only (v3.0)
• Photogrammetry feature collection standards
• Real property asset map
• Submission standards for ROW mapping data in ArcGIS format
• Survey control (Form ROW-S-2462)
• Survey control standard operating procedure
• TxDOT ORD workspace