Republic o fthe Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

VisayasAvenue,Diliman,QuezonCity
Tel Nos. 9294626 to 29; 9294633to 35
926-7041to 43: 9296252; 929-1 669
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JUN 2 3 2010

NO.2010 i 3
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR -
SUBJECT : ADOPTION OF THE MANUAL ON LAND SURVEY
PROCEDURES

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 192 dated June 10, 1987, and DENR
Administrative Order No. 2007-29 dated July 31, 2007, otherwise known as the
Revised Regulations on Land Surveys,the attached Manual onLand Survey
Procedures is hereby adopted.

The Manual on Land SurveyProcedures is a useful reference for Geodetic

EngineersIContractors,Land Management Bureau (LMB), Land Management
Services (LMS) in the different DENR Regional Offices, the Local Government Units
(LGUs) and other stakeholders as it embodies the updated guidelines on the
execution of all types of land surveys taking into consideration the technological
advances in recent times.

All other memoranda, memorandum circulars and otherissuances which are

are hereby amended accordingly.
inconsistent with the provisions of #is Manual

'This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I

Pre-Survey Activities and Field Operation

Section

Chapter I- Control Surveys 1

Article 1 - Geodetic Control Surveys 2-28

Article 2 - Project Control Surveys 29-52

Chapter II - Cadastral Surveys

Article 3 - Numerical Cadastre 53-101

Article 4 - Graphical Cadastre 102
Article 5 - Public Land Subdivision 103-114

Chapter III - Isolated Surveys

Article 6 - Public Land Subdivision 115

Article 7 - Group Settlement Survey/
Townsite Subdivision Survey 116-128
Article 8 - Survey of Public Lands 129-133
Article 9 - Amendment Surveys 134- 135
Article 10 - Private Land Surveys 136
Article 11 - Government Land Surveys 137- 141
Article 12 - Conversion Surveys 142
Article 13 - Other Land Surveys 143- 161
Article 14 - Mineral Land Surveys 162
Article 15 - Forestlands and National Parks/Protected
Areas Delimitation Survey 163- 165

Part II

Survey Returns
Chapter IV- Control Surveys Returns

Article 16 - Geodetic Control Survey Returns 166-167

Article 17 - Project Control Survey Returns 168-172
Chapter V - Cadastral Survey Returns

Article 18 - Numerical Cadastral Survey returns 173-175

Article 19 - Survey returns of a Survey Covering Previously
Approved Graphical Cadastre 176
Article 20 - Survey Returns of Public Land Subdivision 177

Chapter VI- Isolated Surveys Returns

Article 21 - Survey Returns Common to All Kinds of

Isolated Land Surveys 178-180
Article 22 - Political Boundary Surveys 181-182
Article 23 - Mineral Land Survey Returns 183
Article 24 - Forestland and national Parks/Protected Areas
Delimitation Surveys 184- 185

Part III

Inspection, Verification, and Approval of Survey Returns

Chapter VII- Control Surveys

Article 25 - Geodetic Control 186-188

Article 26 - Project Control 189-192

Chapter VIII- Cadastral Surveys

Article 27 - Numerical Cadastre 193

Article 28 - Graphical Cadastre and Public Land Subdivision 194- 195

Chapter IX - Isolated Surveys

Article 29 - Verification Common to all Isolated Land Surveys 196

Article 30 - Political Boundary Survey 197
Article 31 - Mineral Land Survey 198
Article 32 - Forestland and National Parks/Protected Areas
Delimitation Surveys 199

Part IV

Miscellaneous
Chapter X- Surveying Instruments

Article 33 - Instrument Registration and Calibration 200-202

Chapter XI – Survey Forms and Symbols

Article 34 - Survey Forms for registration and Other Purposes 203

Article 35 - Land Information Map (LIM) 204
Article 36 - Standard Survey Signs and Symbols 205-207

Chapter XII – Management of Survey Records and Information

Article 37 - Evaluation/Validation of Survey Records 208- 209

Article 38 - National Land Survey Records management 210
Article 39 - Cancellation of Survey Plan 211
Article 40 - Projection Maps 212

Chapter XIII – Supplementary and Mandatory Provisions

Supplementary Regulations 213

Annexes 214
Penalty and Sanctions 215
Effectivity 216

Annexes
I. Survey Symbols
II. Conventional Map Symbols
III. Monument Dimensions and Markings Illustrations
IV. PRS92 Provinces Codes
V. Transformation Formula from WGS84 to PRS92 Datum
VI. Philippine Plane Coordinate System (PPCS)
VII. PPCS-PTM Zone Assignment of Provinces
VIII. Description of Triangulation Station Balanacan
IX. Flowchart of Cadastral Survey
X. Notification of Cadastral Survey to Public
XI. Notification to Lot Claimant in a Cadastral Survey
XII. Parcel Information Sheet Form
XIII. Flowchart of Isolated Survey
XIV. Isolated Survey Checklist of Requirements
XV. Classification and Standards of Accuracy
XVI. Physiographic Features
XVII. Procedures and Formulas
XVIII. List of Friar Lands
XIX. Monument Recovery Sheet
XX. GPS Station Field Sheet
XXI. Final Notification to the Lot Claimants covered by on-going Cadastral survey
XXII. Plotting of BBIM
XXIII. System of Numbering Cadastral maps
XXIV. Scales to be used in Plotting Survey Plans
XXV. Illustration for uniform inscription on the “Notes” of the Isolated Survey Plans
XXVI. Title of an isolated Survey Plan
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. nos. (632)929-66-26 to 29 ● (632) 929-6252
929-66-20 ● 9296633 to35
929-70-41 to 43
Website: http://www.denr.gov.ph/E-mail: [email protected]

` MANUAL ON LAND SURVEY PROCEDURES

Pursuant to DENR Administrative Order No. 2007-29 dated July 31, 2007, otherwise
known as the Revised Regulations on Land Surveys, the following procedures are
hereby issued for the guidance and compliance of all concerned.

Part 1. Pre-Survey Activities and Field Operation

Chapter I - Control Surveys

Section 1. Control Surveys shall be fixed in a position on the surface of the earth by
monuments of permanent nature. As per Sections 4 and 28, DAO No. 2007-29, the
control surveys are defined and classified into geodetic and project control surveys. The
manner of conducting survey for the aforementioned types of survey is described below.

Article 1 - Geodetic Control Surveys

Section 2. All Geodetic Control Surveys shall be conducted in the Philippine Reference
System of 1992 (PRS 92) using survey grade GNSS receivers. The calibration/testing
and registration of the instrument prior to their use shall be in accordance with Section
22, DAO No. 2007-29.

Section 3. The conduct of Geodetic Control Survey shall be in accordance with the
following conditions:

a. The project area selected shall be based on the recommendation of the

Regional Executive Director (RED) concerned.

b. The person to be authorized to conduct the survey shall be a qualified

professional pursuant to RA 8560, otherwise known as the Philippine
Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998, as amended. Moreover, Sections 9 and
13, Article 3, DAO No. 2007-29 shall be applied in the process.

c. Survey Order as defined in Section 15 of DAO No. 2007-29 shall be issued

by the NAMRIA Administrator.

d. A copy of the Contract with the Notice to Proceed shall be transmitted to the
contractor and shall signal the start of survey activities. The date when the
contractor received the said documents shall serve as the official date of
commencement of the project.

Section 4. Organization of the Geodetic Control Survey Party – The survey party
and its component shall be as determined by the Project Contractor or the Chief of
Party. However, the Geodetic Control Survey Party to be established shall have the
following three (3) basic components:

a. Project Main Office – for general supervision, coordination activities,

 licensed Geodetic Engineer and his/her qualifications should conform to the
requirements under Article 3, DAO No. 2007-29 and RA 8560, as amended.

b. Office Operations – for data research, computations, cartographic, and

other related activities. Manpower shall include computer literate personnel
with knowledge on GNSS processing software.

c. Field Operations – for reconnaissance, monument setting, observations,

and other related activities.

1) Survey Control Team

2) Reconnaissance and Monument Recovery Team
3) Monument Setting Team
All personnel in the three components mentioned above shall be listed in the
proposed Geodetic Control Work Plan. The Geodetic Control Survey Project shall be
composed of licensed geodetic engineers which include the Chief of Party, Assistant
Chief of Party and instrument observer, in consonance with the provisions of RA 8560,
as amended.

Section 5. Geodetic Control Work Plan – The Work Plan shall be composed of
Project Management and Technical Plans. The Work Plan with the aforementioned
documents together with the sketch plan of the project site shall be forwarded to the
NAMRIA for approval before the commencement of the project. The approved Work
Plan shall form part of the Survey Returns and shall include the following:

a. Project Management Plan:

1) Geodetic Control Survey Party : It shall enumerate the manpower

compliments as mentioned in Section 4 of this Manual;

2) Financial Plan: It shall include activity costing and the bill of materials,
both for the office and field operations. The estimated miscellaneous
expenses such as photocopying of documents, blue printing of maps,
certification fees, etc. shall also be included;

3) Equipment complement for the project and their corresponding

allocation in the different phases of work, both in the office and in the
field. The surveying instruments to be indicated in the plan should be
registered in accordance with Section 22 of DAO No. 2007-29; and

4) The estimated duration of the project expressed in number of days as

per component project activities shall be presented in an Activity Graph,
Time and Motion Diagram, PERT-CPM, etc. In the determination of
project duration, the nature of the terrain and other physiographic
features as shown in the Topographic map should be considered.

b. Technical Plan:

1) Using available NAMRIA Topographic Map of the area, the estimated

boundary sketch of the project site shall be plotted on appropriate
scale. This shall be used as the base map for the Geodetic Network
Design.

2) The estimated number of control points to be established and their

proposed locations shall be shown on the project site map; and
Section 6. Data Research and Old Monuments Inventory – The individual status of
reference points of previously established Geodetic Control and Project Control Network
adjacent to or within the project area shall be researched, evaluated and verified on the
ground. Their corresponding Geographic Position and Plane Coordinates (GPPC), both
in the Local and in the Philippine Plane Coordinate System (PPCS), shall be
determined. Only stable or undisturbed control or reference points shall be considered
in the design of Control Network. Moreover, the established PRS92 control points in the
area which were validated and approved by NAMRIA shall also be included in the
project design. The monument recovery report shall be accomplished using the
prescribed form as illustrated in Annex XIX of this Manual.

Section 7. Notification of Survey - The following shall be notified in writing before the
conduct of the survey, if applicable:

a. The Provincial Governor’s Office thru the Provincial Engineer’s Office

b. The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO)

concerned
c. The DPWH District Engineer’s Office
d. The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)
concerned

e. The City or Municipal Mayor thru the City or Municipal Engineer’s Office
f. The Head of the Field Office of an agency which has jurisdiction over a land
wherein at least one survey station or control point/reference monument will
be established

g. The Barangay Chairman

h. Lot owner/claimant affected by the survey

Section 8. Geodetic Network Design - The network of controls covering the project
site shall be plotted on the map as mentioned in Section 5.b of this Manual. The
network design shall be composed of recovered/new control points and shall serve as
guide in the conduct of actual ground survey.

Section 9. Baseline Length – the conduct of survey shall start from an established
PRS 92 control point and shall end at another PRS 92 control point (check base) for
checking purposes. In order to ensure their correctness, the following shall be taken into
consideration:

a. The baseline length for the Primary Geodetic Network (First and Second
Order) shall be in accordance with the nominal space as provided for Section
28, DA0 2007-29.

1) 1 st Order - 50 kilometers

2) 2 nd Order - 25 kilometers

b. In addition, for the Secondary Geodetic Network (3rd and 4th Order), the
following shall apply:

1) 3rd Order - 5 kilometers

Section 10. Designing Network of Controls – The inter-visibility of stations are not
necessary in order to have a good Network Geometry in the GNSS observations.
However, in the preparation of the Network Design, it is necessary that the points
selected can be occupied, located in a stable ground and shall not be affected by any
construction activities in the near future. Swampy or loose soil areas should be avoided.

Section 11. In the Network Design, the following shall be considered:

a. The terrain and the physiographic features of the project area

b. The availability of old Geodetic Controls
c. Number of GNSS Receivers. More than Three (3) Receivers are sufficient for
the purpose.

d. Appropriate number and length of observations. These are dependent on the

type of receivers (single or dual) to be used and the purpose of the survey.

e. See section 25 for other details.

Section 12. The following shall apply in the preparation of the map of the project site:

a. The available NAMRIA Topographic Map on the area shall be used as base
map;
b. All the fixed controls (Old Control Points) based on the available records shall
be plotted;

c. The Points to be established shall be approximately plotted on the selected

locations;

d. Caution shall be taken in order to scale the map correctly. The distance
between points is an important factor;

e. Each station shall be numbered in accordance with Section 16 of this

Manual; and

f. The Network Design’s final map may be modified upon the conduct of Field
Reconnaissance.

Section 13. Using the project site map mentioned in Sections 5.b, 8 and 12 of this
Manual as reference, it shall be ascertained that the Network Design shall be made to
conform to the following conditions:

a. The lines connecting the control points within the network should create
closed polygons with the minimum number of sides, such as triangles that will
create a rigid network.

b. The Network shall be designed so that all stations or points included therein
have at least three (3) known PRS 92 control points.

c. The designed Network should have an adequate amount of Redundancy, or

additional measurement over and beyond the absolute minimum required
considering that the main objective is to have a required precision of the
control point’s final coordinates. As such, an optimal number of known points
 d. Schedules for the field observation shall also be included in the plan. The field
observations shall be timed when the Position Dilution of Precision (PDOP) is
low. A low PDOP value indicates a higher probability of accuracy.

Section 14. Reconnaissance of the area shall be conducted to determine if there are
control points that need to be transferred from their proposed sites to strengthen weak
geometric figures. The result of the Reconnaissance shall finalize the preliminary
Network Design. During the reconnaissance, the following shall be determined:

a. Accessibility of the proposed locations of the control points. They should not
be within an on-going or a proposed construction road or structures;

b. Ground stability of the proposed location. It should support the permanency

of the monuments. They should be far from the areas prone to flooding, land
slides, peoples activity route, and others which will cause the probable
disturbance of the monuments;

c. The best route to reach each survey station (in any type of weather and at
any time of the day or night). The route map shall be drawn and the
directions are written so that the survey team shall easily find the site;

d. Proximity of radio station towers that may possibly disrupt transmission of

data and presence of any obstructions above 15° of the horizon;

e. Estimated travel time between stations. The travel time from the field office to
the project site shall also be determined. This shall serve as input in the
finalization of the Work Plan of the project;

f. Actual number of the old control points to be recovered by the survey team
and their corresponding status on the ground; and

g. The private property owners from whom to obtain the permission to enter the
premises where the survey stations are proposed to be established, or if the
owners are already known, secure the said permission.

Section 15. Geodetic Control Monuments - The position of reference points shall be
defined and marked on the ground by monuments of permanent nature in the form of a
square base frustum illustrated in Annex III.A.1 of this Manual and in accordance with
the following standards:

a. Dimension of Survey Control Monuments:

Bottom Above
Order of Top Cross- Below
Cross- Length
Accuracy Section Ground Ground
section
First 30 x 30 cm 40 x 40 cm 120 cm 20 cm 100 cm

Second 30 x30 cm 40 x 40cm 120 cm 20 cm 100 cm

Third 25 x 25 cm 35 x 35 cm 120 cm 20 cm 100 cm

Fourth 20 x 20 cm 35 x 35 cm 100 cm 20 cm 80 cm

b. Concrete monuments shall be fabricated with reinforced steel bar (10 mm in

diameter for vertical bars and 8 mm in diameter for ties) and satisfying the
 meters of sand, and 4 cubic meters of gravel or 2 bags of cement, 4 bags of
sand and 8 bags of gravel. Sand and gravel must be clean, free from dust or
mud or other organic matter.

c. The concrete monuments shall be cast in place where they will be

established.

Section 16. Markings of Reference Monuments - They shall be marked on top with
engraved letters and shall consist of five (5) parts namely, Provincial Code, Control
Point Number, Year Established, Order of Accuracy and the office or entity that
established the Reference Monument. Illustration is found in Annex III.A.1 of this
Manual. In addition, the following shall be taken into consideration:

a. The List of Provinces and their corresponding Code is found in Annex IV of

this Manual. The NAMRIA shall be consulted for assignment of Code to the
newly created provinces.

b. The numbering of control points shall be from 1 to 3000 for those established
by NAMRIA and 3001 and so forth for those established by LMB/LMS and
other entities.

c. The name of the office or entity that established the control point shall be
inscribed using only one word which could either be an acronym , company
name or surname of a person .

d. To avoid duplication of numbers, the establishing entity shall coordinate with

NAMRIA for the First and Second Order control points and with the
concerned LMS Regional Office for the Third and Fourth Order control
points. The LMS shall furnish the data to LMB on the established control
points for the updating of the Reference Points National Database.

e. All the letters and numbers shall be in “Arial Bold” Font Type, all capital and
shall be 2.5 cm in height, 2 cm in width and 0.4 cm in thickness with margins
not less than 2 cm. along the edge of the monument to give allowance for
chipping.

f. It should bear the mark “GOV PROP” which stands for government property.

Section 17. Selection of Location for Establishing Reference Monuments – The

monuments shall be established as close as possible to the position as stated in the
Network Design taking into consideration the objective of preventing its destruction and
loss. The following shall be considered in selecting location for establishing the
monuments:

a. The spot shall be readily identifiable and easy to find.

b. It shall provide the most stable ground and has considerable distance from
shorelines, river banks, ravines, ditches, etc. to prevent its displacement in
case of landslide, erosion or rising of water level.

c. The monuments shall be located in an area with a safe distance from the
road, a right of way or from the proposed expansion or road widening where it
is likely to be subjected to damage, disturbance or obliteration in the future.

d. The nature of soil shall be observed so that the required depth below the
ground and the length exposed above the ground can be determined.
Section 18 . The control point shall be identified by its complete geographic position
which shall be expressed in latitude, longitude and elevation. In order to easily locate
the site, the following data shall be recorded for every established monument:

a. General location with respect to Island and province, distances and directions
from the larger towns or other well-known and easily found features;

b. Location with respect to local features, namely settlements, poblacion,

highways, topographic features such as bodies of water and prominent
ground forms, etc.;

c. Land ownership, whether consent of the owner has been obtained to

establish the station through a special agreement. The Reconnaissance
Team should obtain permission to enter upon private property, if there is a
necessity to establish a station therein. The notification letter and the
corresponding written permission/special agreement signed by the owner or
his duly appointed representative, should be furnished to the Observing
Team;

d. Direction for reaching the station starting from sizeable towns, adequately
describing roads and junctions, stating mileages, and including descriptions of
alternate routes, if advisable;

e. Detailed location with respect to roads, fence lines, buildings, etc. including
directions and paced or measured distances, notes of special markings;

f. Include vicinity and detailed sketch of the monuments;

g. Description of the monument including dimensions and inscription.

Section 19.The establishment of geodetic control covering the First and Second Order
Accuracy shall be done only using a GNSS Receiver. There shall be at least three (3)
receiver units per survey team. The employment of more than four (4) Receivers is
preferable.

Section 20. The GNSS receivers to be used in the conduct of ground survey shall
undergo calibration/testing and registration pursuant to Section 22 of DAO No. 2007-29.

a. Minimum specifications - The minimum specifications shall be in accordance

with Section 202.g of this Manual.

b. The types of receivers to be used shall depend on the following:

Receiver Baseline Length Mode of Positioning

Single Frequency Up to 10 km Limited to Static

Static,
Dual Frequency No Limitation Rapid Static,
Kinematic,
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK)

Section 21. Instrument Preparation Prior to Fieldwork – Before going out in the field,
the following should be checked/done:

a. There shall be no mixing of different receiver types or even model.

b. Fully charge the battery to ensure maximum power supply. At no stage

 batteries shall not be done during the observation as it will cause the
Receiver to lose lock on satellites, which in turn will cause a major cycle slip.

c. Ensure that the memory device of the receiver has an ample storage
capacity left for storing the estimated observations as per Network Design.
Field notes shall still be used for purposes of counter-checking and cross-
referencing during the data processing; and

d. Ensure that the receiver settings such as elevation mask, synchronous rates,
observation types, etc., are the same for all types of receivers.

Section 22. Before the start of operation, the following procedural conditions shall be
observed:

a. Control points that are to be observed at the same time shall form a Session
and shall be linked together through pivot sites. Pivot sites shall be the
stations that are common to two or more sessions.

b. All receivers shall be set at the same logging interval (default is 15 seconds.)
c. All receivers shall have the same elevation mask (default is 13˚)

d. All receivers shall be set at the same coordinate system (UTM, Zone 51
North, WGS84)

e. The Maximum PDOP shall be 7 and shall preferably less than 5 particularly
for shorter observation such as Rapid Static.

f. The survey mode shall be the same (if one is in the Static Mode others should
also be in the Static Mode; if one is in Real-Time Kinematic others should
also be in Real Time Kinematic, and so on).

g. The equipment frequency shall be the same in all the observation points (if
dual frequency is being used by one station, the other stations should be also
using dual frequency)

Section 23 . The following shall be the prescribed activities in the conduct of GNSS
field observations:

a. The GNSS receiver unit shall be set up on the survey mark/monument with
the receiver’s center exactly over the center of mark/monument which is
usually a brass or steel bar.

b. The observer shall follow the amount of warm-up time as per manufacturers’
specification considering that it is instrument dependent.

c. The receiver shall be properly connected to the power source (battery packs).
A second of glitch in the power source will affect the entire observations.

d. The antenna height shall be measured to the nearest millimeter. One of the
major blunders that resulted to ultimate GNSS observation mistake is to
misread the antenna height. At least two (2) members of the team shall be
assigned to measure the antenna height separately.

1) The antenna shall be centered to the station to the nearest millimeter.

Antenna shall be oriented to the North. All antennae shall be oriented in
the same direction, as this helps eliminate any systematic errors in
antenna center location. Antenna are usually marked with an arrow on the
 2) The observer shall indicate where the antenna height’s measurements
were taken. (Bottom of notch, Hook using tape, etc.)

3) The antenna heights measurement shall be taken before and after

observations. Measured data shall be written on field sheets.

4) Precautions shall be taken to make sure that the instrument height

measurements are recorded correctly in the field sheets, as well as the
station name, unit serial number, and the time. Mistakes in height
measurements are the most common source of error in GNSS surveying.
Effort shall be made in order to reduce the possibility of blunders caused
by incorrect measurement such as considering using Fixed-height tripods.

e. The height, station name, serial number, antenna model, and start and stop
time shall be properly recorded in the field sheets. All information in the field
sheet found in the Annex XX of this Manual shall be completely and properly
filled-up.

f. The observation shall begin after verifying if the instrument is logging data
when the unit is turned ON.

g. The guide to baseline length based on the Network Design and the
observation time shall be followed by the observer. Some of the baselines
shall be observed more than once to increase the level of redundancy.

Section 24. A minimum of four (4) satellites shall be observed with the following
duration:

a. The following shall be the observation time and number of session for Static
Mode:

Baseline Minimum Interval

Types of
Length Observation Session Between
Receivers
(kms) Time Session

Single 0-5 1 hr 2 At least

Frequency 30 mins
5-10 2 hrs

10-20 1.5 hrs

Dual 20-30 2 hrs 2 At least

Frequency 30 mins.
30-50 3 hrs

50-150 4 hrs

b. The following shall be the minimum session length for the Rapid/Fast Static
Mode:

No. of Satellites Up to 5 kms 5-10 kms.

4 20 min 35 min
5 15 min 25 min
6 or more 10 min 20 min
 c. The minimum session lengths stated above shall be the minimum period of
unbroken data. In case of doubt, more data shall be recorded in order to
ensure redundancy.

d. If observations are being conducted in a remote area where the baselines

cannot be processed and validated before the survey team leave the area,
longer observation periods shall be considered.

Section 25. Connection to existing controls - Connection shall be made to control of the
same or higher Order of Accuracy with the following number of observations:

Recommended
To Achieve Minimum Observations
Observations
1st Order 3 4 or more
2nd Order 2 3 or more
rd
3 Order 2 2

Section 26. In conducting independent observations, the following shall be noted:

a. Each point shall have a minimum of two independent observations to ensure

true redundancy.

b. Each independent observation shall be of different antenna height.

c. To ensure different satellite geometry while conducting independent

observations on the same day, the time difference between succeeding
observations shall be at least one (1) hour. The full specified minimum
observation period shall be observed with each occupation.

Section 27.The following shall be observed during and after the GNSS session in order
to prevent loss of data, low data quality, and other blunders which will necessitate field
re-observations:

a. During the recording session, the observer shall take note of the Geometric
Dilution of Precision (GDOP) which indicates the geometrical strength of a
four or more satellite constellation as it applies to instantaneous point
position fixing. The lower the number of the GDOP, the better the geometry
for achieving an accurate point position.

b. The data stored inside the receiver shall be downloaded as soon as possible
and determine if there is a need to delete previous observed data to avoid
overload on the receiver’s memory which could prevent recording of the next
session.

c. While collecting data, the use of electronic device such as radio, cellphone,
laptop, etc. within 10 meters from the GPS Receiver should be avoided.

Section 28. Status of the Old Geodetic Control Points – The Old Geodetic Control
Points shall be included in the Geodetic Network Design pursuant to Sections 6, 11
and 12 of this Manual and shall be observed together with the new control points. Each
of the recovered control points shall have both the old PTM (PPCS) and PRS92
coordinates due to the possibility that a number of titled properties are tied to the said
monuments. This procedure shall remain until a legislative act is promulgated to
address the matter.
 Article 2 - Project Control Surveys

Section 29. Project Control Surveys shall be conducted in order to establish set of
reference points for a Cadastral Survey, Public Land Subdivision Survey, Townsite
Reservation, and other similar survey projects which cover a whole or a portion of
municipality or city, with accuracies belonging to Primary Control or Third Order
Geodetic Survey, Secondary Control or Fourth Order Geodetic Survey and Tertiary
Control. The kinds of reference monuments are listed in Section 34, DAO No. 2007-29.
The survey instruments to be used are the following:

a. Electronic Total Station (ETS), GNSS Receivers, or combined GNSS/ETS.

b. If ETS surveying instruments are to be used, the control survey shall be

conducted either by traverse, triangulation or any combination thereof,
referred from an established PRS 92 reference monument.

Section 30. The Survey Order of the survey projects mentioned in Section 29 of this
Manual shall cover this activity, it being a portion of the said survey projects. However,
if the Project Control is an independent project, provisions of Section 3 of this Manual
shall apply subject to the following conditions:

a. The corresponding Survey Order shall be issued by the RED concerned; and

b. The project area shall be based on the recommendation of the RTD for
Lands.

Section 31. Organization of the Survey Party – The survey party shall be the Survey
Control Team of the survey projects mentioned in Section 29 of this Manual. However,
if the Project Control is an independent project, the survey party shall be established
with at least three (3) major components as listed in Section 4 of this Manual. The
conduct of project control independent from a cadastral survey shall be the function of
the LMS Survey Team. If the said group is unavailable, the project may be done through
a Contract with a qualified Private Geodetic Engineer/Contractor pursuant to RA 9184.

Section 32. Project Control Work Plan – The work plan for the conduct of Project
Control is included in the work plan of the survey project where it is a component, e.g.
Cadastral Survey Management Plan (CSMP) of the Cadastral Survey Project where the
the establishment of Main and Subsidiary Controls, are incorporated. However, if the
Project Control is an independent project, the provisions of Section 5 of this Manual
shall apply. Once the Project Control Work Plan is approved, there shall be no changes
to be made therein without prior approval of the RTD for Lands concerned.

Section 33. Data Research and Old Monuments Inventory –The provisions of
Section 6 of this Manual shall apply. In addition, the following shall also be collated to
be used as reference data:

a. The Projection Maps (PM) for the entire area of the project showing all
previous surveys;

b. Copy of plans and computations of all previous surveys within the project;

c. Last Progress Map of each adjoining cadastral project in progress or

completed;

d. Approved horizontal angle, distances and other data on the primary traverse
stations of adjoining projects; and
Section 34. If the Survey Control is an independent project, the survey team shall
establish and maintain a survey office properly identified with a signboard 60 x 120
centimeters in dimension, in the poblacion of the municipality/city to be surveyed. The
office shall be maintained until the final inspection of field operations by the Chief,
Regional Surveys Division, and shall be closed only upon the written permission of the
RTD for Lands concerned.

Section 35. Notification of Survey – the provisions of Section 7 of this Manual shall
apply.

Section 36. Network Design or Scheme – A map of the project site, which shall form
part of the Work Plan as mentioned in Section 32 of this Manual, shall be prepared
and the network of controls shall be plotted therein following the provisions stated in
Sections 5, 8 to 14 of this Manual. It shall also contain a location plan drawn in
appropriate scale with the indicated approximate distance of the project from the
poblacion of the municipality or center of the city and show the nearest place of point
accessible to transportation. This shall serve as guide in the conduct of actual ground
survey. The order of accuracy to be used shall be governed by the area of the project
as provided for in Section 28.b of DAO No. 2007-29.

a. Reference Control – The conduct of survey shall take-off from an established

PRS 92 control point and shall end at another PRS 92 control point (check
base) for checking purposes. The Network Design shall be used as a guide
of the survey team to locate the selected control points. In the case of
conventional surveying methods, control points should be inter-visible.

1) Section 9.b of this Manual shall be followed in the establishment of

baselines for the 3rd Order (Primary Control) and 4th Order (Secondary
Control) when using GNSS receivers. The length of baseline for the lower
order of controls shall follow the requirement as prescribed for 4 th Order
Accuracy.

2) The Project Control to be established using ETS shall be in accordance

with Section 28.b, DAO No. 2007-29.

b. Designing Network of Controls – Sections 10 and 11 of this Manual shall be

considered in designing Network of Controls when the instruments to be used
are GNSS Receivers. In a Network Design for field survey using terrestrial
(conventional) instruments and techniques, the following shall be considered:

1) The terrain and the physiographic features of the project area. Control
points should be established on solid ground. Those prone to floods,
swampy or loose soil areas should be avoided.

2) The inter-visibility of stations shall be the primary concern. The lines

connecting the control points within the Network should create closed
polygons with the minimum number of sides, such as triangles for
strength of figure. The inter-visibility of stations should remain as such in
the future. In that case, care should be taken to ascertain whether a
potential obstruction may possibly occur in the future.

3) A minimum of two reference points (three is preferred) should be visible

from each control point. Lines occupied at only one end should be
avoided.

4) The Network triangles should preferably be equilateral.

 6) The maximum range of the instrument to be used.

Section 37. The provisions on Sections 12 and 13 of this Manual shall be followed in
Network Design of Project Controls using GNSS instruments. In the design of the
Network Controls and the preparation of preliminary project control sketch map for
conventional methods of surveying, the following shall apply:

a. The available NAMRIA Topographic Map on the area shall be used as the
base map;

b. The map shall show all the proposed control points numbered consecutively
starting from number one (1). Each station shall be given a unique
identification code number;

c. Caution shall be taken in order to scale the map correctly. The distance
between points is an important factor in estimating accurately the distance on
the ground;

d. All the main control points in a proposed Cadastral Project, Public Land
Subdivision Projects, Townsite Reservation Subdivision, and other similar
large survey projects shall be conducted with a Primary (3rd Order) Accuracy
and shall be designated as Bureau of Lands Location Monuments (BLLMs).
The first primary control point known as P1 of the main control shall be
designated as BLLM No. 1 of the project, the second primary control
point(P2) or the last main control station shall be designated as the BLLM
No. 2 of the project.

e. The main control shall start from PRS 92 Primary Control Point and closes to
another PRS 92 Control Point of the project and their proposed location shall
be plotted as accurately as possible on the Network Scheme considering that
they shall control all subsidiary reference points within the project;

f. When no location monuments have been previously established, a pair of

Bureau of Lands Location Monuments (BLLMs), to be numbered 1 and 2
shall be approximately plotted on the map at the most suitable location and
as near as possible to the center of the municipality or the project.

g. The points to be established shall be approximately plotted on the map. The

approximate line routes or the connection lines from one control point to
another shall be shown on the map;

h. All the fixed controls (old Control Points) based on the available records shall
be accurately plotted. At least three (3) Second Order or Third Order
Geodetic Control stations shall be included in the Network;

i. Whenever the main control includes established geodetic control stations,

the main control shall be designed such that it can be divided into loops
wherein each loops shall start from one geodetic control station and shall
close to another geodetic control station;

j. The main controls to be established, as much as possible, shall follow the

project boundary. If the place is rugged as shown in the topographic map, the
controls shall be placed near the boundary where it is fairly level, although
they are a little beyond the administrative jurisdiction of the concerned LGU;

k. In case mountain peaks or hills define the boundary of municipality or project,

the primary controls shall be located at the base of the mountains or hills. If
 l. Additional pairs of location monuments shall be established along the main
control of the project at an interval of around 5 kilometers or at least a pair for
every Barangay, whichever provides the shorter distance, and shall be
designated and numbered as BLLM No. 3 and BLLM No. 4; BLLM No. 5 and
BLLM No. 6; etc.. Pursuant to Section 28, DAO No. 2007-29, consideration
should be taken by the Geodetic Engineer to ensure that no lots shall have a
distance of more than one (1) kilometer from the nearest reference point,
whenever possible, based on the project control network design.

Section 38. The reconnaissance of the area shall be conducted to determine if there is
a need to amend the proposed locations of the control points plotted in the Network
Design to achieve rigid geometric figure. Provisions of Section 14 of this Manual shall
apply in addition to the following conditions:

a. That there are no vertical structures in the area that will affect the inter-
visibility between pairs of stations as reflected in the Network Design;

b. That the line of sight is not in any way obstructed by transportation vehicles
in a busy street which will negatively affect the transmission of signal from
the instrument to the prism and vice-versa; and

c. That the general condition of the atmosphere of the area such as vapor,
refraction, temperature, pressure humidity, and others, should not affect the
electronic measuring capability of the ETS.

Section 39. Project Control Monuments - The position of reference points shall be
defined and marked on the ground by monuments of permanent nature in accordance
with the standards set forth in Section 15 of this Manual for the 3rd Order Accuracy.

Section 40. Markings of Reference Monuments - Reference monuments shall be

marked on top with engraved letters and shall consist of five (5) parts namely,
Municipality, BLLM Number, Project Number, the Office or entity that funded the project,
and the Year Established. Illustration is found in Annex III.A.2 of this Manual. In
connection therewith, the following conditions should be taken into consideration:

a. The numbering of control point shall be coordinated with the LMS Regional
Office concerned. The LMS shall furnish the data to LMB on the established
control points for the updating of the Reference Points National Database.

b. To avoid duplication of cadastral project numbers, the establishing entity

through the concerned LMS Office, shall coordinate with LMB for the
numbering thereof. The LMS shall furnish the data to LMB on the approved
Cadastral Projects for updating the National Database. The LMS shall issue
survey project number for other large survey projects such as Pls, Sgs, Ts,
etc.

c. The name of the office or entity which funded the project shall be inscribed in
the monument pursuant to Section 16.c of this Manual. The style and sizes
of letters and numbers shall be in accordance with Section 16.e of this
Manual.

Section 41. Selection of Location for Establishing Project Control Reference

Monuments – The provisions of Section 17 of this Manual shall be observed in the
selection of location where the monuments are to be established.

Section 42. The data to be gathered and recorded for every established monument
shall be in accordance with Section 18 of this Manual.
No. 2007-29. The specifications and types of GNSS instruments to be used shall be in
accordance with Section 20 of this Manual. For the ETS, Section 202.f of this Manual
shall apply.

Section 44. Instrument Preparation Prior to Fieldwork – The condition of the GNSS
receivers should be checked pursuant to Section 21 of this Manual. For ETS
equipment, the following shall apply:

a. The instrument’s battery should be fully charged in order to ensure

maximum power supply. There should always be spare batteries. Cautions
should be taken when resorting to cars and motorcycle batteries as
improvised external batteries as these may cause problems in the internal
circuitry of the instruments.

b. Memory device of the field data recorder shall be checked if there is an

ample capacity left for storing the estimated observations scheduled for the
day. Previous projects data should be downloaded to the computer
immediately and clear the memory device to be ready for the present project.
Field notes shall still be used for purposes of counter-checking and cross-
referencing during the data processing.

c. The equipment shall be checked for prism off-center constant which is either
zero or +/- 30 millimeters. The use of prism belonging to other brand may
result to erroneous appreciation of distance due to the prism constant. The
prism of some brand that has a 30 millimeter prism constant are either to be
manually inputted or are automatically compensated by the instrument in the
computation of horizontal distance.

d. For purposes of establishing controls, the prism shall have a separate tripod
wherein it can be mounted over the station at the end of the line being
measured.

e. A partial testing/calibration over one of the established calibration base

should be carried out before its use in any project, if the instrument has not
been used for around six (6) months. Small check base should be
established in the project area by the project chief. Two stations,
approximately 300 meters apart, should be located and pegged with an
intervening station at a commonly measured distance. A test of the
instrument over this check base prior to the start of work may suffice to
ascertain whether the same is fit for standard measurements or not. The
field notes of this test shall form part of the survey returns.

f. If any discrepancy is noted as larger than the prescribed allowable linear

error for 3rd Order under Section 28, DAO No. 2007-29, then a full
testing/calibration may be necessary over the established baseline of the
LMB.

Section 45. Conduct of Project Control Surveys – Ground survey for the
establishment of Project Control using GNSS instrument shall be conducted following
the provisions of Sections 23-27 of this Manual. For the ETS, the procedure as stated
in Annex XVII.A.1 of this Manual shall be followed. In addition, the following shall be
taken into consideration:

a. For ETS with electronic data recorder, a printed and a digital file of raw data
shall be included in the survey returns in an acceptable format.

b. For those without electronic data recorder, all field observations shall be
 1. In case of surveys executed by geodetic engineers in private practice,
field notes and field notes cover on authorized LMB forms shall be
properly filled-out and sworn to before a notary public. In case of
geodetic engineers employed in the government, the said documents
should be sworn to before an official authorized to subscribe oath.

2. All survey data should be legibly written in the field notes by the
geodetic engineer or his authorized assistant performing as instrument
man under his direct supervision during the conduct of the survey.

3. Field notes shall be bound in hard book cover made on prescribed

cardboard materials for record preservation and shelf filing. The number
and name of the field book shall be indicated on the cover. The pages
of each book shall be numbered consecutively from one to not more
than 150 pages which shall be written on the upper right hand corner of
the right face of the field notes.

Section 46. Distances of primary control lines that cannot be directly measured shall be
indirectly determined by triangulation with the following requirements:

a. The position of triangulation stations shall be selected so that no angle may

be less than thirty (30) degrees and each angle of the triangle shall be
measured using the repetition method or the direction method as in the case
of the measurements of the horizontal angle of primary controls.

b. Whenever possible, a scheme of quadrilateral shall be established and the

angles between the diagonals and sides of the quadrilaterals shall be
measured.

c. At least two base lines shall be measured, one situated at the beginning and
the other at the end of the triangulation scheme and the triangulation control
shall be adjusted between these base lines. The length of the base line shall
be measured with the same degrees of accuracy as that of the primary
control lines.

Section 47. When the instrument to be used in the establishment of Project Control is
a combination of GNSS and Total Station, provisions from Section 29 to 45 of this
Manual shall be followed. The geodetic engineers shall have the options to switch either
to the GNSS mode or to the ETS mode of the instrument to make use of the
advantages of both system (i.e. GNSS- line of sight not required between measured
points but requires long period of observations; ETS- not requiring horizon clearance
but requires inter-visibility of stations). However, the following shall be observed when
using the said instrument:

a. The Network Design shall reflect the instrument’s mode in every control
station. This shall be strictly followed except when conditions on the ground
do not warrant the use of such mode at the time of observation. The matter
shall be noted on the field notes/survey returns.

b. Field data shall be properly labeled in the survey returns (which data are
from GNSS Observation and which are from ETS). The corresponding
corrections/adjustments shall be applied and these must be clearly indicated
therein.

c. The strength of figure shall be the primary consideration. There shall be no

mixing of instrument in a polygon, except to determine the coordinate of the
starting point (i.e. the loop started using the ETS shall be finished using the
Section 48. The geographic position of BLLM No. 1 of the survey project shall be
derived from the 2nd and 3rd Order geodetic control stations as identified in Section
37.h of this Manual. In the absence of 2nd and 3rd Order geodetic control stations
within the distance of ten (10) kilometers from the project boundary, connection of
primary precision shall be made to any other point of reference certified by LMB. All the
control points wherein the connections are to be made shall be in PRS92 or if not, shall
be first transformed into the PRS92 . The central meridian of the zone which shall be
determined in the PRS92 , shall be the base meridian to which all azimuths of lines of
the project shall be referred.

Section 49. Grid Azimuth - The grid azimuth to be used in the Cadastral Project shall
be derived from the PRS92 grid coordinates. The following provisions shall apply in
connection with the PRS92-based determination of grid azimuth:

a. When the grid azimuth for the cadastral project cannot be obtained by direct
connection to established PRS92 geodetic control lines, a GNSS
observations on BLLM Numbers 1-2 of the project shall be conducted
independent of any previous determination. GNSS observation shall be
made on other pairs of main control location monuments of the cadastral
project to check on the carried grid azimuth of the line;

b. GNSS observations to determine the azimuth of other lines of the main

control such as BLLM Nos. 1-2, 3-4, 9-10, etc. shall be used only as a check
on the carried grid azimuth of the lines;

c. Check on azimuth shall be from azimuth line to another azimuth line. The
azimuth line is computed from the PRS92 position of two selected points
reduced to grid. The angular error in azimuth if within the specifications as
provided for in Section 28.b of DAO No. 2007-29 shall be distributed among
the angles between the azimuth lines;

d. The linear error of closure is determined and if within the allowable limit as
provided for in Section 28.b of DAO No. 2007-29, the latitude and departure
shall be distributed accordingly; and

e. When the main primary control is divided into traverse loops, GNSS
observations shall be made at the main station common to the loops.

Section 50. Connection with Adjoining Projects – The Main Control of the project
shall be connected to the adjoining cadastral projects for conformity. However, the
following shall govern this process:

a. The adjoining project/s must be in the PRS92 and was duly approved by the
DENR-LMS Office concerned.

b. GNSS observations shall be conducted on the two extreme stations common

to the two projects to determine the azimuth and distance of the line
connecting the said points.

c. If there is a discrepancy between the adjoining projects and the on-going

project as provided for in Section 28, DAO No. 2007-29, a report shall be
made and shall be forwarded to the LMS, which in turn shall form a
Technical Committee to investigate the matter and submit a corresponding
recommendation to the RED.

d. If the adjoining project is in the PPCS/PTM, the main control of the projects
shall be transformed into PRS92 and perform operation as in above (a) to (c)
Section 51. Status of the Old Project Control Points – The Old Project Control
Points which shall be evaluated pursuant to relevant provisions of Sections 143 to 155
of this Manual shall be included in the Geodetic Network Design pursuant to Sections
11 and 12 of this Manual and shall be observed together with the new control points.
Each of the recovered control points shall have both the old PTM (PPCS) and PRS92
coordinates due to the possibility that a number of titled properties are tied to the said
monuments. This procedure shall remain until a legislative act is promulgated to
address the matter.

Section 52. The RED and/or the RTD for Lands and/or their duly authorized
representative/s upon coordination with the CENRO concerned shall have the full and
unrestricted rights to inspect and supervise the operations of the survey team and to
issue instructions from time to time, as they may deem necessary for the proper
execution of the project. They shall have free access to the records such as progress
maps, sketches, and other data in connection with the project, in order to check and
verify the accuracy and completeness thereof.

Chapter II - Cadastral Surveys

Article 3 - Numerical Cadastre

Section 53. Cadastral Survey as defined in Section 5, DAO No. 2007-29 has the
following stages of activities:

a. Project Control Survey – refers to the establishment of main and subsidiary

controls over the entire area subject of the cadastral project.

b. Political Boundary Survey – refers to the establishment of political boundary

monuments defining the boundary lines of the entire city/municipality and
their component barangays.

c. Lot Surveys - refers to the determination of individual lot boundaries and their
corresponding area primarily for the purpose of acquiring title thereto. Other
lands which cannot be subjected to private ownership shall also be included
in the lot survey and shall be issued a Cadastral Lot Number. However, in
the cadastral maps and in the List of Claimants, they are identified as
Reservations, Forestland/Timberland, Protected Areas/Sanctuaries,
Government Centers, etc.

The survey of cadastral project shall be considered as in progress from the issuance of
Survey Order/Survey Contract by the Regional Executive Director until the final
approval of the survey returns by the Regional Technical Director for Lands.

Section 54. All Cadastral Survey Projects shall be conducted in PRS92 with accuracies
required under Section 29, DAO No. 2007-29 in relation to Section 28 of the same DAO.

Section 55 . The provisions of DAO 2008-14 dated August 05, 2008, otherwise known
as the Guidelines on the Conduct of Bidding and Awarding of Cadastral Survey Projects
Contracts Pursuant to RA 9184, and Section 3 of this Manual shall apply in awarding of
survey project except that the Survey Order shall be issued by the RED who has
jurisdiction over the area, upon recommendation of the Regional Bids and Award
Committee (RBAC) headed by the Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Lands.

Section 56. Cadastral survey project numbers shall be issued by LMB. This shall
prevent the duplication of number considering that a particular cadastral number shall
pertain to a particular municipality/city in the country.
 a. Survey instruments to be used shall be in accordance with Section 21, DAO
No. 2007-29 for Project Control and Municipal Boundary Survey.

b. In the conduct of Barangay Boundary Survey and Lot Surveys, the use of
ETS is sufficient. However, the Geodetic Engineer may also use GNSS in the
Barangay Boundary Survey and ETS for Lot Surveys.

If ETS instruments are to be used, the control survey shall be conducted in

accordance with the provisions of Sections 45 of this Manual, and Lot
Survey with that of Section 90-92 of this Manual. In any case, all
instruments shall be calibrated/tested and registered first before their use in
any survey in accordance with Section 22, DAO 2007-29.

Section 58. Organization of the Survey Party – The survey party shall be established
with at least three (3) major components as listed in Section 4 of this Manual. However,
under the Cadastral Survey, as the project progresses, the following changes may
occur:

a. After the conclusion of the Survey Control Activities and the corresponding
approval thereof, the Survey Control Team may later serve as the Lot Survey
Team.

b. The Reconnaissance and Monument Recovery Team upon approval of the

Project Control may later serve as the Political Boundary Survey Team.

c. The Monument Setting Team upon completion of the setting of control

monuments, may be grouped into two. One group may conduct setting of
monument of political boundary monuments and the other may accompany
the Lot Sketching Party which will set monuments on the lot corners once an
agreement is reached during the BAP.

Section 59. Data Research and Old Monuments Inventory –The provisions of
Section 33 of this Manual shall apply. Moreover, the list of approved surveys, surveys
filed for registration and the corresponding status thereof such as decreed, pending,
dismissed, etc. shall also be collated to be used as reference data.

Section 60. Status of On-going Isolated Surveys within the Cadastral Project – For
all on-going isolated surveys within the Cadastral Project, the following shall apply:

a. Within sixty (60) days from the date of such order, geodetic engineers shall
submit to the cadastral survey project chief a list of his surveys in progress
within the project.

b. The field notes, computations and sketches or plans of isolated surveys

within a cadastral project shall be submitted to the concerned LMS for
verification through the chief of the cadastral project within four (4) months
from the date of inauguration of the project.

c. Surveys submitted after the lapse of four months shall be accompanied with
a satisfactory explanation to the RTD for Lands who may accept or reject the
survey for verification and approval.

d. Upon approval of the contract or issuance of the survey order for the conduct
of Cadastral Survey, the CENRO concerned shall no longer issue any survey
authority over parcels of land within the same project. In this regard, the RTD
for Lands should furnish copy of the contract/survey order to the CENRO
concerned for his/her information and reference.
Section 61. Cadastral Survey Management Plan (CSMP) – The CSMP shall include
the Project Management Plan and Technical Plan and shall be prepared in accordance
with Section 5 of this Manual. However, the Technical Plan does not include the activity
on gravity measurements and shall only cover the three (3) activities as mentioned in
Section 53 of this Manual. Under this plan, the base map shall contain the plotting of
Project Control Network Design instead of Geodetic Network Design.

Using the data mentioned in Section 59 of this Manual, the Technical Plan as stated in
Section 5.b of this Manual shall also include the following:

a. Estimated area of the whole municipality/city covered by the project and each
of the component barangay; and

b. Estimated number of lots;

Section 62. The following shall be the basic scheme of work for a cadastral survey
project:

a. Preliminary Activities

1. Organization of Cadastral Survey Party, preparation and submission of

Cadastral Survey Management Plan;

2. Posting and distribution of general public notice of the survey project in

English and Filipino languages and in the local dialect. The form to be
used is illustrated in Annex X of this Manual;

3. Inauguration of Cadastral Survey Project;

4. Data research and information drive;

b. Manufacture of standard concrete reference and corner monuments;

c. Reconnaissance and location of the main and subsidiary control lines;

d. Monument setting of project control stations and running the preliminary

survey:

1. The estimated position of the stations shall be determined using single

measurement from the ETS;

2. Reference points of the monuments shall be located during the

preliminary survey;

e. Preparation of the Progress and the Project Control Maps from the
preliminary survey and sketching thereon the boundary of the project;

f. GNSS observation to establish base meridian. Conduct project control

surveys;
g. Preparation and submission of the Project Control Survey returns for
verification and approval;
h. Setting of Monuments of Political Boundary (barangay and city/municipality);
i. Distribution of individual notice to the lot claimants/owners for the conduct of
BAP informing them to appear on the ground on the scheduled date of
monument setting and sketching of their lots to present their documents, both
legal and technical, in support of their claims. The claimants/owners shall
 standard monuments by the team. The form to be used is illustrated in
Annex XI of this Manual;
j. Reconstruction and projection of old surveys;
k. Preparation of the sketch map and plotting thereon the previous surveys;
l. Conduct of BAP, sketching, monument setting of lots and signing of PIS by
all concerned parties;
m. Upon approval of project control survey returns, the conduct of Political
Boundary Survey will follow;
n. Plotting and locating in the project control and progress map the areas in
dispute between barangays, municipalities, provinces, etc., if any;
o. Issuance of the “30-days notice“, to give chance for those claimants who
failed to appear on the day of sketching and monument setting of lots and/or
did not participate in the BAP. The 30-day notification form shall be as
illustrated in Annex XXI of this Manual;

p. Preparation and submission of political boundary survey returns for

verification and approval;

q. Upon expiration of the “30-day notice”, lot survey shall commence. Other
details and data such as those needed for Land Use Inventory,
physiographic features for those lots with natural boundaries, man-made
features for road network, etc. shall be determined during this phase of work;

r. Plotting on the Cadastral Map the corners as located from control station,
connecting the corners in accordance with the sketch of the survey.
Transformation of the previously approved survey to PPCS/Grid-PRS 92
system. Adjustment of old surveys after the verification and approval of Lot
Survey documents;

s. Numbering of the lot corners in the Cadastral Maps according to the field
notes. The Lot Data Computations shall be prepared ;

t. Tracing and validating of the cadastral map in the field;

u. Posting of the preliminary cadastral maps with the corrections and the list of
claimants with the indicated lot numbers in the Barangay Hall. This shall
enable the claimants to comment on the result of survey in their respective
lot;
v. Final checking shall be done to verify discrepancies. The work shall be
scheduled in such a way that the field work in localities of difficult access will
be performed during favorable weather;
w. Completion and inking of the Progress Map and the Cadastral Maps;
x. Preparation of the Barangay/Case Boundary of Index Maps;
y. Preparation of the Municipal/Project Boundary and Index Map;
z. Completion of the survey returns of the project and submission for
verification and approval.

Some activities are pre-requisite of other activities; however, there are activities which
may be done simultaneously. A flowchart for the conduct of cadastral survey operation
is illustrated in Annex IX of this Manual.

Section 63. Survey Notification– the provisions of Section 35 of this Manual shall
community, shall be properly notified. The notice is of two kinds. The first is the general
notice and the second is the lot claimant’s notice which shall be in the following forms:

a. General Public Notice - Copies of the general notice of the survey in Filipino,
English and local dialect, showing general information on the project, shall be
distributed and posted in conspicuous place in the barangay being surveyed
and in the municipal building of the municipality in which the lands or any
portion thereof are located. Copies of the notice shall also be sent to the
barangay, municipal and provincial authorities. A general notice of survey is
shown in Annex X.A of this Manual.

The Geodetic Engineer/Contractor shall attach a certification of posting as

shown in Annex X.B of this Manual. This signed certificate with one copy of
the notice in each language mentioned hereof and local dialect shall be
countersigned by the Municipal/City Mayor and the Barangay Chairman
concerned upon completion of the posting and shall be returned promptly to
the RBAC concerned. A received copy thereof shall be included by the
geodetic engineer/contractor in the submission of the survey returns.

b. Notification to Lot Claimants – A Survey Notification Letter shall be prepared

in the local dialect, for posting and general distribution, by the Monument
Setting and Sketching Party for every barangay, at least two weeks before
the start of defining and sketching of lot boundaries and the setting of
monuments therein. A notice to lot claimant and the adjoining claimants is
shown in Annex XI.A of this Manual.

The Geodetic Engineer/Contractor shall attach a certification of posting as

shown in Annex XI.B of this Manual. Copies of this notice shall be posted in
prominent and public places and each claimant shall be furnished with a
copy of the notice in the local dialect. A copy thereof with translation in
Filipino and English shall also be posted in the main municipal and barangay
halls at the time that the general delivery and posting is made in each
barangay. One copy in local dialect, Filipino and English shall be transmitted
to the Land Management Services with the corresponding certificate
attached thereto.

Cadastral Project Control Survey

Section 64. In the conduct of Project Control Survey for the purpose of the
establishment of the Main and Subsidiary Controls, the provisions of Sections 29 to 52
of this Manual shall govern.

Political Boundary Survey

Section 65. The Political Boundary of the municipality or city covered by a Cadastral
Project shall be located, marked with concrete monuments and surveyed based
primarily on the Laws or Executive Orders creating the same, if any. This survey is done
primarily in order to:

a. Determine the extent of coverage of the project which shall be within the
territorial jurisdiction of a municipality/city; and

b. Determine the exact location of the lots which data are necessary in the
accurate derivation of the corresponding technical description;

Section 66. The Survey Order issued over a Cadastral Survey Project shall cover this
activity, if executed as part of the said project. However, if the Political Boundary
corresponding Survey Authority by the RTD for Lands concerned upon submission of
the other documentary requirements pursuant to DAO No. 2007-29.

Section 67. The Political Boundary Survey shall be conducted with the required
accuracy as provided in Section 54 of this Manual. As much as possible, the Political
Boundary corners of the municipality/city shall be identified and marked with
monuments on their exact location. However, if this is not possible, the monuments to
be established shall be as near as possible to the true location of the said corners.
These shall serve as reference in defining some of the boundary lines of the
city/municipality and their political subdivisions such as barangays and districts. Section
29.a and b of this Manual shall apply for the types of instruments to be used.

Section 68. Organization of the Survey Party – The survey party shall be the Political
Boundary Control Survey Team of the Cadastral Survey projects. However, if the
Political Boundary Survey is an independent project, the survey party shall be
established with at least three (3) major components as listed in Section 4 of this
Manual except that the survey team shall be called Political Boundary Survey Team, not
Survey Control Team .

Section 69. Political Boundary Survey Work Plan – The work plan for the conduct of
Political Boundary shall be included in the work plan of the Cadastral Survey project
where it is a component, i.e. the Cadastral Survey Management Plan (CSMP). The
Political Boundary Survey being conducted and funded by the LGU shall not require the
submission of the Project Work Plan. However, other documents such as survey
authority, LGU Council Resolution, availability of funds and other requirements pursuant
to applicable DENR issuances that need to be included in the survey returns shall be
required.

Section 70. Data Research - The hierarchy of preliminary data to be used as reference
in the conduct of Political Boundary Survey shall be as follows:

a. The Laws or Executive Orders creating the municipality/city. The technical

description stated therein, if any there be, shall be accurately plotted in the
NAMRIA Map. If however, there is no technical description on the said legal
document, the natural and man-made features stated therein as the limit of
the territorial jurisdiction shall be identified and plotted in the Projection Map
in the DENR-LMS Regional Office or in the NAMRIA Topo Map;

b. The Torrens Titles issued in the municipality/city particularly those covering

large tracks of lands;

c. Approved surveys in the municipality/city especially those covering large

tracks of lands such as Public Subdivision Surveys (Pls), Group Settlement
Surveys (Gss), Municipal Reservations (Mr), etc.;

d. Approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of the municipality/city;

e. Existing Municipal/City Tax Map;

f. NAMRIA Topographic Map;

g. Land Classification (LC) Map from NAMRIA or the then Bureau of Forestry;

h. Data and maps from other government agencies pertaining to locations,

landmarks, monuments and historical sites;

i. NAMRIA Administrative Maps; and

Section 71. Pre-survey Conference - All concerned Local Chief Executives of the LGU
covered by the project, including those of the adjacent cities/municipalities, shall be
informed of the survey. A pre-survey conference headed by the RED and assisted by
the RTD for Lands shall be attended by the aforementioned Local Officials to discuss
the purpose and mechanics of the survey. The conference shall be held at least one (1)
month before the start of the survey. Reference materials gathered as mentioned in
Section 70 of this Manual shall be discussed. Other documents that may be used as
additional reference materials shall be deliberated upon as to their acceptability.

Section 72. Political Boundary Monuments - The position of the Political Boundary
Monuments shall be defined and marked on the ground by monuments of permanent
nature in the form of a square base frustum and in accordance with the specifications
on the 3rd and 4th Order Accuracy found in Section 15 of this Manual, for the Municipal
and Barangay boundaries, respectively, except that the projection below the ground is
70 centimeters as illustrated in Annex III.B.1 and 2 of this Manual.

Section 73. Markings of Political Boundary Monuments – They shall be marked in

the following manner:

a. The city, municipal, and barangay boundary monuments shall be designated

as City Boundary Monuments (CBM), Municipal Boundary Monuments
(MBM) and Barangay Boundary Monuments (BBM), respectively.

b. The CBM, MBM, and BBM shall be numbered consecutively from one (1) for
each municipality and city. The said numbers (e.q. CBM No. 1, MBM No.5,
BBM No. 3, etc.) shall be inscribed or chiseled under the name of their
respective municipality and city. If the Political Boundary is being conducted
as a part of the Cadastral Project, the Cadastral Project Number shall also be
indicated.

c. Inscribed or chiseled also in each BBM and under the monument number, is
the name of the province where the city or municipality belongs. The same
shall be done to each MBM and CBM; the name of the province where the
municipality or city belongs shall also be inscribed or chiseled. The
requirement on name of province shall not be applicable to the CBM of a
chartered city.

d. In case a BBM is common to two or more barangays, the monument number

for each barangay and the corresponding name shall be chiseled or inscribed
on the faces of the monument in such a way that a person reading the
marker is also facing towards the direction of the barangay. The same shall
be done to the MBM and CBM in the same situation.

e. The corner of the city and municipal boundary already defined by a provincial
or adjoining municipal or city boundary monument shall be given its
equivalent municipal boundary monument number without altering the old
inscription on the monument. The matter shall be indicated in the sketches,
filed notes, maps and other documents of survey returns. The same shall be
done to the corner of the barangay boundary already defined by the
municipal, city or provincial boundary monuments.

f. All the letters and numbers shall be in “Arial Bold” Font Type, all capital and
embossed by 0.25 cm, with height of 5 cm., width of 2.5 cm, thickness of 0.5
cm in thickness and with a margin of not less than 2 cm. along the edge of
the monument to give allowance for chipping as illustrated in Annex III.B.1
and 2 of this Manual.
 a. Political Boundary monuments shall be established at the prominent turns or
angles of the boundaries and where they cross roads or large streams;

b. Where the said boundary lines follow roads, stream or other natural features,
a monument shall be placed near their junction points;

c. Intermediate points along said road or natural boundary need not be marked
with monuments but shall be marked with at least two (2) witness
monuments located as near as possible to the true corner (e.g. along both
sides of the road, along the river banks, etc.);

d. Municipal and Barangay boundary monuments shall be established along

straight Municipal and Barangay boundaries at an interval of not more than
one kilometer except when boundary passes through forest lands, in which
case, the monument shall be at an interval of more or less five (5) kilometers.
However, should the barangay boundary passes through surveyed parcels of
land, it should follow the established/approved lot/property lines;

e. The boundaries as defined by law or executive order creating the LGU

concerned, as much as possible, shall be located on the ground. Also, the
points which the LGUs are claiming to be the location of the their boundary
corner, shall also be observed and recorded;

f. All corners accepted as common by the concerned LGUs shall be defined by

monuments specified in Sections 72 and 73 of this Manual;

g. The boundary survey shall follow the limit as defined in the existing law or the
executive order creating the local government unit. No attempt shall be made
to settle the political boundary conflict between the concerned municipalities
or among the component barangays of a municipality during the conduct of
survey. However, the concerned LGUs shall be given opportunity to resolve
amicably their dispute in accordance with RA 7160, otherwise known as the
Local Government Code of 1991. Section 75 of this Manual shall be followed
in the treatment of the said case.

Section 75. In case of boundary dispute, the following shall be observed:

a. The corners shall be temporarily defined by hard wood post or monuments,

with a diameter of at least 10 cm. and a length of 2 meters. The said post
shall be established on the disputed spot with 50 cm below the ground.

b. The dispute area shall be drawn on the sketch sheet and report shall be
forwarded to the RTD for Lands, copy furnished the LMB and the LGUs
concerned. The report shall include a tracing of the disputed area as
indicated on the sketch and shall show the general claims of each LGUs. The
municipalities in which each of the affected lots being declared in their real
estate tax, shall be indicated on the sketch sheets by their initial letters.
Contested areas declared in two or more municipalities shall be determined
and indicated on the sketch sheet accordingly.

c. The claims of one LGU shall be indicated by heavy dotted lines and of the
other LGUs by heavy dash lines. A heavy full line shall mark the division
between the LGUs as indicated by tax declarations. Lot lines shall be
indicated by ordinary full line. All topographical information such as rivers,
mountains, etc. that will assist the authorities in their decision shall be shown.
 of 1991, before report on the dispute is forwarded to the concerned RTD for
Lands, copy furnished the Director of LMB.

Section 76. In case the boundary dispute is not settled before the completion of the
field work of the cadastral project, the disputed area with all the lots contained therein
shall be surveyed and treated as separate cadastral case. However, the land area
involved in the dispute when it comes to LMB land area statistics shall continue to be
credited to the LGU which is physically occupying the said area or presently
acknowledged by several government official records, until the dispute is settled
amicably or resolved in the court of law with finality. The concerned LGU shall be
properly informed on the matter.

Cadastral Lot Sketching, Monument Setting and Survey

Section 77. Lot Surveys as part of a large Survey Project such as Cadastral and Pls
shall be conducted using Tertiary Precision as stated in Section 54 of this Manual and
shall constitute major activities such as Sketching, Monument Setting and Lot Survey.
However, these activities can be further subdivided into the following activities:

a. Data Research and Survey Notification

1. Data for Planning Purposes

2. Research of Old Survey Data (Technical Description from the

certificates of title and approved plans)

3. Preparation of Sketch Base Map

4. Preparation of Survey Notification Letter and Issuance to the claimants

and the adjoining claimants

5. Databasing of Preliminary List of Claimants (Alphabetical and

Numerical)

b. Lot Sketching Activities

1. Meeting with Barangay Officials for proper coordination

2. Boundary Agreement Process (BAP) with the individual lot claimant and
the adjoining claimants. Filling out of Parcel Information Sheet (PIS).

3. Actual sketching of Lots based on agreement as per PIs

c. Manufacture/Setting of Corner Monuments

1. Manufacture of Lot’s Corner Monuments

2. Hauling of Monuments

3. Setting of Monuments

d. Lot Surveys Activities

1. Securing the Approval of the Main and Subsidiary Control Survey

2. Securing the Approval of Political Boundary Surveys (not needed for

PLS)
 4. Lot Survey

5. Posting of 30-day Notice

6. Determination of Final List of Claimants

7. Final Determination of Lot Lines Connection

8. Correction Work

e. Preparation of Final Lot Data Computation and other Lot Survey Returns

Some of the activities stated above may be done simultaneously. Other activities are
pre-requisite of another activities, e.g. boundary agreement process shall be conducted
prior to lot sketching, lot sketching before monument setting, monument setting before
lot survey, etc. However, if the lot survey is a component of a survey project such as
Cadastral Survey, some activities may be started at the early stage of the project, e.g.
data gathering and research of old survey, manufacture of monuments, posting of public
notice, etc. as illustrated by the Flowchart found in Annex IX of this Manual.

Section 78. Organization of the Survey Party – The survey party shall be the Lot
Survey Team of the Cadastral Survey Project. The said team may be divided into sub-
groups which shall handle activities such as sketching (with BAP and PIS activities),
manufacturing and setting of monuments, and lot survey. Due to the adjudication
component of BAP/PIS activities, there shall be a Land Management Officer (LMO) in
the Lot Survey Team. If the Lot Survey is an independent project, the survey party shall
be established with manpower compliment as stated in Section 4 of this Manual. The
LMO of the survey team who shall handle BAP/PIS shall be from the CENRO
concerned.

Section 79. All cadastral lot surveys shall be conducted in PRS92 with accuracies
belonging to Tertiary Control as stated in Section 54 of this Manual. The instruments to
be used in the conduct of lot survey shall be those stated in Section 57.b of this Manual
and shall follow the procedure as stated in Section 91 of this Manual.

Section 80. After thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of Survey Order or signing
of Survey Contract of the cadastral project, as the case may be, no geodetic engineers
other than those executing the cadastral survey shall be allowed to conduct survey
except when the said surveys began prior to the date of the issuance of Survey
Order/Survey Contract. Relative thereto, all requests for Survey Authority within the
cadastral project area shall be rejected.

Lot Sketching and Monument Setting

Section 81. Sketching and Monument Setting – These activities may be done
independently or simultaneously. If done separately, the monument setting must follow
immediately the sketching activity, otherwise, the temporary corner markings made by
sketching party may be removed or uprooted. Generally, the following procedures apply
to the herein activities, to wit;

a. Lot Sketching - This activity shall be done to gather information in the field,
prepare preliminary maps, determine the estimated number of lots, etc.
which shall serve as a guide to the Lot Survey Team. This activity may also
include courtesy call to the barangay officials concerned, information
dissemination, issuance of notification letters, and other pre-survey activities.
The following shall be observed in the conduct of this activity:
 scale of 1:4000. However, sketch sheets on a scale larger than 1:4000
may be prepared for the sectioning thereof in cases where the lots are
too small to be shown in the standard scale.

2. Each sketch sheet shall be given the corresponding cadastral map

number or sectional cadastral map number. All previously approved
surveys shall be drawn in pencil and all new monuments and control
stations shall be inked on the sketch sheets.

3. Where competent sketch men are available, sketches may be made by

the free hand method. All data secured shall be indicated by using the
conventional cartographic symbol and sign as prescribed for cadastral
maps.

4. All lots whether unsurveyed or with previously approved survey,

judicially titled, patented, leased, decreed and untitled shall be reflected
on the sketch sheets. All corner markers shall be located and definitely
identified as original monuments.

5. All lots titled or not, shall be subjected to Boundary Agreement Process

(BAP) wherein all concerned parties, both the claimant and the
adjoining claimants, shall amicably agree on the lot’s boundary and affix
their respective signature on the Parcel Information Sheet (PIS) as a
sign of conformity to the placement of the said boundary. BAP process
is discussed in Section 86 of this Manual while the PIS Form is shown
in Annex XII of this Manual.

6. The corners sketched shall be marked temporarily by stakes in the

presence of claimants whose names shall be written on the sketch
map. In case lots or portion of lots are claimed by two or more persons,
the areas in dispute shall be sketched as separate lot and the names of
all claimants shall be noted therein. The said corners shall only be
marked with monuments upon verification and approval of the survey.

7. Lot corners, marks and boundaries such as stone walls, trees, stakes or
monuments shall be indicated on the sketch. Trees shall be marked on
the side opposite the lot in which they are claimed,

8. Roads, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, pools, irrigation canals or ditches,

political boundaries, railroads, etc., shall be plotted on the sketch
sheets and their local name indicated.

9. The name of the municipality, cadastral survey number, scale and

sketch sheets number shall be shown in ink on the lower right hand
border. The sketches shall be dated and signed by the sketch men.

10. The corners of each tract shall be numbered consecutively from one in
a clockwise direction.

11. No single lot or tract shall be in more than one city or municipality or
barangay.

12. As soon as sketching is finished and before final Lot Numbers are
assigned to each lot, the entire Cadastral Project shall be divided into
Cadastral Cases which shall be co-extensive with the Barangay. The
rule on “One Barangay, One Case” shall strictly be observed. Lots shall
be numbered consecutively in each cadastral case/barangay.
 13. The extent of public land within the cadastral project shall be
determined. Consequently, information relative to illegal or
unauthorized occupation or claim on public land shall be gathered.

14. In case private claims extend beyond the limit of cultivation and
occupation, investigation shall be made to determine the nature of the
claims.

15. Claimants/occupants of lands of the public domain classified as

alienable and disposable shall be advised to file the appropriate public
land applications. In any case, the land shall be sketched, marked with
monuments and surveyed.

b. Monument Setting – This activity may include the manufacturing, hauling,

and the actual setting of the monument in the ground. Sections 85 to 87 of
this Manual shall be followed in constructing standard monuments taking into
consideration other acceptable lot corner markers.

1. All corners identified during the sketching shall be marked with

monument whenever possible.

2. All corners which are not possible to be marked with concrete

monument shall be marked in accordance with Sections 87 (b) and 88
of this Manual.

3. In case the conditions stated in Paragraph b (1) and (2) of this Section
are still unavailable, there shall be at least two (2) witness monuments
located as near as possible to the true corner; e.g. along both sides of
the road, along the river banks, etc.

4. Public land claims from which final inspection has been made and
approved shall be marked with monument.

Sketching and Monument Setting of Titled

or Previously Surveyed Properties

Section 82. All properties covered by approved survey whether titled or not, shall be
properly reflected on the sketch map. Efforts should be made to have a complete
inventory thereof and plot them in the sketch map. The following shall govern the said
activity:

a. The sketch men shall compare the plan of the approved survey with the
actual boundaries of the land as found on the ground. Diligent search shall
be made for old monuments and their existence and the corresponding
status thereof shall be noted on the sketch map.

b. In case of minor difference between the plan and the previous survey and the
actual boundaries thereof, the latter may be accepted provided the adjoining
owners agree and the adjoining lots are not yet decreed or titled. The lot as
per approved plan shall be reflected on the sketch plan which shall be later
on adjusted accordingly in the cadastral survey.

c. In case it is evident that areas claimed are clearly outside the boundaries as
registered and not the result of errors of measurement in the original survey,
such area shall be sketched, surveyed and numbered as separate lots.

d. Claims inside an approved survey which has not yet been titled shall be
 inside leased properties shall be supported by written authority from the RTD
for Lands, for each claim.

e. In case of leased untitled properties, the adverse claim must be supported by

the following documents before it shall be considered:

1. Written authority from the RTD for Lands upon endorsement by the
CENR Officer concerned.

2. If the claim is already subjected to a land case, an order from the

Regional Trial Court (RTC) for each specific claim.

f. In case the corners of the approved survey were not marked with
monuments or in case the monuments were not found during the conduct of
survey, the same shall be relocated and correspondingly marked.

g. Portions of previously surveyed lots which form part of river, estero, arroyo,
creek and the mandatory stream bank protection as stated in Section 84.b of
this Manual shall be sketched, and later surveyed, as separate lots and
indicated as such in the cadastral maps.

Sketching and Monument Setting along Public Works

Section 83. Special care shall be taken when sketching lot claims along the existing or
proposed roads, railways, man-made canals, etc. As much as possible, claims
traversing these features shall not be allowed. The Sketching Team shall make it a point
to reflect the road network, right-of-way, facilities, and other improvements in the Sketch
Map. The following shall serve as guide in the said activity:

a. Portions of lots which fall within the right-of-way of roads as determined by

the District, City or Municipal Engineer shall be sketched and numbered as
separate lots when claimed as private property. Such claims, however,
should be discouraged.

b. The owners or claimants of land adjoining public highways or street shall be

advised of the minimum right-of-way measured from lot line to lot line for that
particular streets, highways or railways as per information provided by the
above officials. Legitimate effort shall be exerted to inform survey applicants
of the importance of accepting the right-of-way lines as the boundary of their
properties. In view thereof, the following shall be consulted/informed on the
width and center line of the road, railway and right-of-way:

1. District Engineer of the Department Public Works and Highways

(DPWH) on the existing public highways or road or those to be
constructed;

2. The Sangguniang Bayan and Sangguniang Barangay on the municipal

and barangay roads.

3. The Local Government Planning and Development Officer on the

roadways within residential subdivision.

4. The railway company shall be consulted on the railroad right-of-way.

c. Right-of-way of highway or railways shall be marked with monument as

follows:
 2. The points along the curve need not be marked with monument unless
expressly desired by the owners or claimants. The position of points
along the curve shall be determined by computation using the standard
metric curve of twenty meter chord.

Curves of right-of-way of railways and highway shall be laid out and marked
with monument as required above. For other curves of short radii such as
those of streets, circular plazas, etc., the laying out and monument setting
shall depend upon plans of layout, if any, of the local authorities.

d. As the sketching progresses, the municipal engineer shall be requested to

indicate the center line and widths of all streets and roads within their
jurisdiction. The corner at the points of intersection of the road and lot
boundary lines shall be marked with monument.

e. The District Engineer shall be notified before sketching and monument

setting in the areas along provincial roads. The railroad company shall also
be informed when the said activities shall be conducted along the railways.
Plans of railroads right-of- way or data on the width thereof may be secured
from the said company.

f. The railroad company shall be notified before conducting survey of a

property adjoining a railroad right-of-way and shall be requested to show the
extent of the right-of-way in the ground. Monuments shall be established at
the points of intersection between the right-of-way lines and the boundaries
of the property and along the tangent of curve of the right-of-way, as
provided in item (c) of this Section.

g. When a claimant insists upon his/her right to a portion of the proposed right-
of-way, the area claimed by him/her shall be surveyed and indicated as a
separate parcel, but monuments shall be set only upon the right-of-way line.
If the public highways is unimproved and the District Engineer authorized
agent fails to establish the center line of the right-of-way, the geodetic
engineer shall locate the boundary of the land as pointed out by the survey
applicant, stating the fact in the field notes and Geodetic Engineers
Certificate.

h. When the boundary adjoins the private roads, the owners of such road shall
be notified of the survey. Monuments shall be set along the common
boundary of the property undergoing survey and the private road. The width
of the road and the name of the owner shall be indicated in the field notes,
plans and certificate of survey.

Sketching and Monuments Setting of Lot that Includes

or Adjacent to Natural Features

Section 84. The sketching and setting of monuments of lots that include or adjoin
bodies of water shall take into consideration the provisions of RA 1273, PD 705 and
DAO 13, series of 1992. The sketching along the said bodies of water shall strictly be
followed during the conduct of actual survey:

a. The following shall be considered in the sketching and monument setting of

lot that includes or adjoins natural features:

1. In cases of doubt during the classification of stream as arroyos, esteros,

creek or rivers due to the difficulty as in the case of such streams
 2. If the adjoining arroyo, estero, river, or any stream five (5) meters or
less in width, or an irrigation ditch, the claimant or claimants of the land
on the opposite bank of said arroyo, estero, river, stream or irrigation
ditch shall be indicated in the sketch plan and in the survey plan.

3. However, if the arroyo, estero, river, or any stream even five (5) meters
or less in width is navigable and it is supposed to be of public
ownership, the names of the owners or claimants on the opposite bank
of the said arroyo, estero, river or stream shall also be indicated on the
plans.

4. The sketch plan, field notes and the survey plans of the tract of land
which adjoins or includes irrigation ditches, creeks, arroyos, esteros,
rivers, etc., shall indicate the following:

a) The width of the body of water.

b) Whether it is navigable or not.

c) Whether the lot is located at the right or left bank, with the observer
facing downstream.

d) The direction of flow of water by an arrow.

e) The distance in meters from the bank of the river or creek to the lot
line.

5. Along the shore of lakes, the water of which advance or recede as the
season changes, all private claims approximate boundary line shall be
sketched up to the high water mark at the time of greatest depth of
water. The high water mark at the lake’s greatest water depth and the
position of shore line at the time of survey shall be plotted on the plan.
In the case of Laguna de Bay, a consultation on this matter should be
done with the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA).

6. The municipal authorities shall be informed of the indication of the

shore line of adjoining shallow lakes and marshes used mainly as
municipal fishponds. This shall be properly indicated in the sketch plan.

7. Both government facilities and private claims, with permanent

structures or other artificial works which will interfere with the legal
easement shall be approximately indicated in the sketch plans. The
accurate location of the said structures shall be done during the
conduct of survey.

b. The sketch plan shall show and indicate properly the following:

1. Stream five (5) meters or more in width;

2. Stream less than five (5) meters in width through which water flows
continuously. The direction of flow of the water shall be indicated by an
arrow;

3. Irrigation ditches or canals;

4. A strip of forty (40) meters wide starting from the bank on each side of
5. The following strip of lands along the edge of bodies of water shall be
reserved as easement of public use pursuant to Section 54, DAO No.
2007-29 and these shall be indicated in the sketch plan with the
following information:

a) Urban areas: three (3) meters

b) Agricultural areas: twenty (20) meters

c) Forested areas: forty (40) meters

6. For the lands bordering the sea or its arm:

a) Foreshore lands shall be sketched as a separate cadastral lot and

clearly indicated on the sketches, field notes and survey plans as
foreshore lands. The corners that fall into the sea shall not be
marked with monument but a witness monument shall be
established along the shoreline at the low tide level and shall be
indicated on the sketches by appropriate survey symbols. Concrete
monuments, galvanized iron spike, fixed rocks, boulders or wooden
post shall be set to define the corner of the claim along the
shoreline at the low tide level.

The boundary line of lands bordering the sea or its arms shall be
the shoreline which is the line reached by the highest equinoctial
tide. When the tide line is not distinguishable, the boundary line
shall extend to the limit reached by the sea water during ordinary
tempest or storms.

b) As per Section 55, DAO No. 2007-29, lands bordering the seas,
gulfs, bays, or ports shall be subjected to easements of Salvage
Zone of twenty (20) meters measured land ward from the interior
limit of the shore line. This need not be reflected in the sketch plan
if the area is within the forty (40) meter bank protection of a
forestland.

c) Likewise, the easement of Coast Police which is the obligation to

leave a right of way six (6) meters wide within the Salvage Zone in
accordance with Section 55, DAO No. 2007-29 and as illustrated in
Annex XVI.A of this Manual, may not need to be indicated in the
sketch plan if within the forty (40) meter bank protection of the
forestland.

7. Buffer zone between the lot and the natural boundaries that were
included in the area declared as sanctuary, protected or ecologically
critical, shall be sketched and established on the ground in the
following manner:

a) A twenty (20)-meter strip of land along the edge of normal high

waterline on rivers and streams with channels of at least five (5)
meters wide shall be reflected on the sketch map. The same shall
also be done with the lot bordering natural features if the water is
continuously flowing even the width is less than five (5) meters;

b) A strip of land at least fifty (50) meters in width fronting the sea,
ocean or other bodies of water that has a considerable mangrove
trees and was declared as mangrove forest , shall be reflected on
 plantation that need to be maintained and developed, shall be
indicated in the sketch maps;

c) In storm-prone areas, mangrove forest strip 100 meters wide

inward along shoreline fronting the seas, oceans and other bodies
of water and 50-meters strip river bank protection;

d) Twenty-meter strips of land outside the boundaries and

immediately adjacent to designated protected areas;

e) Twenty-meter strip of forest land adjoining Community-Based

Forest Management Projects;

f) Twenty-meter strips of land along the boundaries of reforestation

projects adjacent to private/alienable or disposable lands; and

g) A buffer zone about 100 meters of residual forest shall be

established immediately surrounding the old growth forest stands.
However, when the old growth forest stands is adjacent to natural
ground features such as waterways (rivers, streams, creeks),
gullies, or ridges tops, these shall be used as boundaries pursuant
to DAO 13, series of 1992.

The Boundary Agreement Process (BAP)

and the Parcel Information Sheet (PIS)

Section 85. The Boundary Agreement Process (BAP) is a formal process which aims to
obtain a graphical representation of the parcel to be surveyed and document the
agreement of parcel boundaries by adjoining landowners in all the original, cadastral
and other large survey projects (public land subdivision, group settlement survey and
townsite subdivision).

The BAP shall be a part of the systematic adjudication activities wherein the land
claimant/s, adjoining claimants/owners, barangay representative, survey team and
DENR representatives (land inspector/land management officer from the CENRO and
survey verifier from the LMS) participate in the boundary agreement process which shall
result to the accomplishment of the Parcel Information Sheet (PIS). The PIS is a
document to be prepared during lot sketching and prior to a land survey, recording the
boundary delineation agreement by all concerned, adjacent and participating land
claimants or owners to a public land parcel, indicating and describing on it the
boundaries of a land parcel, its improvements and any natural features, marks and
occupations that are on or near the boundary.

The PIS Form which sample copy is shown in Annex XII of this Manual shall
replace the Sketch and Survey Record Card. The same shall be accomplished based
on the following:

a. General Instructions

1. The Parcel Information Sheet (PIS) shall be accomplished in legal size,

good quality paper (preferably, 80 gsm, substance 20);

2. All entries shall be neat and legible in permanent black ink;

3. All spaces must be filled with the relevant information;

4. Names and lot numbers of adjoining claimants shall be indicated;

 6. A representative shall have a written authority and shall likewise sign
the form.
b. Sketching Instructions

1. Show boundary lengths inside and along the boundary line in bolder
numbers in a clockwise direction;

2. All directions should be oriented along the North-South line using a

magnetic compass;

3. All easements must be shown, including dimensions;

4. All waterways must be shown, indicating their width and the direction of
flow;

5. Political boundary lines are to be shown, the name of the adjoining

municipality or barangay is indicated;

6. Information common to two lots shall be shown in their respective PIS

form;

7. Indicate title number under lot number, if any;

8. All physical and natural features must be indicated;

9. Roads must be indicated with their width;

10. Indicate lot number of lot subject of PIS on sketch;

11. Indicate adjacent lot number or claimant’s name instead when there is
no lot number;

12. Use offsets and chainages to fix positions of reference marks on sketch
in relation to corners. The chainage distance should always be
measured clockwise and indicated inside and along the boundary line,
while offset distance should be indicated perpendicular from boundary
line to reference mark;

13. Reference marks may be nearby building corners, posts, marked tree
trunks, etc., of permanent nature;

14. Accessible corners may be provided with witness corners for purposes
of the PIS sketching; and

15. Indicate specific land use classification, whether residential, commercial

industrial, institutional, agricultural, reservation, forestland, etc., and its
cultivation/improvements, such as crops planted and structures
constructed.

c. Procedures

1. When a corner position is agreed upon by all participating claimants,

one of them will place the marker, witnessed by the others;

2. Measure distances of boundary lines;

 5. Assignment of lot numbers shall be made by the geodetic engineer;

6. Complete all entries on the PIS form;

7. Solicit signatures on Survey Information Sheet of all participating

claimants, including those of the geodetic engineer, barangay official,
and sketchperson; and

8. Inform all claimants that upon completion of Sketching Activities, they

have still a 30-day period to present their evidence that will support their
claim in contradiction to the agreement as per PIS.

Section 86. Precautions in the sketching Activities – The following shall serve as
important reminders to the Sketching Party in order that their output shall not confuse
the Lot Survey Team and shall serve to facilitate the survey activity:

a. Sketches must be prepared with care especially with regard to lots and
spelling of all proper names. Lots occupied by government agencies, shall be
properly identified, as much as possible, in their full name and not acronym.
The same shall be done to lots owned by private companies.

b. The lots shall be formed such that no single lot shall fall in more than one
barangay.

c. The boundaries along borders of the adjoining sheets shall be carefully

compared and checked in order to avoid omitting or duplicating side shots
during the lot survey.

d. Claims inside patented or decreed properties shall be disregarded unless

supported by an order from the Regional Trial Court for each specific claim.

e. In case of disputed ownership, the sketching party shall not intervene by

siding with one of the party nor providing data that will support one of the
parties. However, efforts should be made to bring the claimants to an
agreement in the field in order to reduce the number of such conflicting
claims.

f. Mandatory areas for exclusion from the lots adjoining public works and
bodies of water pursuant to Sections 83 and 84 of this Manual shall be
properly plotted on the sketch map.

g. Roads, ponds, streams, etc. included within previously approved surveys

shall be located as such. These shall be assigned separate cadastral lot
numbers, however, their identification as road, ponds, stream, etc. shall be
clearly indicated on the map.

Standard Monuments and Other Acceptable Lot Corner Markers

Section 87. The Nature of Lot Monuments – After the lot was subjected to BAP and
sketching, the position of corners of boundary lines shall be defined and marked on the
ground by monuments of permanent nature, except when such corners situated near
physiographic or natural features. Whenever possible, all the lot corners which were
identified in the Sketch Map and in the PIS shall be marked with standard concrete
monuments. The first and last corner situated near natural boundaries shall be marked
with monument. The following objects shall be considered as monuments of permanent
nature to be used in defining and marking corners of lot, titled or to be subjected to
 a. Standard monument – It shall be concrete and cylindrical in forms, at least
fifteen (15) centimeters in diameter by fifty (50) centimeters in length, set
fifteen (15) centimeters above the ground and thirty five (35) centimeters
below the ground.

b. In the event that the exact location of the lot corner can not be established
with the standard concrete monument due to the presence of concrete
building, concrete wall, full grown tree, etc. wherein digging activities may
weaken the supporting post of the structure, result to accident, cause the
uprooting of a valuable tree, etc., the following shall be considered as
acceptable corner mark in lieu of the said standard monument, to wit:

1. Concrete posts which are part of the fence when not less than ten
centimeters in diameters, or metal pipes not less than two centimeters
in outside diameters.

2. Living edible fruit trees not less than fifteen centimeters in diameters or
trees belonging to the first group (as per Forestry Classification) with
diameter not less than fifteen (15) centimeters.

3. Points of masonry or concrete walls.

4. Immovable or fixed hard rock or boulders with exposed surfaced of

more than one meter in diameter.

5. Peg, being of a composition that will resist destruction by fire, natural

corrosion, or decay with nominal dimension of 50 millimeters square in
cross-section for at least 100 millimeters from the top and not less than
400 millimeters in length.

Section 88. Conditions in accepting corner markers other than the standard concrete
monuments and those stated in the immediately preceeding section – the following shall
be done to enable the substitute markers to be acceptable corner of lots:

a. Acceptable living trees when used to define corners shall be blazed at about
twenty (20) centimeters above the ground and when possible, by cutting the
bark on the side where the boundary line passes.

The blaze shall at least be ten centimeters. A cross shall be chiseled upon
the blaze and at the point of intersection of the cross, a galvanized iron spike
be driven to indicate the corner to which measurement shall be made.

b. Wooden post of narra, ipil, molave, yacal, or any other durable hardwood of
not less than fifteen (15) centimeters in diameter forming part of a house, a
fence or other permanent structures may be used as corner marker when
such posts are situated at the corner of a tract to be surveyed. This corner
shall be defined by a galvanized iron spike set at the center of a cross to be
marked thereon.

c. When concrete posts, masonry, concrete walls, immovable rock, or boulders

are used, the corner shall be defined by a galvanized iron spike driven into
the structure to which measurements shall be made. If for any reason it is not
feasible to drive a galvanized iron spike into a structure, the corner shall be
defined by a cross (x) mark chiseled upon such structure.

d. When metal pipes having an outside diameter greater than two (2)
centimeters are used, such pipes shall be filled with concrete in the corner
 e. When a cross (x) is used to define a corner, such mark shall be chiseled to a
depth of at least five (5) millimeters. Each arm of the cross shall be,
whenever possible, not less than five (5) centimeters in length in the point of
intersection of the arms and shall define the corner to which measurement
shall be made.

Section 89. Construction of Lot Corner Monuments – The following shall be followed
in the construction of lot corner monuments:

a. Concrete monuments shall be fabricated following the requirements of Class

A concrete specifications in the ratio of 1:2:4 or translated into a concrete
mixture such as 1 cubic meter of cement, 2 cubic meters of sand, and 4
cubic meters of gravel or 2 bags of cement, 4 bags of sand and 8 bags of
gravel. Sand and gravel must be clean, free from dust or mud or other
organic matter. The dimension as stated in Section 87 of this Manual shall
be followed.

The top shall be centered by galvanized iron spike or by a conical hole not
exceeding two (2) centimeters in diameter and not less than one (1)
centimeter in depth to define the corner to which measurements shall be
made. It shall be marked as “CAD”.“

b. The galvanized iron spike used to indicate center of other acceptable corner
markers shall preferably be at least one centimeter in diameter and eight (8)
centimeters in length driven flush or level to the surface of the objects used.

Individual Lot Survey

Section 90. The individual lot survey shall only be conducted after the 30-day posting of
the PIS. The PIS shall be posted in Barangay Halls/Centers for cadastral projects for 30
days, and such posting shall be certified by the Barangay Chairman concerned.

Section 91. Upon approval of the main and subsidiary controls and termination of 30-
day period for the concerned claimant to protest with the result of PIS, the survey of the
individual lots therein shall be surveyed as per Section 57.b of this Manual and of at
least tertiary precision a per Section 54 of this Manual.

a. The traverse that shall be used to locate lot corners and shall be run in the
same manner as in Section 45 of this Manual but shall start from a Primary
(3rd Order) or Secondary (4th Order) Control Stations and shall close to
another Primary or Secondary Control Stations.

b. The Chief of Party, upon conformity of the project contractor, may create
additional sub-teams each headed by a geodetic engineer with the approval
of the RTD for Lands in writing.

c. Tertiary stations for each cadastral project shall be numbered consecutively

from one. The numbers 1-1000 may be assigned to one geodetic engineer
for his use; the numbers 1001 to 2000, to a second; the numbers 2001 to
3000, to a third and so forth. The unused numbers need not be accounted
for.

d. The sketches shall be used in the field by the survey party for the purpose of
identifying lots and lot corners. A careful check of all information thereon
must be made.
 one kilometer from its reference point, whenever necessary. The reference
point shall be any of those mentioned in Section 34, DAO No. 2007-29.

f. The adjoining sketches shall be compared before the survey is made and
duplicate corners should be excluded. Corners outside the margin of both
sketches shall be included in only one sketch, by a semi circle in ink, to avoid
missing corners and duplication of work. Lot surveys shall be confined to the
interior limits of each sketch which shall be absolutely complete.

g. The marking of the corners on the ground, i.e., by monuments (old and new),
trees, stakes, etc. which was previously identified in sketching must be
carefully verified and entered in the field book.

Section 92. The survey shall cover as much as possible all the lots which were included
in the sketch map and the PIS.

Isolated Survey within the Cadastral Project

Section 93. Approved Surveys – The following shall be observed in the conduct of
survey covering lots with approved survey:

a. In case that upon the conduct of actual survey, the lot with approved
survey/titled and sketched lot differ substantially and the owner is actually
claiming additional land, the additional area shall be made as a separate
cadastral lot in accordance with Section 82.c of this Manual.

b. In case the land surveyed has not been titled and the claimant wants to
combine the surveyed area and the additional unsurveyed area in one
cadastral lot, he/she shall be required to surrender the approved tracing
cloth/sepia plan of the survey together with certification from the Register of
Deeds (that the land is not covered by any title), RTC or MTC sitting as
Cadastral Court (that it is not a subject of any land registration proceedings)
and an affidavit requesting the RTD for Lands for the cancellation of the
subject plan.

c. If the claimant voluntarily excludes portion or portions of the surveyed and

untitled lot, the excluded area shall be numbered as a separate cadastral lot.
In the case of titled properties, the land owner shall be made to execute an
affidavit stating therein his/her voluntary decision to exclude the area.

d. The following shall be surveyed:

1. Titled/Untitled properties without lot descriptions;

2. Titled/Untitled with erroneous or missing lot description; and

3. Titled/Untitled with technical descriptions from magnetic surveys.

The survey shall include the relocation of the corners and boundaries of the
same property when they were originally surveyed on the basis of the
existing data and the best evidence available.

e. In case it has been established that there is a definite overlapping between

previously approved surveys, the following procedure shall be followed:

1. When overlap is between surveys not yet titled and leased properties,
the area in conflict shall be made as separate cadastral lot;
 3. When the overlap is between titled or leased property and the property
not yet leased or titled, the latter shall be amended to exclude therefrom
the portion in conflict, except when there is a court order or an order
from the Regional Executive Director in case of the leased property,
directing the showing/treatment of the area as a separate cadastral lot.

f. In case the claimant of untitled property covered by an approved survey

within a cadastral project desires subdivision, he shall secure the authority
from the Regional Technical Director for Lands for each change. The
provisions stated above in Paragraph b. of this Section on the turn over of
copy of the approved plan shall be followed.

g. Approved surveys shall be adopted, whenever necessary, into the cadastral

system and upon performing the following procedures:

1. The tie line of the approved survey shall be converted to the

cadastral/grid system and plotted on the cadastral map. However, this
tie line need not fix the location of corner one of the survey unless it
cannot be otherwise identified.

2. Common point with previously patented, leased or decreed survey

situated within cadastral project shall be located.

3. The area given in the lease, patent or title shall be accepted as final.

4. The bearing should be reduced to the cadastral bearings either from

actual shots on the ground or by applying correction for convergence.

5. Three or more corners of the previously approved survey shall be

located for used in comparing and reducing the system of coordinates
of old survey to the cadastral survey.

6. An old survey shall be considered adjusted in the cadastral survey if its

corner and boundaries are located in the cadastral system at the same
places where they were originally surveyed.

7. Existing monuments, marked occupation or agreement of the owner

and adjoining claimant shall be given preference in determining the
location of the common point or other points of the boundary.

.Section 94. All lands of the Public domain shall be surveyed as one lot with the
authority of the RED. Private claim inside unclassified areas shall not be surveyed.

Section 95. Geodetic engineers may undertake surveys within decreed or titled parcels
inside cadastral projects free from the limitations of Sections 80 and 82 of this Manual.
A copy of the approved survey plan shall, however, be furnished to the cadastral project
chief.

Section 96. All government lands mentioned in Section 6.e of DAO 2007-29 which are
located within a cadastral project shall be sketched, marked with monuments, surveyed
and assigned cadastral lot numbers..

Section 97. All patented mineral lands within a cadastral project shall be surveyed as
regular lots of the project in accordance with the plan of each survey as approved. All
other mineral land surveys shall be projected by their tie lines or by coordinates and
shall be indicated on the cadastral maps by dotted line. The Geodetic Engineer
Section 98. Public Land Subdivision (Pls) and Group Settlement Surveys (Gss)
within the Cadastral Project – In case of existence of approved Pls and Gss inside the
Cadastral Project, the following shall apply:

a. The main control of the cadastral project shall traverse Pls or Gss within the
cadastral project. Recovered BLLMs, boundary monuments (MBMs and
BBMs) shall be made part of the cadastral main control.

b. When there are no recovered BLLMs or boundary monuments in the Pls or

Gss, main control points shall be established in these areas and BLLMs are
established in accordance with Sections 29 to 51 of this Manual.

c. The BAP and the PIS shall not be applicable inside the area covered by the
Pls and Gss.

d. The Pls or Gss shall be plotted on the cadastral map as one big lot.
However, the individual lot in the Pls or Gss shall be indicated in the
cadastral map by dotted red line.

e. For purposes of plotting, the Pls or Gss boundary data shall be transformed
into the system of the cadastre.

Advance Survey

Section 99. Advance Survey (As) of a lot pertains to the survey and preparation of the
survey returns of cadastral lots and the verification thereof ahead of the other lots. The
said survey shall be made after the primary and secondary controls of the project have
been completed, verified and approved, and before submission of lot survey returns to
the LMS concerned for verification and approval. However, the request for advance
survey of parcels located within the project shall not be allowed except on the following
conditions:

a. There is a court order for the immediate conduct of survey in connection with
the resolution of a land case; or

b. There is a written authority from the RED upon recommendation of the RTD
for Lands due to the urgency for such survey and the applicant is willing to
bear the expenses.

Section 100. If the project was abandoned, cancel immediately the contract and assign
to the DENR Survey Team to conduct necessary correction and validation leading to the
approval thereof.

Section 101. Once an authority to conduct As is granted the following conditions shall
be observed:

a. Each contested area shall be made a separate lot.

b. After the conduct of survey, the survey returns shall be submitted to the
DENR Regional Office concerned for verification and approval. The project
chief shall indicate the class and survey numbers assigned to the advance
survey on the cadastral maps, lot data computation sheets, and the PIS.

c. Once approved, said properties and all its adjoining properties shall be
plotted on the cadastral maps which shall be included in the survey returns of
the project. The cadastral lot number shall be indicated next to the
designated survey symbol As and the corresponding numbers.
 d. The administrative cost of the As which shall be computed based on the cost
per lot of the Cadastral Project , shall be paid to the DENR Regional Office
concerned, plus appropriate fees and other expenses .

Article 4 - Graphical Cadastre

Section 102. When a massive conversion and subdivision into numerical cadastre of
previously approved graphical cadastre is conducted it shall be in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 53 to 101 of this Manual and the following shall be considered:

a. The control monuments in both the Project and the Political Boundary
established in the Graphical Cadastre shall be adopted as the control
monuments of the numerical cadastre but shall be transformed into the
PRS92. The recovered monuments shall be included in the Network Design;

b. All graphical cadastral lots previously converted into numerical cadastral lots
and were approved, whether titled or not, shall be reflected in the Cadastral
Maps. However, the provisions on the BAP and PIS shall not be applied;

c. The lot numbers in the Graphical Cadastre shall be adopted in the Numerical
Cadastre as far as possible.

d. If the graphical lot is subdivided into two or more lots, one lot will retain the
original lot number and the other lot will be assigned the highest lot number
indicating below the original graphical lot number as a portion of the original
lot. The said subdivision is only allowed upon presentation of proof of
conveyances by the concerned parties.

Article 5 - Public Land Subdivision Project

Section 103. Pls Surveys Projects as defined in Section 5.c, DAO 2007-29 shall
compose the following activities:

a. Project Control Survey – shall be conducted in accordance with the accuracy

requirement stated in Section 28.b.1, DAO No. 2007-29.

b. Lot Surveys - shall be conducted in order to determine individual lot

boundaries and their corresponding area primarily for the purpose of
acquiring title thereto.

Section 104. Public Land Subdivision (Pls) project which shall cover only A&D lands
shall not be required to conduct Political Boundary Survey. However, established
Political Boundary Monuments within the coverage of the project shall be observed,
verified and plotted in the Pls Maps. Pertinent provisions of Section 98 of this Manual
shall be applied in the determination of reference or control monuments for inclusion in
the project network of controls.

Section 105. The provisions of Section 3 of this Manual shall apply in awarding of
survey project except that the Survey Order shall be issued by the concerned RTD for
Lands pursuant to Section 16, DAO No. 2007-29, and upon recommendation of the
Regional Bids and Awards Committee – Technical Working Group (RBAC-TWG).

Section 106. Pls survey project numbers shall be issued by the DENR LMS concerned.
To prevent the duplication of number, the Regional Code shall be indicated in the Pls
number. The LMB shall periodically be provided listing of Pls survey projects approved
by the LMS, indicating therein the location (barangay, municipality, and province), total
area and the number of lots. Also, the established location monuments, with the PTM
Section 107. The Survey instruments to be used in the different phases of the project
shall be the following:

a. Survey instruments to be used are either of conventional type, GNSS

Receivers, as described in Section 21, DAO No. 2007-29 for Project Control.

b. Lot survey may be conducted using ETS or GNSS, as may be applicable.

.
If ETS instruments are to be used, the control survey and lot survey shall be conducted
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 47 and Section 90 of this Manual,
respectively. In any case, all survey instruments shall be tested/calibrated and
registered first before their use in any survey in accordance with Section 22, DAO No.
2007-29.

Section 108. Organization of the Survey Party – The survey party shall be
established with at least three (3) major components as listed in Section 4.c of this
Manual. However, under the Pls Survey, as the project progresses, the following
changes may occur:

a. After the conclusion of the Survey Control Activities and the corresponding
approval thereof, the Survey Control Team may be utilized as the Lot Survey
Team.

b. The Reconnaissance and Monument Recovery Team upon approval of the

Project Controls may be designated as the Monument Setting Team.

c. The Monument Setting Team, upon completion of the setting of control

monuments, may assist/accompany the Lot Sketching Party to set
monuments on the lot corners once an agreement is reached during the
BAP.

Section 109. Data Research and Old Monuments Inventory – The provisions of
Section 33 of this Manual shall apply. Moreover, the list of approved surveys and all
surveys filed for registration together with the corresponding status thereof whether
decreed, pending, dismissed, etc. shall also be collated to be used as reference data.
Efforts shall be exerted to identify and collate the data of all the isolated surveys in
progress within the project area. Relative thereto, all requests for Survey Authority
therein shall not be allowed unless the survey is to be conducted by the Pls Survey
Project Chief. In addition, survey returns of lots subject of verification in the LMS
concerned shall be forwarded to the Pls Survey Project Chief for inclusion in the project.

Section 110. Pls Project Management Plan (PPMP) – The PPMP shall be composed
of the Project Management Plan and Technical Plan. It shall be prepared following the
process stated under Section 5 of this Manual. However, the Technical Plan excluded
the activity on gravity measurements but shall include the two (2) activities as
mentioned in Section 105 of this Manual. Moreover, the base map to be secured will be
used for the plotting of Project Control Network Design instead of Geodetic Network
Design. Based on the data gathered in accordance with Section 109 of this Manual, the
technical plan shall be prepared following the applicable provisions of Section 61 of this
Manual.

Section 111. The basic scheme of work on a Pls survey project shall follow the
activities on the conduct of Cadastral survey project as enumerated in Section 62 of
this Manual except the activities on the Political Boundary Survey.

Section 112. Notification of Survey – The provisions of Section 64 of this Manual

shall apply in the notification of survey, both for the general public and the individual lot
Section 113. In the conduct of Control Survey for Pls, applicable provisions of Sections
29 to 52 of this Manual shall be followed.

Section 114. In the conduct of lot sketching, setting of monuments and survey,
applicable provisions of Sections 77 to 98 of this Manual shall apply.

Chapter III - Isolated Surveys

Article 6. Public Land Subdivision.

Section 115. Pls considered as isolated survey under Section 5.c, DAO No. 2007-29
where the area involved is 1,500 hectares and below shall be governed by the same
procedure Article 5 of this Manual.

Article 7 - Group Settlement Survey (Gss) /Townsite Subdivision Survey (Ts)

Section 116. Gss and Ts Surveys Projects as defined in Section 6(a), DAO No. 2007-
29, shall be conducted in the PRS92 system and shall follow the accuracy requirement
stated in Section 28 (b), DAO No. 2007-29. The conduct of GSS and TS survey shall be
governed by the following:

a. Determination of position of the lot’s boundary from an established reference

point shall be conducted using:

1. GNSS Observations, if the area is at least 1,500 hectares

2. ETS Observation for Traverse, Triangulation, or trilateration from

established PRS92, if the area is below 1,500 hectares. However, the
Geodetic Engineer concerned shall have the option to use GNSS
receivers.

b. Lot Corners shall be determined by side shot using conventional instruments

with the minimum specification as follows:

1. If area is at least 1,500 hectares: ETS

2. If area is 500 to 1,500 hectares: One-second (1”) optical or electronic

(digital) theodolite with EDM for distance determination

3. If area is 10 to 500 hectares: Six-second (6”) optical or electronic

(digital) theodolite with EDM for distance determination

4. If area is 5 to 10 hectares: Twenty-second (20”) engineer’s transit with

100-meter steel tape for measuring distance.

5. If area is less than 5 hectares: Thirty-second (30˚) engineer’s transit

with 50-meter steel tape for measuring distance.

Instruments of higher precision and longer length or range than the one specified above
for corresponding area of lots may be used in the conduct of survey (e.g. for 5 to 10
hectares, a 6” optical or digital theodolite and EDM may be used). In all cases, all
survey instruments should have undergone the testing/calibration and registration prior
to their use as required under Section 22, DAO No. 2007-29.

Section 117. Pursuant to Section 15, DAO No. 2007-29, Geodetic Engineers shall
undertake Gss or Ts survey only upon receipt of authority issued by the concerned
However, if the land is within the jurisdiction of a certain government agency by virtue of
an existing law, Section 17, DAO No. 2007-29 shall apply.

Section 118. Data Research of Adjoining Claims – The Geodetic Engineer shall
conduct research on the lot and the adjoining lots if they are covered by approved
survey, surveys filed for registration and their corresponding status whether decreed,
pending, dismissed, etc.

Data of reference points of established Geodetic Control and Project Control Network
adjacent to or within the vicinity area preferably one kilometer or less in consonance
with Section 91.e of this Manual, shall be researched, collated and evaluated.
Thereafter, verify their individual status on the ground to ascertain whether the
monuments set on the ground are intact/undisturbed. Their corresponding Geographic
Position and Plane Coordinates (GPPC), both in the Local and in the Philippine Plane
Coordinate System (PPCS), shall also be determined. Only stable or undisturbed
control or reference points shall be considered in the establishment of control around
the lot to be surveyed. Moreover, PRS92-control points established in the area as
validated and approved by NAMRIA shall also be determined and shall be included in
the list of reference points to be considered. Based on the researched data, a
preliminary sketch of the lot shall be made and the names of the adjoining owners shall
be indicated therein.

Section 119. Before the conduct of survey, a reconnaissance and validation of sketch
of the tract of land to be surveyed shall be made. The names and addresses of all
persons claiming ownership of a part of the entire tract to be surveyed and of adjoining
lands shall be indicated therein.

Section 120. Notification for this survey shall follow those stated in Section 7 of this
Manual.

Section 121. Organization of the Survey Party – The composition of the survey party
and its manpower complement shall be as determined by the Chief of Party provided
that they are qualified to serve as such under this Manual.

The Lot Survey Team may be divided into sub-group which shall handle major activities
such as sketching (with BAP and PIS activities), manufacturing and setting of
monuments, control establishment and lot survey. For a small area and non-project
survey, the conduct of control and lot survey may be done by a single team.

Section 122. Isolated Survey Accuracy – The conduct of isolated survey shall be
done in accordance with the accuracy requirement for Tertiary Control as stated in
Section 28.b.1, DAO No. 2007-29. Provided that, the length of side shots from the
traverse station to the lot corners shall not exceed 500 meters when using ETS or EDM
and 100 meters when using steel tapes.

Section 123. Boundary Agreement Process (BAP) and Parcel Information Sheet
(PIS) – The conduct of BAP and formalizing the agreement through the PIS pursuant to
Section 85 of this Manual shall be done before the monument setting of lot corners.
The adjudicator shall be an LMO assigned by the DENR, who shall, together with the
Chief of Party and the Barangay representative, stand as witness to the agreement.
They shall affix their signatures on the PIS.

The sketching of the lot, adjoining properties, public works and the natural features shall
follow the pertinent provisions of Sections 81 to 85 of this Manual.

Section 124. Lot Corners Monument Setting – The corners of the lot shall be marked
with monuments based on the result of BAP as sketched and agreed upon in the PIS of
Section 125. Conduct of Lot Survey – The survey for the determination of point of
reference and the lot corners shall be in accordance with the accuracy requirements
stated in Section 28.b.1, DAO 2007-29.

Setting the Permanent Position of Lot Corners

Section 126. 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. The following shall be
the procedures and conditions in the establishment of tie lines:

a. Tracts to be surveyed shall be tied by a closed traverse to the nearest points

of reference as provided for in Section 34, DAO 2007-29.

b. However, corner-markers of an approved survey, may be used as reference,

provided that a common point pursuant to Section 128 of this Manual can be
established from at least three (3) available corner-markers which could be
relied upon as to their permanency and stability.

c. In case no corner markers of an approved/decreed/patented survey can be

found on the ground, at least three (3) corner-markers of nearby
approved/decreed/patented survey may be used as reference provided a
common point can be established pursuant to Section 128 of this Manual.

Section 127. Connection of Surveys - All surveys shall be adequately connected to

existing surveys, or the position of the survey shall be determined by a method that will
enable the survey to be shown in relation to existing surveys taking into consideration
the accuracy appropriate to the circumstances. The survey shall be adequately
connected to permanent reference points existing in close proximity to the survey.

Section 128. Common Point - When a previous survey and the survey in progress
overlap or adjoin each other, a common point shall be selected from among the corners
which have been located.

a. The selection of the corner to be adopted as a common point shall depend on

the following:

1. The permanency of the corner monument of an approved survey as

verified on the ground.

2. The degree of precision between the computed positions of the corner

monuments as found in place on the ground determined from the data
of the approved surveys and of the survey in progress.

3. In general, a living tree, a boulder or any other object of permanent

nature used as corner in the approved survey, which is identified
beyond doubt in the course of the survey in progress and which is not
likely to have been removed from its original place, shall be selected as
a common point in preference to concrete stone or other monuments
which may, with comparative ease, be removed from their original
location and be placed elsewhere.

b. When monuments of approved surveys appear to have been moved, such

observation shall be recorded in the field notes and the subject monuments
shall be reinstated/re-established. Should the monuments have been
determined to be fixed/undisturbed as to their location on the ground, they
may be used as witness monuments to the true corners.
 provided for in Section 30.b, DAO No. 2007-29, the position as determined in
the earlier survey shall be accepted and adopted as the position of such
corner in the latter survey.

d. When the discrepancy in position exceeds the limits set forth in the preceding
section, the geodetic engineer shall make such verification as may be
necessary to check the data of the survey in question. A complete report on
the discrepancies and the results of verification shall be made and submitted
to the concerned Regional Technical Director for Lands, through the
Regional Chief of Surveys Division for decision.

e. If the recovered corner of the previous survey is not identical to its

description in the plan, investigation shall be conducted by the geodetic
engineer to ascertain the cause thereof and the result of the investigation
shall be reported in writing to the concerned Regional Technical Director for
Lands.

Article 8 – Survey of Public Lands

Section 129. Original survey of land and the setting of monument for the purpose of
public land application for Homestead, Free Patent, Sales, and other modes of
disposition under CA 141, as amended, otherwise known as the Public Land Act, shall
be conducted following pertinent provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual.
Restrictions regarding the adjoining natural features shall be observed. Moreover,
limitations pertaining to land areas based on existing laws shall be applied.

Section 130. The survey of public land shall be conducted upon issuance of survey
authority or survey order from the concerned DENR official as mentioned in Section 16,
DAO No. 2007-29. Likewise, Section 17, DAO No. 2007-29 shall be followed for survey
of lands under the jurisdiction of other government agencies.

Section 131. The following shall be applied in the conduct of survey of reclaimed lands:

a. No survey on proposed or existing reclaimed lands survey shall be

conducted without prior issuance of survey order or authority required under
Section 16, DAO 2007-20.

b. The boundary survey of reclaimed lands shall be conducted following the

applicable provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual.

c. No submerged portion of the project shall be included in the determination

of the land area of the lot nor shall the lot corner be established within the
submerged portions of the reclamation.

d. The boundary survey of the reclaimed land shall be first submitted for
verification and approval before its subdivision into smaller lots. Buffer zone
of at least twenty (20) meters shall be maintained along the edge of the
reclaimed land between the waterline and the sub-lots.

Section 132. Foreshore lands shall be surveyed upon determination of the average
highest and lowest level of the sea water in the area based on the published tide table
from NAMRIA. If the adjoining lot is an approved cadastral lot, the landward boundary
line of the foreshore land shall conform to the cadastral boundary. Sections 115 to 128
of this Manual shall be followed in the conduct of survey of foreshore land, while
applicable provisions of Section 84 of this Manual shall be followed in the setting of
monuments and sketching of foreshore land. The Geodetic Engineer should make
proper coordination with the RTD for Lands and other concerned agencies as to the
Section 133. No survey shall be allowed within mangrove, marshy, swamp lands and
other similar wet lands except for the purpose of determination of the area to be
covered by a proposed wildlife reservation, protected area, marine sanctuary and other
similar purposes.

Article 9 - Amendment Surveys

Section 134. Amendment Survey of approved surveys (Psu, F, H, and the like) shall be
conducted only upon submission of the following requirements:

a. Sepia copy of the approved survey plan including the narrative technical
description issued to the owner;

b. Certification from the concerned LRA/RTC/CENRO that the same has not
been registered or subject of a land registration proceeding;

c. Written explanation of the claimant for the reason to request for amendment
survey; and

d. If the person requesting the amendment is not the owner or claimant of the
land, he shall be required to submit a written authorization duly notarized or a
special power of attorney from the owner authorizing him/her to cause the
amendment survey.

Section 135. The survey number shall be retained but with suffix Amd.,Amd-2, Amd-
3……etc. Pertinent provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual shall be followed
in the conduct of amendment survey.

Article 10 – Private Land Surveys

Section 136. Private land surveys shall either be a simple or complex subdivision
survey which shall be conducted in consonance with the provisions of Section 18 of
DAO No. 2007-29. Verification survey conducted over private lands shall be in
accordance with Sections 146 to 155 of this Manual while amendment survey shall be
conducted pursuant to Sections 136 to 137 of this Manual.

a. Applicable provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual shall be adopted

in the conduct of complex subdivision survey of a private land in addition to
the following:

1. A complex subdivision is define for the purpose of this Manual as a

subdivision of a registered land pursuant to BP-220 and PD-957, as
amended.

2. The approved subdivision scheme shall be strictly followed in the actual

setting of lot parcels on the ground. Moreover, the said document shall be
included in the survey returns to be submitted to the DENR-LMS
concerned for verification and approval.

3. The block boundary corners shall be marked with permanent concrete

monuments in accordance with Sections 87 to 89 of this Manual.

4. The block and individual lot corners may be temporarily marked with
stakes or iron rods to be replaced with permanent concrete monuments
upon completion of the land filling or grading on the project site.

5. Subsequent subdivision/ consolidation survey on the lot covered by a

 6. In cases where titled property was already transferred to the buyer,
alteration permit is not a requirement.

b. A plan describing the boundaries of land may be made particularly in the

case of simple subdivision of a lot wherein two old corners were connected
by straight line, provided that the old corners are intact on the ground; the
boundaries of the land are defined conspicuously by walls, shrubs and other
markers; and the information to be shown on the plan are sufficient to satisfy
the requirements in this Manual. The survey plan bearing the conformity of
land owner may be submitted for verification and approval with the notarized
field notes cover without the field notes.

c. In case of subdivision survey of ten (10) or more resultant lots and the last
subdivision was approved within the last six (6) months, the following shall be
required as part of the survey returns.
1. Affidavit of Landowner that the subdivision is not intended for housing
subdivision projects;
2. Certification of Community Mortgage Program, if applicable;
3. Land Use Certification from the LGU concerned; and
4. Investigation report and comments from LGU/HLURB.

In cases of subdivision among co-owners, the foregoing shall not apply in

areas with densified PRS 92 monuments. However, in cases of areas where
there are no PRS 92 reference point within a radius of 1 km, connection
survey shall not be required.

Article 11 – Government Land Surveys

Friar Land Surveys

Section 137. Surveys affecting the Friar Land Estates, the list of which shall be found in
Annex XVIII of this Manual, shall be conducted in the PRS92 system tracing the original
position of lot corners and following the applicable provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of
this Manual.

Section 138. Geodetic Engineers shall undertake friar land survey only upon receipt of
authority issued by the concerned DENR Official stated in the Section 16, DAO No.
2007-29. The conditions as mentioned in Section 19, DAO No. 2007-29 shall be
imposed in the granting of survey authority.

Section 139. Data Research and Investigation of Adjoining Claims – The Geodetic
Engineer shall conduct research on the status and the technical description of the lot.
Only friar lands not covered by conveyance shall be issued Survey Authority (SA). The
adjoining lots shall also be researched for the status and technical description.
Determine also if the previously surveyed adjoining lots were already transformed into
PRS92. As much as possible, locate the old reference point and determine the status
thereof to ascertain whether it can be used as reference point of the lot subject of the
survey, otherwise, new established reference point within the vicinity shall be used.

In case where no data is available in LMB and LMS concerned, a resurvey may be
conducted following the applicable provisions of Section 115 to 128 of this Manual.

National Government Land Surveys

Section 140. Survey of National Government lands shall be conducted in consonance

with the provisions of Section 16 or 17 of DAO No. 2007-29 and shall be treated as an
 a. The following are also considered as National Government land

1. Land forfeited for non-payment of taxes.

2. Land adjudicated to the government through foreclosure proceeding.

3. Lands acquired by the national government through forfeiture of bonds

in criminal cases or as a result of execution of judgment in civil action.

4. Lands acquired through expropriation proceeding, donations, purchase

or exchange when no longer devoted to public uses.

5. Lands where old structures formerly used as fortifications and known as

“cotas”, “baluartes’, etc. are built or situated.

6. All other private properties of the national government acquired or held

in whatever form when not needed for public purposes.

b. Applicable provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual shall be adopted

in addition to the following:

1. A narrative report stating the land use and general condition of

improvement, if any, shall be included in the survey return. The existing
improvements shall be plotted in dotted lines in the survey plan.

2. The survey of private lands to be purchased, expropriated or acquired

in any other manner by the national government shall be made in
accordance with the requirements of Section 136 of this Manual.

Local Government Land Surveys

Section 141. Survey of local government lands shall be conducted in consonance with
the provisions of Section 17 of DAO No. 2007-29 and shall be treated as an isolated
survey. The Provincial Board Resolution, in case of province or the Municipal/City Board
Resolution shall be secured prior to the conduct of survey. Applicable provisions of
Sections 140.b of this Manual shall be followed in the conduct of local government land
survey.

Article 12 – Conversion Surveys

Section 142. Survey for the purpose of transforming/converting individual lots covered
by approved graphical cadastral survey, cadastral mapping (Cadm), and photocadastral
mapping (PCadm) shall be conducted in consonance with the applicable provisions of
Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual. The survey work undertaken for the purpose shall
be subjected to verification and approval by the concerned LMS offices.

Article 13 – Other Land Surveys

Provincial Boundary Surveys

Section 143. The boundaries of provinces and sub-provinces shall be surveyed in

accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 65 to 76 of this Manual. In the
conduct of survey, the existing legal boundaries of its component cities and
municipalities shall be considered.

Municipal/City Boundary Surveys

appearing on the law creating the same shall be considered, unless the definition of the
legal boundaries cannot be determined on the ground due to the ambiguities contained
in the said law.

Barangay Boundary Surveys

Section 145. The boundaries of the barangays shall be surveyed in accordance with
the applicable provisions of Sections 65 to 76 of this Manual. In the conduct of survey,
the boundaries of the barangays based on the technical description appearing on the
law creating the same shall be considered, unless the definition of the legal boundaries
cannot be determined on the ground due to the ambiguities contained in the said law.

Verification Surveys

Section 146. The Regional Technical Director for Lands may issue order to conduct a
verification survey whenever any approved survey is reported to be erroneous, or when
titled lands are reported to overlap or where occupancy is reported to encroach another
property. In the conduct of verification survey, the Geodetic Engineer shall, among
others:

a. Ascertain the position and descriptions of the existing survey monument or

marker, buildings, fences, walls, and other permanent improvements, which
are used to provide evidence of original boundaries;

b. Give primary consideration to original survey marks, except where other

evidence, including original measurements, position of improvements, or
statements by occupants, suggest that the original markers were incorrectly
placed or have been disturbed;

c. Ascertain the position of buildings, fences, walls or other permanent

improvements adversely affected by the determination of the boundaries;

d. Inform the parties concerned of the effect of the determination of the

boundaries and secure a statement from the parties that they have been
informed of these findings; and

e. Include the submission of a narrative report under oath.

The conduct of verification survey on the basis of a court order directing the Geodetic
Engineer of the LMS office concerned shall be made with the authority issued by the
RTD for Lands specifying therein the name/s of the designated LMS
officials/employees.

Section 147. When gross errors or discrepancies in adjoining surveys are discovered,
an explicit statement of the line found to be erroneous and other discrepancies shall be
recorded in the field notes. It shall be the responsibility of the geodetic engineer to
disclose any doubt or discrepancy associated with the survey.

Section 148. The geodetic engineer whose survey is reported to be erroneous shall be
required to make a thorough evaluation of the area and the survey conducted and to
report his/her findings under oath. In case he/she finds discrepancy in his/her survey, he
shall report the technical differences between the new survey and the previous survey
and submit an explanation as to the cause thereof. If on the contrary, he finds his
survey correct, he/she shall report this to the RTD for Lands who may order a joint
survey of the two geodetic engineers involved and the DENR-LMS geodetic engineer in
order to settle the difference in findings.
number of the lot shall be stated immediately above the Vs survey symbol and number.
This shall apply to verification surveys of isolated surveys and cadastral lots.

Section 150. Astronomical Observation - In order to determine the original position of

corner 1 and other selected corners of an old survey not approved in the system of
PRS92, an astronomical observation shall be conducted.

a. Specifically, astronomical observations shall be conducted to determine the

following:

1. The latitude and longitude of points of reference which have not been
connected to other points of known geographic coordinates.

2. The azimuths of lines of survey.

3. To check the geographic position of lot corners.

b. Astronomical observation shall also be conducted to determine the time for

the following purposes:

1. The error in the time shown by watches or chronometers.

2. To determine the time of astronomical observations previously conducted

over the old point. This verification with the aid of Almanac, shall also
determine what celestial bodies were observed during the astronomical
observation.

c. The following provisions shall serve as general guide in the astronomical

observations, to wit:

1. Astronomical observation shall be made on either the sun (solar

observation) or the star (stellar observation), as the geodetic engineer
may prefer, using the procedures as prescribed in this Manual. However,
old azimuth between BLLM Nos. 1 to 2 shall be checked through stellar
observation.

2. All observed altitude of the sun shall be corrected for index error,
refraction and parallax in the order given. Only correction for index error
and refraction shall be applied to observed altitude of the star.

3. The altitude of the sun’s center shall be determined by observing its

lower or upper limb and correcting the vertical angle observed. The
correction shall be done in the following manner:

a) Add its angular semi-diameter when observing lower limb or subtract

its angular semi-diameter when observing upper limb;

b) Or center the sun’s disc in the solar circle or square which shall be
taken first with the telescope direct, then twice with the telescope
reversed and finally with the telescope direct.

4. In the solar observations and computation of declination of the sun, the

standard time (120º EMT) shall be determined by:

a) Observing for local apparent time, converting it into mean time and
finally reducing to standard time.
 5. The index correction for vertical angles in a solar observation shall be
as follows:

a) The index error of the vertical circle shall be determined by direct and
reversed sighting at a fixed point.

b) The average of at least ten direct and ten reversed readings on as

many points of different elevations shall be used for determining the
index error.

c) The observed vertical angles shall be corrected by the amount of the

index error.

d) The value of the index correction shall be entered with the data for
each solar observation.

e) Observation shall be taken when the altitude is not less than twenty
degrees.

6. If the direct and reversed readings of the vertical angles to a point after
correcting for index error, differ by more than thirty seconds of arc, the
instrument shall be tested and adjusted accordingly.

Section 151. Time - For the purpose of determining the hour angle of the sun’s center or
the hour angle of the vernal equinox at any instant, observations for time shall be made to
find the error of a timepiece. Watch error shall be used to correct the timepiece which is
necessary in the azimuth derivation. The following provisions shall serve as guide in the
time determination:

a. Observations on celestial bodies shall be made when the observed body is on

the prime vertical. If this is not possible, observations can be made along the
meridian but this should not be done over BLLM Nos. 1 and 2.

b. Any of the following methods for determining the time shall be followed.

1. Time by transit of the sun

2. Time by transit of a star

3. Time by an altitude of the sun at any hour angle

4. Time by an altitude of a star at any hour angle

5. Time by equal altitudes of a star

c. The official or standard time to be used in astronomical observation shall be

the mean time corresponding to the one hundred twentieth degree (120º)
meridian east of Greenwich.

d. Geodetic engineers shall use accurate watches or chronometers for

astronomical observations. The accuracy of the times kept by a watch or
chronometer shall be verified by comparison with standard chronometers or by
observations for local mean time. This is to determine the correction to be
applied to the time indicated by the watch or chronometer.

e. Local mean time shall be determined by altitude observation on the sun or

stars at the moment of meridian passage or at any hour angle. When local
 f. Any formula for determining the hour angle may be used, but the formula found
in Annex XVII B.1 of this Manual shall be adopted in the altitude observation
for time. Separate computations shall be made for each set of observations
with the telescope in the direct and the reversed position as provided in
Section 155.b and c of this Manual.

g. The time obtained by observations on the sun is local apparent time which shall
be transformed into local mean time. Equation of time is equal to apparent time
minus local mean time. On the other hand, the time obtained by observation
on the star is local sidereal time which shall be transformed into local mean
time.

h. At least two complete sets of observations shall be made. The average shall
be transformed into local mean time. The data obtained for determining time
may be used also for determining the azimuth of line.

Section 152. Latitude – Observation for latitude shall be made whenever the latitude of
the station occupied is not known from previous observations or from connection to a
station or point of reference of known latitude. The following provisions shall serve as
guide in the latitude determination:

a. Of the various methods for determining latitude, the following may be used with
the transit or theodolite:

1. By a circumpolar star at culmination

2. By a meridian altitude of a southern star

3. By circum-meridian altitudes

4. By altitude of Polaris at any hour angle

5. By altitude of sun at noon

b. The highest recorded altitude of sun when corrected for refraction, index error,
semi-diameter and parallax may be accepted and used for determining the
latitude.

c. Observations on the sun shall consist of a series of not less than eight (8)
altitude observations alternately with the transit or theodolite in the direct and
the reversed positions. Half of the series shall be made before the time of the
meridian passage and the other half after the time of meridian passage.

d. When more accurate result is desired, the latitude shall be determined by

observation of Polaris at culmination. The averages of the reduced altitudes
shall be accepted and used for determining latitude.

e. When latitude is determined by Polaris or any circumpolar star at any hour

angle, this procedure shall be followed:

1. Set and level the instrument over the point.

2. By means of the upper motion, take several altitude observations on

Polaris in the direct and reversed position.

3. Take note of the time at each pointing of the star.

 4. Apply index correction to the observed altitude when necessary and then
take the mean of the altitude and the mean of the times and treat the
result as a single observation.

5. Compute the hour angle of the star.

6. Compute the latitude using the formula found in Annex XVII B.2.a of this
Manual.

f. In all lands surveys, the latitude shall be determined by a control connection

with points of reference of known geographic positions.

g. Latitude determination by observation on the star or the sun at meridian

passage shall be made using the formula found in Annex XVII B.2.b of this
Manual.

h. The latitude used in the computations for azimuth shall be derived from the
latitude as determined by the position computation.

i. If the above method is not feasible, the latitude shall be determined by

astronomical observations.

Section 153. Longitude – The Longitude shall be determined by means of closed circuit
or loop traverse starting from reference points of known geographic positions. Other
method for determining longitude shall be as follows:

a. By transportation of a time piece

b. By transit of sun at noon

c. By the time signals

d. By Laplace observation method

Section 154. Elevation – The Elevation may be determined by lines of levels starting
from bench marks of known elevation, by trigonometric leveling, spirit leveling or by
means of barometer/altimeter.

Section 155. Azimuth - The azimuths of all lines of survey lines shall be reckoned from
the south as zero direction following clock wise of the quadrants. This shall be carried
from the astronomical azimuth of one or more lines of the survey. The following provisions
shall serve as guide in the azimuth determination:

a. The astronomical azimuth of a line shall be determined by observations on the

sun or stars. It shall consist of at least one to eight series of observations as
required using an instrument tested before hand.

b. Each series shall consist of two sets of observations. One set shall consist of
the mean of observed readings with the telescope in the direct and reversed
position.

c. In solar observation for azimuth using the vertical and horizontal cross wires,
the cross wire shall be made tangent to the left and lower, right and upper,
right and lower, or left and upper limbs of the sun, as the case may be. The
procedures in Annex XVII B.3 of this Manual shall be followed.

d. In case of stellar observations, the star shall be centered as closely as possible

 e. For observations on circumpolar star for azimuth at elongation, the formulas
found in Annex XVII B.4 of this Manual for determining the hour angle and
azimuth of a star shall be used. The procedure found in Annex XVII B.5 of this
Manual for observing stars for azimuth at elongation shall be followed.

f. In all azimuth observations, points occupied and observed shall always be

stations of the surveys controls.

g. The following formula found in Annex XVII B.6 shall be used for determining
azimuth of a line by observations on the sun or stars at any hour angle.

Segregation Survey

Section 156. Segregation survey (Sgs) are surveys for the purpose of segregating
twenty (20) percent or less of the area of previously surveyed large tract of public land.
In addition to the applicable provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual, the
following shall serve as guide in the conduct of segregation survey:

a. As much as possible, the original reference point of the mother lot shall be
used as the reference point of the lot to be segregated.

b. The portion of the mother lot which can be shown on the isolated survey plan
shall be plotted in dash lines and adjoining claimants shall be indicated in the
plan while the LMS concerned shall indicate the remaining area in the
footnote, if possible.

c. The geodetic engineer shall submit the lot data computation of the mother lot
and/or adjoining lots.

Segregated lot shall be assigned the highest cadastral lot number while the remaining
portion thereof shall retain the original cadastral lot number. The subdivision of the
former, if still untitled, shall follow the subdivision of the cadastral lot (Csd) and indicate
in the footnote the Sgs survey number.

Relocation Survey

Section 157. The relocation of corners or re-setting of boundary lines of approved

surveys shall be made using the bearings, distances, and the area stated in the
approved survey or written in the lease contract, if any, or Torrens Title. In addition to
the applicable provisions on the conduct of Verification Survey as stated in Section 146
to 155 of this Manual, the following shall apply in the conduct of re-setting survey:

a. When it is positively established that a boundary survey mark has not been
set as originally intended, re-set the mark after having recorded the
position of the mark that is to be re-set.

b. Record any encroachment caused by the differences between the positions

of boundaries as determined in reinstatement/relocation survey and the
original or earlier survey. This shall be stated in the narrative report which
shall be included in the survey returns.

c. The relocation of corners, re-establishment of boundary lines, etc, of

magnetic surveys, upon which valid land titles have been based, shall be
relocated following the metes and bounds as stated in the certificate of title,
taking into consideration the adjoining natural and man-made features and
 d. The survey returns of the relocation/reinstatement survey shall be forwarded
to the DENR-LMS Regional Office concerned for verification and approval.
The survey symbol of Rel and the corresponding number shall designate this
survey with the original survey symbol and number shall be indicated
immediately next to it.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the verification and approval of survey returns of a

relocation survey is optional.

Re-survey

Section 158. A resurvey (Rs) shall be a survey made on approved survey under the
following circumstances:

a. This survey shall be made on a lot under the following conditions:

1. For purposes of inscribing the technical description on the title of a tract

of land and whose technical description is no longer available in the
Lands Management Bureau/Land Management Services or the Land
Registration Authority.

2. For purposes of transforming the previously titled lot covered by

magnetic survey into numerical survey.

3. For purposes of establishing the technical description of approved

survey which is missing as certified by LMB and LMS office concerned.

b. The corners as indicated/agreed upon by the landowner and the adjoining lot
owners/claimants shall be surveyed. The survey shall conform to the
boundaries of adjoining decreed/undecreed or titled/untitled properties which
title or approved survey plans contain complete technical description.

c. The lots covered by magnetic surveys, upon which valid land titles have been
based, shall be resurveyed following the metes and bounds as stated on the
title, with consideration on the adjoining natural and man-made features and
as many as old corners as possible.

The new survey returns which shall be accompanied by a detailed

explanation why the resurvey was necessary, shall be forwarded to the
DENR-LMS Regional Office concerned, for verification and approval.

Patented and Decreed Land Survey

Section 159. The following provisions shall apply to the survey of patented or decreed
land:

a. The survey of patented or decreed properties which shall be conducted in

accordance with the applicable provisions on the private land surveys as
stated in Section 136 of this Manual, shall be made using the bearings,
distances and areas in the original approved survey or in the antecedent
subdivision survey or that appearing in the title.

b. Patented land shall not be subdivided within the period of restriction as

provided for under CA 141, as amended, from the date of the issuance of
patent thereon, except when there is a final and executory court order
expressly stating otherwise.
 d. In case of discrepancy, the data in the approved survey shall prevail. The
discrepancy shall be reported for reference in administrative or judicial
correction of the title.

e. All improvements, especially those described in the title or patent, shall be

plotted on the plan on each lot. In the absence of such improvements, the
words “No Improvement” shall be noted correspondingly on the plan.

Topographic Survey

Section 160. The topographic survey in addition to a special instructions contained in a

cadastral project, irrigation projects, estates, mineral claims, etc. shall be made in
accordance with the following provisions:

a. The primary and secondary control stations and political boundary

monuments shall be used to control the topographic survey of cadastral
projects.

b. The elevations of the BLLM No. 1 of the municipality or cadastral project

shall be determined using the existing data of NAMRIA or the actual conduct
of leveling from an established bench mark..

c. Topographic survey of an isolated land survey shall be done approximately

using altimeter or interpolation from an existing topographic map or aerial
photograph, in case the elevation cannot be obtained by more accurate
methods.

d. The elevation of all primary and secondary control station and of the political
boundary monuments shall be determined by leveling starting from and
closing at the BLLM No. 1 of the municipality or project.

e. The conduct of topographic survey in a survey project shall be done using

either the transit and stadia, leveling, GPS or plane table methods.

f. Topographic survey shall be made in accordance with the procedures

described in standard surveying textbooks and the specifications for the
survey.

Special Surveys

Section 161. Surveys for geographic and scientific investigations, experiments and all
other surveys not otherwise mentioned in this Manual shall be made in accordance with
special instructions which may be issued for the purpose following the tertiary accuracy
of an isolated survey. This shall be designated as “Special Work Order” (Swo) which
cannot be a subject of titling and must be clearly stated on the plan.

Article 14 – Mineral Land Surveys

Section 162. The conduct of mineral land survey shall be in accordance with the
procedures and standards set by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) under
DAO No. 96-40 pursuant to the pertinent provisions of RA No. 7942, otherwise known
as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995.

Article 15 - Forestlands and National Parks/Protected

Areas Delimitation Survey
and Delineation Team (RADT) as a result of their assessment/delineation of forestland
boundary pursuant to DAO No. 2008-24.

Section 164. The Survey Party tasked to conduct the survey shall be composed of
Geodetic Engineers of the Field Network Survey Party (LMS), at least two (2) members
of the RADT (FMS) and a representative of NAMRIA.

Section 165. Delimitation of Forest Boundary Line – The following shall apply in the
conduct of forest boundary line:

a. The Survey Order shall be issued in accordance with Section 16 of DAO No.
2007-29. The issuance thereof shall be supported by the law passed by
Congress for the purpose and the corresponding Forestland, National Parks,
Agricultural Land Boundary Map (FNPABM).

b. Delimitation survey shall be conducted with prior written notice to all the
claimants thereof, provincial, municipal and barangay officials, cultural/tribal
communities, appropriate government and private entities, and other parties
concerned. The said survey shall commence not earlier than five (5) days
upon receipt of such notice. If there are nearby or adjacent on-going survey
projects, the Head of the Team/Party executing said survey shall be informed
in writing for purposes of work coordination.

c. Delimitation survey shall be undertaken in the same manner as an isolated

survey pursuant to applicable provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this
Manual

d. The FNPABM shall serve as a reference to the Survey Party in the conduct
of delimitation survey of Forest Boundary lines. The survey shall be at least
in the 4th Order Accuracy. The existing corner points of titled/decreed
properties and those areas covered by previously approved surveys within
and along the perimeter should be observed for connection and checking
purposes.

Part 2. Survey Returns

Chapter IV- Control Survey Returns

Article 16 – Geodetic Control Survey Returns

Section 166. The following shall form part of the survey returns of the Geodetic Control
Survey:

a. Copy of the Required Certifications and other Legal Documents shall include
the following:

1. Transmittal Letter, enumerating therein the documents being submitted

as part of the survey returns, signed and sealed by the Chief of Survey
Party;

2. Project Contract as per Section 3.d of this Manual;

3. Survey Order as per Section 3.c of this Manual;

4. Approved Geodetic Control Work Plan consisting of Project

Management Plan and the Technical Plan;
 6. Notification Letter pursuant to Section 7 of this Manual;

7. Field Inspection Report;

8. Geodetic Engineer’s Certificate signed by the Chief of Survey Party,

marked with dry seal and duly notarized; and

9. Certificate of Instrument Registration.

b. References and other Technical Documents:

1. Certification of Geographic Position of reference points used in the

project which are not available in the LMS.

2. Monument Recovery Report. The physical status of the old control

monuments shall be described. A photograph of the monument (top
and perspective views) shall be attached. The sample form to be used
for the purpose is illustrated in Annex XIX of this Manual.

c. GPS/ETS observation

c.1 GPS Observation

a. Raw Observed GPS data in NAMRIA prescribed format in digital

files. If the instruments used are non-Trimble receivers (Ashtech,
Sokkia, Leica, etc.) convert the GPS raw data to RINEX digital
format.

b. Processed GPS Data using an appropriate software (i.e. transformed

observed WGS84 coordinates into PRS92 coordinates, adjusted
coordinates, printed copies using NAMRIA-prescribed form and
stored in digital files).

c. Fully accomplished GPS Field Sheet using the form as illustrated in

Annex XX of this Manual.

d. Description of all PRS92 controls used.

e. Photograph of the established monuments (top and perspective

views). The location (sitio, barangay, municipality, and province)
sketch, accessibility, and other relevant information.

c.2 ETS Observation

a. If the instrument used is an ETS, in addition to the applicable

provisions stated in Section 166.d of this Manual, the following shall
also be prepared:

1. The following shall have each field notes as stated in Section 47 of

this Manual:

a) Primary Traverses as per procedure enumerated in Annex

XVII.A.1 of this Manual;

b) Secondary Traverses; and

 The traverse and astronomical observations shall follow the
procedure as enumerated in Annexes XVII.A.1 and XVII.B,
respectively of this Manual

2. The Original Computations of;

a) Survey Control Traverses;

b) Astronomical Observations;

c) Elevation and Sea Level Reductions;

d) Scale Factor and Grid Distance and other miscellaneous

computation;

e) Azimuth Derivations;

3. Test Traverse field notes and computations;

4. The Project Control Map shall be prepared in lieu of Geodetic

Control Map in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Section 166.d.3 of this Manual.

d. Established Controls Points

1. Computer-print out of position derivation of PRS92 control points and

other computations in the prescribed forms;

2. Monument Description Book in prescribed LMB Forms which includes

the following:

a) The geographic and grid coordinates of BLLM No. 1;

b) There should be at least three (3) references for each station.

Each reference points should be described with corresponding
distance and bearings from station and BLLMs;

c) Each station and BLLM should be sketched in its location.

3. PRS92 Geodetic Network Control Map prepared in 54 x 54 cm drafting

film with marginal lines of 50 x 50 cms in prescribed LMB forms duly
signed by the Chief of Party and shall contain the following:

a) The boundary of the project;

b) The adjoining municipalities with their corresponding cadastral

survey number, and survey projects undertaken within the area
being surveyed, if any;

c) The existing provincial and national roads, rivers, creeks, timber or

forest lands (shaded), unclassified areas, and other natural features
within the project;

d) The First and Second Order control stations established shall be

plotted in appropriate scale;

e) Existing triangulation stations and location monuments (old and

 f) The following details shall also be indicated:

1) locality of the project (municipality, province, and island);

2) PPCS Zone No.;

3) Bar scale;

4) Approximate area;

5) Project No.;

6) Date submitted; and

7) Date surveyed.

g) The Conventional symbols shall be used in the preparation of

Geodetic Control Maps.

Section 167. In lieu of duplicate hard copies of the aforementioned documents, the
same shall be submitted in digital forms, i.e. scanned image for certifications, excel files
for computations and data, and auto-cad drawing files. Additional technical document
that the NAMRIA may deemed necessary may be required from the geodetic
engineer/contractor, and shall be stated in the project contract.

Article 17 – Project Control Survey Returns

Section 168. The following, unless otherwise stated, shall be accomplished using the
LMB prescribed forms and shall be included in the submission of survey returns for
Project Control Survey:

a. Copy of the Required Certifications and other Legal Documents – In addition

to the relevant provision as mentioned in Section 166.a of this Manual, the
following shall also be included in the survey returns:

1. Approved Project Control Work Plan consisting of Project Management

Plan and the Technical Plan.

2. If the instrument used is ETS, an instrument certification before and

after use from the LMB shall be presented.

3. The Certificate of Acceptability and Endorsement Letter from the LMS

GE Project Inspector addressed to the RTD for Lands.

b. Copy of References and other Technical Documents as stated in Section

166.b of this Manual.

c. Section 166.c of this Manual shall apply when the instrument used is a GPS.
If the instrument used is an ETS, in addition to the applicable provisions
stated in Section 166.d of this Manual, the following shall also be prepared:

1. The following shall have each field notes as stated in Section 47 of this
Manual:

a) Primary Traverses as per procedure enumerated in Annex

XVII.A.1 of this Manual;
 The traverse and astronomical observations should be executed in
accordance with the procedure as enumerated in Annexes XVII.A.1
and XVII.B, respectively of this Manual

2. The Original Computations of;

a) Survey Control Traverses;

b) Astronomical Observations;

c) Elevation and Sea Level Reductions;

d) Scale Factor and Grid Distance and other miscellaneous

computation;

e) Azimuth Derivations;

3. Test Traverse field notes and computations;

4. The Project Control Map shall be prepared in lieu of Geodetic Control

Map pursuant to the provisions of Section 166.d.3 of this Manual.

d. Established Controls Points – The survey returns shall be prepared In

accordance with provisions of Section 166.d of this Manual, except that the
control points are in the 3 rd and 4 th Orders and plotted on the Project Control
Map.

Section 169. In case of Triangulation Method using ETS, the following shall be
submitted:

a. Method of directions in four (4) positions (List of Direction);

b. Reduction to center;

c. Strength of Figures;

d. Inverse position computation;

e. Preliminary triangle computation;

f. Spherical excess computation;

g. Least squares adjustment by Doolittle Method;

1. Condition equation;

a) Angle equation;

b) Side equation;

2. Table of correlates;

3. Normal equations;

4. Forward solutions;
 7. Adjustment of angles;

h. Final triangle computations;

i. Forward position computations;

j. Geographic to grid conversions; and

k. Summary of positions, astronomical observations and control connections.

Section 170. When using ETS, the field notes shall be prepared as follows:

a. Field notes cover shall be properly filled out, signed and sealed by the
Chief of Party;

b. Geodetic Engineer’s Certificate shall be properly filled out, signed and sealed
by the Chief of Party, and duly notarized;

c. Field notes shall be in the LMB prescribed forms and properly filled out:

1. With page number;

2. All pages signed by field inspector;

3. Blank pages shall be crossed-out;

4. Equivalent of stations shall be declared;

5. Stations shall be properly described;

6. ETS or EDM distance (10 repetitions for primary and at least 5

repetitions for secondary);

7. All data necessary for sea level reduction such as HI, HP and vertical
angles shall be indicated;

8. Measurement of horizontal angles shall be done by method of direction

for two positions; and

9. The name of observer, date of survey and serial number of instrument

used shall also be indicated.

Section 171. In addition to the provisions on Section 168.d, the following provisions
shall apply in the preparation of Project Control Maps (PCM):

a. The PCM shall be divided into one minute by one minute quadrant in latitude
and longitude and must have at least one control station in each quadrant;
and

b. The Map shall show the main and subsidiary control stations and the BLLMs
of the project established. Other features mentioned in Section 173.c.3.(a) of
this Manual shall also be shown.

Section 172. For duplicate copies of the documents included in the survey returns, the
provisions of Section 167 of this Manual shall apply. GPS observed data shall be
stored in digital files in accordance with Section 166.c of this Manual.
 Chapter V - Cadastral Survey Returns

Article 18 – Numerical Cadastral Survey Returns

Section 173. The following shall form part of the survey returns for Cadastral Survey:

a. Copy of the Required Certifications and other Legal Documents – In addition

to the relevant provision as mentioned in Section 168.a of this Manual, the
following shall also be included in the survey returns:

1. The Final Report of the Project

A final report shall be prepared in the form of a technical report after the
completion of each cadastral project. The final report shall be prepared
on standard size bond paper (double spaced) in three hardbound
copies. Two copies shall be for the LMB and the third copy for the LMS.
A fourth copy in digital file shall also be submitted.

a) First Part: The Project Profile - The profile shall contain the
following information:

1) Geographical location – Name of locality, important natural

features such as rivers, lakes, mountain, etc. with their local
names;

2) Demography – Approximate number of inhabitants, statistics on

birth and deaths, natives and foreigners, local dialect, religions,
schools, etc;

3) Local history – Important historical events, places, monuments,

etc;

4) Government – Organization of local government, names of

local officials; and

5) Commerce and industry – Industrial and commercial

enterprises.

b) Second Part: The Inauguration of Survey - Authority and order of

survey, dialogues with local and other national officials,
establishment of field office, general mobilization of personnel,
equipment and other resources, posting of notices, formal
inauguration ceremonies showing the attendance and participation
of local officials and the public.

c) Third Part: The Survey –

1) The local condition, difficulties, etc., encountered in establishing

base meridian, primary and secondary controls and sketching,
monument setting and lot surveys, etc.

2) The method of work which had been devised to meet local

conditions.

3) Analyzed result of the work and conditions which may have

influenced final results in surveying operations, etc.
 d) Fourth Part: Land Questions

1) The conditions of land ownership, tenurial structure, impact of

land reform.

2) The situation with regard to public, government and mineral

lands, general or special problems or questions affecting
administration or the land resources.

e) Fifth Part: Party Administration

1) Organization/staffing.

2) List of all officials and employees engaged in the work including

tape man, sketch men and survey men.

3) Method of work, field and office.

4) Equipment, supplies and appropriations.

5) Summary of the statistic of the survey such as:

i. Number of barangays;

ii. Total number of lots;

iii. Aggregate area;

iv. Number of lots in the A and D Area;

v. Number of lots in the forest lands; and

vi. Area of each case/barangay.

6) Project cost data.

7) Project management plan and other matters which may be

deemed worthy to mention such as dates of survey and
personnel turnover.

2. Cadastral Survey Management Plan (CSMP) as described in Section

62 of this Manual;

3. Certification of public notice as per form shown in Annex X.A and B of

this Manual.

4. Certification of notice to the individual lot claimants as per form shown

in Annex XI.A and B of this Manual.

5. Copies of “30-day” notice as shown in Annex XXI of this Manual.

6. Report on all public, government and mineral land applications and

corresponding cadastral lot numbers

7. Copy of Law creating the Municipality and the component barangays, if

any.
 Chief of Party, dry sealed, duly notarized and submitted as part of the
survey returns. The certificate shall contain the names of claimants of
adjoining parcels listed in numerical order of said adjoining parcels. The
manner and date of notification relative to contested lots shall be noted
in the certificate.

9. Certificate of Acceptability issued by the CENRO.

b. In addition to the provision in Section 168.b of this Manual on References

and other Technical Documents, the following shall also be included in the
survey returns:

1. Report on all previous surveys. Their corresponding technical

description, status (accepted, amended or rejected) and the assigned
equivalent cadastral lot number, if any, shall be included;

2. List of unclaimed lots within the project and doubtful claims to be

opposed by the National Government during registration. Their
corresponding technical description, status (accepted, amended or
rejected) and the assigned equivalent cadastral lot number, if any, shall
be included;

3. List of all public, government and mineral land claims within the project.
Their corresponding technical description, status (accepted, amended
or rejected) and the assigned equivalent cadastral lot number, if any,
shall be included;

4. List of foreshore lands. The corresponding technical description of

previously approved surveys in these areas, if any, shall be included;

c. The documents as stated in Section 168.c of this Manual shall be prepared

in addition to the following:

1. Field notes:
a) Reference book for primary stations, location monument and
political boundary monuments.

b) Lot survey book/s.

2. Computations:

a) The Survey Control which shall be composed of Main and

Subsidiary Control computations, shall include :

1) Primary controls

2) Secondary controls

3) Location monuments

b) Political boundary controls

c) Tertiary control computation books

d) Intersection and other reference computations books

e) Lot data computation books

 g) Other pertinent information

3. All maps shall be prepared on reproducible material of stable base such

as drafting film approved for use by the LMB. The mapping
conventional symbols as listed in Annex II of this Manual shall be used:

a) Project Control Maps – The Project Control Maps shall be prepared

in accordance with Section 171 of this Manual

b) Progress Map – The updated copy of the Progress Map in a white

print paper shall be submitted once every three (3) months to the
LMS thru the Chief, Regional Surveys Division together with the
periodic report of information on the progress of the survey.

1) The progress map for the cadastral survey of a portion of the

municipality shall have a location plan drawn to an appropriate
scale. It shall indicate the approximate distance of the project
from the poblacion of the municipality or center of the city and
shall show the nearest place of point accessible to
transportation.

2) The progress map shall be prepared at a scale that will permit

the plotting of the entire municipality of project on 104 x 104
centimeters, with the marginal lines of 100 x 100 centimeters
and shall show the following in addition to those stated in
Paragraph c.3.(a) of this Section:

i. Forest land and marshy lands.

ii. Large tract of land as haciendas, parks and protected

areas and other reservations.

3) The progress map shall contain a table showing the total for
each class of work accomplished for each month.

4) The monthly progress of sketching, monument seeting and lot

survey shall be shown separately on the progress map by
miniature sketches.

c) Cadastral Maps (CM) – The cadastral lots and other details of the
cadastral survey shall be plotted on the cadastral map on 54 x 54
centimeters with marginal lines 50 x 50 centimeters and shall show
the following:

1) The names of claimants, the numbers of the concrete

monuments and the description of lot corner shall be indicated
on the cadastral map except when space limitation does not
permit it. The respective lot numbers shall, in every case, be
indicated thereon as nearly as possible in consecutive and
regular order.

2) Cadastral map shall show the name of all claimants adjoining

the project boundaries as well as the lines between the
adjoining claims which shall be drawn in dash line. Adjoining
unsurveyed parcels shall be assigned consecutive numbers
beginning from 1 in a clockwise direction. These number shall
3) When a cadastral lot covers an area previously patented,
leased or surveyed, the relationship of the lot to the previous
survey shall be indicated on the cadastral map as follows:

i. When the cadastral lot is equivalent to a previously

approved survey, both the cadastral number and the
number of the previously approved survey shall be shown.

ii. If the previous survey has been subdivided, the plat of the
corresponding subdivision lot shall bear the cadastral
number and words “Portion of Lot ______ Survey
No.________ L.R.C. Case No. _______.”

iii. When the accepted boundaries of the cadastral lot cause

rejection of the former survey of untitled property, the
cadastral plat of such lot bear the notation.

“Resurveyed, Lot ________ Survey No. __________”

iv. The Land Registration Case (L.R.C.) number shall be

noted on the plat for all lots previously registered or for
which application for registration has been made when the
numbers of this case can be positively determined.

4) The local names of natural features such as mountains and all

bodies of water, rivers, lakes, esteros, arroyos, shall be
ascertained, the spelling verified and their names indicated.

5) The names of Barangay shall be indicated with their

respective boundaries.

6) Control station shall be plotted by coordinates and the side

shots taken from the same control station.

7) When two adjoining cadastral project are in progress at the

same time, the cadastral map showing their common
boundaries shall be plotted first. Each survey party shall trace
the data plotted on the cadastral map of the other survey party.
These tracing shall be submitted together with the survey return
of the cadastral projects.

8) The following provisions shall apply in the preparation of CM:

i. The cadastral maps shall comprise an area within the

spheroidal quadrangle of one minute of arc in latitude and
one minute of arc in longitude and shall be drawn in the
PPCS/PTM-PRS 92 to the standard scale of 1:4000 on a
stable base drafting materials of uniform size of
approximately 54 x 54 centimeters.

ii. Sectional cadastral maps shall be drawn on larger scales

on the same materials and of the same size as the
standard cadastral maps to show tracts of lands which
otherwise will appear too small on the standard scale of
1:4000.
 fifteen seconds (15”), seven and one half seconds (7.5”)
or three and three-fourths seconds (3.75”) of arc,
respectively.

iii. System of Numbering Cadastral Maps – The extreme

west and east meridians and the stream south and north
parallels of cadastral maps in scale of 1:4000 shall be full
minute’s meridians and parallels, respectively. The
latitude and longitude of the point of intersection of the
extreme west meridian and extreme south parallel of each
spheriodal quadrangle shall be used to designate the
corresponding map number of the quadrangle. The
procedure as stated in Annex XXIII of this Manual shall
be followed in numbering and identifying CMs.

iv. Contiguous cadastral maps (CCM), consisting of four or

sixteen sheets, shall be drawn on a single sheet of the
same material and size as the standard cadastral map in
the scale of 1:8,000 or 1:16,000, respectively, to show
parcels which would be too big on the standard scale of
1:4,000. The cadastral map number of the extreme
southwestern cadastral map shall be used to designate
the contiguous cadastral map number. If the extreme
southwestern cadastral map number is CM 14° 24’ N-
120° 36’ E, the contiguous cadastral map number is
CCM14° 24’ N- 120° 36’ E, scale 1:8,000 or CCM14° 24’
N - 120° 36’ E scale 1:16,000.

v. The map number of adjacent cadastral maps, whether

standard, sectional or contiguous, shall be indicated on
the left side of the quadrangle below the lower marginal
line of each cadastral map.

d) Political Boundary Maps (PBM) - The political boundary map of the

cadastral project shall be prepared in accordance with procedure
as stated in Annex XXII of this Manual on cadastral map size
drafting film, 54 x 54 centimeters with marginal lines 50 x 50
centimeters. Moreover, the map shall shown/contain the following
information in addition to those mentioned in Paragraph c.3(a) of
this Section:

1) Political subdivisions (barangay) of the project.

2) Bounded project area and aggregate areas of numbered

cadastral lots.

e) Case/Barangay Boundary and Index Maps (BBIM) – This shall be

drawn in a manner as stated in Annex XXII of this Manual on a
cadastral map size drafting film, 54 x 54 centimeters with marginal
lines of 50 x 50 centimeters.

1) This shall show the following in addition to those mentioned in

Paragraph c.3(b)(2) of this Section:

i. LMB survey number

ii. Cadastral case number

 iv. Aggregate area and the number of parcels in the alienable
and disposable and the forest land of the case; case
boundary area

v. Scale (numerical and graphical)

vi. Date of Survey

vii. Legal authority (Survey Order No., issuing Official, and

Date)

viii. Name and signature of Project Chief; Professional GE

License No.

ix. Date of approval

x. Name and signature of the recommending and the

approving DENR-LMS Officials

xi. PPCS-PTM/PRS 92 zone number and point of origin

xii. Tie point and tie line

xiii. Bearing and distance of boundary lines except when too

numerous to be tabulated on the map

xiv. Description of each corner as marked on the ground

xv. Adjoining properties, survey and names of claimant or

owners of adjoining properties

xvi. Cadastral map sheet number. Sectional and contiguous

cadastral map number

xvii. Political boundaries and monuments

xviii. Residential sites and settlements

2) The bearing and distance of the tie line of corner 1 of the

case/barangay boundary shall originate from BLLM No. 1 of the
project.

3) The corners of the case/Barangay boundary shall be indicated

by circle (1) millimeter in diameter except corners defined by
the political boundary monuments. Appropriate conventional
symbol as listed in Annex II of this Manual shall be used.

4) The technical description of the case of Barangay boundary

shall be prepared and submitted after the approval by the RTD
for Lands of the cadastral maps and the case of Barangay
boundary and index map.

f) Project/Municipal Boundary and Index Map (MBIM) - After the

completion of all the case boundaries and index maps of the
project, a project or municipal boundary and index map shall be
prepared. This shall be based on the data of the regular progress
map, the case/boundary and index map, the project or municipal
 1) The project MBIM shall serve as an index of case/Barangay
boundary index maps. It shall define the boundary of the
project/municipality and shall show the following in addition to
those listed in Paragraph c.3.(e)(1) of this Section:

i. The whole boundary of the municipality (project)

ii. All the component barangays of the municipality

2) In addition to the provision of Paragraph c.3.(e)(2) of this

Section, the boundary lines of the project/municipality shall be
included in the lot description of the last case/barangay if the
same cannot be tabulated on the map.

3) The corners of the project/municipal boundary shall be

indicated by circle (1) millimeter in diameter except corners
defined by the political boundary monuments. Appropriate
conventional symbol as listed in Annex II of this Manual shall
be used.

4) The correct numbers of all points of reference shall be properly

indicated.

g) Set of prints of cadastral maps posted in the barangay hall wherein

the lot owner indicated their conformity or their protest in the result
of lot survey.

h) Tracing or prints of previously approved surveys in the area

4. List of Claimants and PIS

a) Numerical and alphabetical List of Claimants

b) Numerical and alphabetical set of PIS as per form shown in Annex

XII of this Manual.

c) One set of index cards for adjoining lots not covered by the
cadastral project.

Section 174. In case of Triangulation Method using ETS, the technical documents as
stated in Section 169 of this Manual shall be prepared.

Section 175. For duplicate copies of the documents included in the survey returns, the
provisions of Section 167 of this Manual shall apply. GPS observed data shall be
stored in digital files following instructions as stated in Section 166.c of this Manual.

Article 19 – Survey Returns of a Survey

Covering Previously Approved Graphical Cadastre

Section 176. Cadastral sketching and graphical cadastral project may be converted
into, or completed as, numerical cadastral project by performing the remaining phases
of each cadastral operation. The survey returns to be submitted shall be in accordance
with the pertinent provisions of Section 173 to 175 of this Manual with the following
considerations:

a. The recovered controls established in the Graphical Cadastral Survey as

stated in Section 102.a of this Manual and found to be undisturbed and
 b. The original cadastral survey numbered assigned to the cadastral sketching
or graphical cadastre shall be retained minus the letter “P”, “M” or “S”, as the
case may be.

c. The lot numbers assigned previously during the Graphical Survey shall be
retained as provided for in Section 102.c of this Manual, except when there
is a subdivision survey duly approved covering a lot, in which case the
highest lot number assigned by the DENR-LMS shall be adopted.

d. The inspection and verification thereof shall be in accordance with Section

194 of this Manual.

Article 20 – Survey Returns of Public Land Subdivision Survey

Section 177. The survey returns to be submitted shall be in accordance with the
pertinent provisions of Section 173 of this Manual with the following considerations:

a. The documents such as field notes, computations and maps on the Political
Boundary Survey shall not be included in the survey returns of Pls. The
provisions of Section 104 of this Manual shall govern in the consideration for
reflecting the Political Boundary on the Pls Map.

b. The forest land, protected areas and other reservations that cannot be
subjected to land disposition shall not be included in the survey; however, the
Pls maps shall indicate only the said land as adjoining lots.

Chapter VI - Isolated Survey Returns

Article 21 – Survey Returns Common to

All Kinds of Isolated Land Surveys

Section 178. The following, unless otherwise stated, shall be accomplished in the LMB
prescribed forms and shall be included in the submission of basic survey returns for
Isolated Survey:

a. Letter of transmittal, enumerating therein the documents being submitted as

part of the survey returns, signed and sealed by the Geodetic Engineer.

b. Original drafting film plan, complete in details indicated by appropriate

conventional symbols as listed in Annex II of this Manual, signed and
sealed by the Geodetic Engineer.

c. Parcel Information Sheet (PIS). PIS is required in the survey of Alienable

and Disposable lands of the public domain such Cadastral survey, Pls, Gss,
Tss. It does not apply to Ap and titled properties.

d. The original field notes and field notes cover duly notarized.. For Ap, only
the field notes cover is required.

e. Survey notification letter. All are required except Ap.

f. Lot data computation. Traverse computation. All are required except Ap.
When a traverse has been executed, submit a traverse computation.

g. Astronomical Observation Computation. All are required except As, Ap, and
Cvn. The requirement is optional to Psd, Pcs, Csd, and Ccs.
 i. Certificate of Instrument Registration pursuant to Section 22, DAO 2007-29.
All are required except Ap.

Section 179. Other requirements for inclusion in the survey returns for specific type of
isolated survey are listed in Annex XIV of this Manual. In all cases, duplicates shall
always be stored and submitted in digital form. GPS observed data shall be stored in
digital files in accordance with Section 166.c of this Manual.

Section 180. All plans of isolated surveys which shall be used for administrative or
judicial registration purposes shall be drawn on the LMB prescribed format. If, however,
the plans were prepared using a computerized method, the Geodetic Engineer shall
also secure authority from the LMB. Sample print-out of the survey form shall be
submitted to the LMB for evaluation before their regular use in the preparation of survey
returns.

a. Preparation of Isolated Survey Plans:

1. Details to be shown on plans of isolated land survey - The details on

the plans shall be clearly and neatly drawn in ink in the following
manner:

a) The boundaries of the property in full black ink line heavier than
those of adjoining properties. Permanent walls along boundaries
shall be drawn by conventional symbols.

b) The line from the lot corner to the control stations, from which side
shots were taken, by dotted red ink lines.

c) The relative position of adjoining survey properties, indicating by

dotted lines the boundaries between them and the names of all
adjoining owners and all important improvements, roads, and
streams, etc., including the width, in black ink.

d) The corners indicated by small circles two millimeters in diameter

drawn in black ink and their respective descriptions noted.

e) The boundary lines with corresponding bearings and distance in

black ink.

f) Tie line of corner 1 from reference control point in thin black line
with bearing and distance.

g) Horizontal (latitude) and vertical (longitude) lines passing through

corner 1 in thin black line and geographic and Cartesian (grid)
coordinates in PPCS-TM/PRS 92 indicated in black ink.

2. Coordinates Lines – The Vertical and Horizontal center lines of plane

coordinates divisible by five shall be accurately drawn on the original
plan and inked in red. The latitude and longitude lines of corner 1 of a
lot or any corner 1 of a group of adjoining on the original survey plan in
shall be reflected in the following manner:

a) The latitude line shall be drawn horizontally from left to the right
marginal lines through corner one. The corresponding northing
based on BLLM No. 1 shall be written above along the latitude line
from the left hand border line of the plan towards the right while the
geographic latitude shall be indicated below the northing.
 shall be written on the left side of and along the longitude line
from the bottom border line towards the top while the geographic
longitude shall be indicated opposite the easting on the other side
of longitude line.

3. Scale for isolated survey – The scale to be used in plotting survey shall
depend on the difference in the northing of the extreme north and south
corner or in the easting of the extreme east and west of the lots,
whichever is bigger. Annex XXIV of this Manual provides the table on
scale that shall be used in plotting isolated plan.

4. Plotting and centering of lot in an isolated survey plan:

a) The lot shall be centered and plotted on the plan so that its extreme
corners shall not be less than four centimeters from each marginal
line when using any of the scale provided above.

b) When the maximum coordinate difference exceeds three thousand

meters, the plan shall be drawn on scales which are exact multiples
of 1:4,000, such as 1:12,000, 1:16,000, etc. If any of these scales
would make the length of the property lines generally less than one
half centimeter, the survey shall be plotted on more than one sheet
using an appropriate scale.

c) In plotting one whole big parcel on more than one sheet, the parcel
shall be divided into convenient portions, each to be centered and
plotted on the sheet in accordance with Annex XXIV of this
Manual.

d) When a parcel is divided into many small lots, which, if plotted

using any one of the one of the largest possible scales mentioned
in Annex XXIV of this Manual would result in diminutive
geometrical figures, the subdivisions plans shall be prepared on
two or more sheets on a uniform scale with each of its portions
centered on the sheet in accordance with Paragraph a.4.(b) of this
Section. The numbers of the sheets on which the other portion of
the subdivisions are plotted, shall be properly indicated on the plan.

e) Long narrow tract such as highways, canals, etc. may be plotted by

dividing the tract into sections and plotting the section on two or
more plans.

5. One plan of each parcel, tract or lot in isolated land survey shall be
prepared to a scale in accordance with Annex XXIV of this Manual.

6. Bearings and distances of the survey shall be tabulated on the plan

when these are too numerous to be drawn or shown clearly along or
near the boundary lines. When there are more than fifty lots on the
plans, lot descriptions thereof shall be prepared on LMB authorized
forms.

7. In the case of subdivisions or consolidation subdivision surveys, the

boundary data of the lot being subdivided or of the lots being
consolidated- subdivided shall be tabulated in black ink in a boxed
portion at the upper- left corner.

b. Only information that cannot be inscribed on the plan shall be indicated on

 c. Plans of isolated land survey shall be prepared as shown in Annex XXVI of
this Manual. The lettering to be used in all plans shall be simple, uniform,
mechanical and not ornamental lettering.

d. Description of vegetation and terrain:

1. For lots with areas of one hectare or more, the approximate boundary
of the area under cultivation and the nature of its vegetation such as
rice, pastures, woods, etc. with a brief description of the topographic
features such as plain, rolling, hilly or mountainous shall be indicated in
light black dotted lines.

2. For lots less than one hectare in area, a general classification, such as,
“residential lot”, “home lot”, “rice land”, “sugar cane land”, “commercial
lot”, shall be indicated on said plans. For a group of lots shown on one
plan in diminutive geometrical figures, a notation on the plan regarding
the topographic features and/or general classification for each lot is
sufficient in both cases.

3. Regardless of the area, permanent structures such as buildings with

concrete foundation, stone wall, etc., shall be indicated by dotted black
lines on the plans and maps.

Article 22- Political Boundary Survey Returns

Section 181. The following, unless otherwise stated, shall be done in the LMB
prescribed forms and shall form part of the survey returns for Political Boundary Survey:

a. Copy of the Required Certifications and other Legal Documents – In addition

to the applicable provision as mentioned in Section 168.a of this Manual, the
following shall also be included in the survey returns:

1. Project Contract shall not be required if the project is funded by the

LGU concerned. However, a Sangguniang Bayan Resolution shall be
attached.

2. Certification of the Barangay Chairmen and the Municipal Mayor as per

boundary agreement and the conformity of the adjoining municipalities.

3. Copy of Law creating the Municipality and the component barangays, if

any.

b. Copy of References and Technical Documents as stated in applicable

provisions of Section 168.b of this Manual.

c. Field notes and computations as stated in the applicable provisions of

Sections 168.c , 169 and 170 of this Manual.

d. Political Boundary Maps as stated Section 173.c.3.d of this Manual.

Section 182. For duplicate copies of the documents included in the survey returns, the
provisions of Section 167 of this Manual shall apply. GPS observed data shall be
stored in digital files in accordance with Section 166.c of this Manual.

Article 23 - Mineral Land Survey Returns

 Article 24 - Forestlands and National Parks/Protected
Areas Delimitation Survey Returns

Section 184. The following, unless otherwise stated, shall be done in the LMB
prescribed forms and shall be included in the submission of survey returns for Project
Control Survey:

a. Copy of the Required Certifications and other Legal Documents – In addition

to the relevant provision as mentioned in Section 178 of this Manual, the
following shall also be included in the survey returns:

1. Survey Order

2. Field Completion Report with inspection and photo documentation from

CENRO

3. Certificate of Acceptability issued by the PENRO

4. Joint Endorsement from the RTDs for Forestry, Lands and PAWCZMS

5. Other legal documents as may be prescribed

b. References and other Technical Documents:

1. GPS Field Sheets (duly notarized

2. Geographic Position of Reference Points (Approved)

3. Final List of Position

4. Grid Distance Computation

5. Monument Description Sheet(s)

6. Location Monument Recovery Report

7. Old LC Maps covering the area

8. Copies of technical description of previously approved surveys based

on:

a) Land Titles

b) Approved Survey Plans

c) Legal documents containing technical descriptions of lots,

reservations, protected areas, law creating concern municipalities,
etc. based on the Republic Acts, Executive Orders, Presidential
Decrees, and Proclamations.

c. Maps

1. Preliminary LC Line Maps

2. Indicative Maps
 4. Forestland and Protected Area Boundary Map (FPABM) duly signed by
the Chief of RCST

Section 185. For duplicate copies of the documents included in the survey returns, the
provisions of Section 167 of this Manual shall apply. GPS observed data shall be
stored in digital files following instructions as stated in Section 166.c of this Manual.

Part III. Inspection, Verification and Approval of Survey Returns

Chapter VII – Survey Controls

Article 25 – Geodetic Controls

Section 186. The NAMRIA shall verify the correctness and technical accuracy of the
survey returns of the First and Second Order Geodetic Control Surveys. The following
basic procedure shall apply in addition to the requirements that shall be issued on the
matter by the NAMRIA:

a. Preliminary Evaluation or initial examination shall be conducted to

determine if the survey returns are complete as per List of Transmittal:

1. Certifications, Reports, endorsement letters, etc. as enumerated in

Section 166.a of this Manual.

2. References and Technical Documents as stated in Section 166.b of

this Manual.

3. GPS Observation raw data on digital form and RINEX files (if non-
Trimble receiver was used).

4. GPS Field Sheet properly accomplished.

5. Processed GNSS data in hard copies and in digital files.

6. Position derivation and the computations.

7. Geodetic Network Control Maps with all the control points plotted and
complete in details, both the natural and man-made features.

8. Monument Description Book and the Photograph of all established

monuments.

9. Other technical documents and data gathered in the field.

b. Technical Evaluation shall be conducted in order to determine accuracy,

analyze error in observation, and detect mistakes.

1. Office Processing of GNSS raw data shall be conducted using

computer with any of the GNSS data analysis software (TGO, GNSS
QC, GrafNav, etc.).

a) Logged RINEX data shall be checked for compliance to the RINEX

standard.

b) The following data analysis shall be performed:

i. Data gaps
 iii. Multipath

iv. Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

c) Baseline processing shall be conducted to distribute the random

error using Least Squares method, check the Network Reference
Factor (NRF), and launch the Chi Square Test. After data
processing, the following statistics shall deem that the adjustment is
successful:

i. NRF = 1.00
ii. Chi Square Test = Pass
iii. Redundancy Number = maximum
iv. Scalar = less than 20
v. PPM = 1 ppm to 0.1 ppm

2. Field checking shall be conducted to cross check the survey work using
independent measurements in the following manner:

a) There shall be two (2) old established GPS stations within the area
to be selected as the starting point for survey evaluation work. The
observer shall see to it that there are no new structures built near
the old GPS station that shall obstruct the satellite signals during
observations. Otherwise, different established GPS station shall
need to be occupied for the purpose.

b) Likewise, there shall be one or two (2) stations to be selected

among the set of newly observed GPS stations subject of
validation. The horizon adequate clearance shall also be the major
consideration in the selection of points to be occupied and be
included in the validation process.

c) The old and the new GPS stations shall be connected, making a
triangular or rectangular closed polygon.

d) The GPS observation shall be conducted in accordance with

Section 25 of this Manual with minimum two (2) sessions per
station.

e) The GPS Field Sheet as shown in Annex XX of this Manual shall

be used in every session and the GPS observation shall follows the
procedures as stated in Section 23 of this Manual.

f) The GPS data shall be downloaded to a computer for processing

following the provisions as stated in b.1. of this Section.

3. From the adjusted coordinates, determine the strength of figure of the

polygon and compute the accuracy. The relative error of closure shall
be in accordance with Section 28 of DAO 2007-29. The plotting of the
acceptable points in the Geodetic Network Control Map shall be check
for accuracy.

Section 187. The completeness of the documents included in the survey returns initially
inspected in Section 186.a of this Manual shall be checked. The details of the following
shall be evaluated:
 1. Accuracy of plotting the control points on the Geodetic Network Control
Map;

2. Printout of list of control points; and

3. The forms if properly accomplished, etc.

Section 188. Pursuant to Section 67 of DAO No. 2007-29, copies in digital form of the
approved Geodetic Control Points shall be furnished by NAMRIA to LMB/LMS.

Article 26 – Project Controls

Section 189. The LMS shall verify the correctness and technical accuracy of the survey
returns of the Project Control Surveys. The following shall serve as guide in the
inspection, verification and approval of Project Controls:

a. Preliminary Evaluation or initial examination shall be conducted to

determine if the survey returns are complete as per List of Transmittal:

1. Certifications, Reports, endorsement letters, etc. as enumerated in

Section 168.a of this Manual. Replacement of key personnel and
equipment shall be with prior authority from the RED upon endorsement
of the RTD for Lands.

2. References and Technical Documents as stated in Section 166.b of

this Manual.

3. If the ETS is used, it shall be calibrated/field tested by the LMB/LMS

before and after its use in the project. If the instruments used are GPS
Receivers, the requirement as listed in Section 166.c and d of this
Manual shall be submitted.

4. Field notes and computations as listed in Section 168.c of this Manual.

Field notes, Geodetic Engineer’s Certificates, and computation sheets
shall be properly filled-out, signed and sealed by the Chief of Survey
Party. Other details as stated in Section 170 of this Manual shall be
examined if properly accomplished.

5. If the method of Triangulation was used in some part of the project, the
field notes and computations as listed in Section 169 of this Manual
shall be submitted.

b. Technical Requirement Evaluation shall be conducted in order to

determine accuracy, analyze error in observation, detect mistake and
determine the acceptability of the field observations and the map preparation.

1. GPS observations shall be evaluated following procedures as stated in

Section 186.b of this Manual. However, if the instrument used is ETS,
Paragraph b.4 of this Section shall be followed.

2. Ascertain if the Project Control Map (PCM) is of standard size (54 x 54

cm. with 4 cm. borderlines), signed by the Chief of Party, prepared in a
convenient scale and contain complete information/features as stated in
166.d.3 and Section 171 of this Manual.

a) The PCM should be divided into one minute by one minute

quadrant in latitude and longitude and should have at least one
 c) Other stations that need to be shown such as nd2 and 3rd Order
Geodetic Controls should be plotted within or near the boundary of
the project in the project control sketch map;

d) Astronomical Observations should be indicated; and

e) The PCM shall show the main and subsidiary control stations and
BLLMs established.

3. For controls established by Triangulation method, verify the

completeness of the documents submitted pursuant to Section 169 of
this Manual. The technical verification shall be conducted as follows:

a) Check the prepared abstracts of direction from the field notes.

b) Check the prepared list of directions from the abstract of directions.

c) Examine the computed observed angles from the lists of direction

and the entries on the triangle computation form. Verify the plane
angles used in the computation of the sides of the triangles.

d) Check the adjustment on the triangle closure error. The adjustment

was made either by the method of simple triangle adjustment or
quadrilateral adjustment as required.

e) Check the derivation of the grid or true azimuth as the case may
be, for all the lines of the triangulation control. Then check the
transferred data of triangle sides and azimuths derived on the
control/traverse computation sheets.

f) Check the computed, adjusted and listed coordinates of the

triangulations control.

4. Verify if the horizontal angles were done by method of direction for two
positions. The sum of the angles should not differ from 360° by 10” and
the mean of the two positions should not differ from any of the readings
by 5”. In a control consisting of traverse and triangulations, verify if the
triangulation control is adjusted independently of the traverse.

5. The computation for geodetic positions, least square adjustment of

triangulation control and all other similar computation shall be carefully
verified. In the form for intersections computation, the formula (either
the sine or tangent formula) shall be also be evaluated.

6. Astronomical Observation Requirements :

a) Check that for every series, there are eight (8) and four (4) series of
observations for solar and stellar respectively, consisting of 2 sets
each (with telescope position for set I – D & R, set II – R & D);

b) Check that there are eight (8) and four (4) series of observations for
primary and secondary lines respectively;

c) For solar observations, check that there are four (4) morning and
four (4) afternoon series of observations for primary lines and two
(2) morning and two (2) afternoon series of observations for
 d) For stellar observation, check that there are four (4) west star and
four (4) east star series of observations for primary lines and four
(4) west or four (4) east star series of observations for secondary
lines;

e) Check that the astronomical observations were taken at the

following stations :

1) At the station where position was taken (only stellar observation

should be observed);

2) At every BLLMs pair. However, for BLLM Nos. 1 and 2, only

stellar observation should be conducted;

3) At the junctions of subsidiary loops;

4) At the junctions of test traverse;

5) Along the primary traverse at every 20-25 stations;

6) Along the secondary traverse at every 25-35 stations.

7. Control connection requirements – Check the connection made at the

following:

a) Stations of previously approved adjoining projects;

b) Triangulation stations within the boundary of the projects.

8. Monument Description Book Requirements :

a) Check that the geographic and grid coordinates of BLLM No. 1 are
indicated;

b) Check that there are at least three (3) references for each station.
Each reference points should be described with corresponding
distance and bearings from station and BLLMs;

c) Check that each station and BLLM is sketched in its location.

9. The Technical Verification Procedures shall be as follows:

a) Examine the Field Notes Book :

1) Angle Book - check the mean interior and exterior angles;

2) Distance Book – check the mean horizontal distance;

3) Astronomic Book – check the input in astronomic computation.

b) In verifying Astronomical Observation Computation :

1) Check the data entry in the computation sheet against the data
recorded in the field notes;

2) Check the mean and variation of horizontal angle, time, and

altitude;
 4) Check the Geographic Coordinates (Latitude and Longitude) of
station occupied;

5) Check the azimuth of the sun and mark;

6) Check the mean azimuth of mark and the probable error if

within allowable limit of ± 5 mins.;

7) Check the watch error if within allowable limit of ± 5 mins;

8) Check the probable error of all series of line if within allowable

limit of ± 5 mins. and 10” for primary and secondary
respectively. If not, the astronomical azimuth having residuals
greater than (3) three times the probable error shall be rejected;

9) Check the convergence correction;

10) Check the grid azimuth of line and compare it with carried
azimuth, the discrepancy should not exceed 20” and 30” for
primary and secondary respectively;

11) Check the astronomical observations summary.

c) In verifying Azimuth Derivation :

1) Check the initial azimuth which is computed azimuth from

stellar observation of eight (8) series, 4 series each for west
and east star;

2) Check the exterior or interior horizontal angle from the Angle

Field notes. Either of the (2) two can be used for azimuth
derivation;

3) Check the carried azimuth of each line;

4) The angular error of closure should not exceed the following

allowable limit:
__
i. Primary = 2.5” √ P
__
ii. Secondary = 10” √ S
__
iii. Tertiary = 30” √ T

Where P, S, and T are the numbers of Primary, Secondary, and

Tertiary Stations, respectively.

5) Check the application of corrections and the final carried grid

azimuth.

d) In verifying Grid Distance Computation:

1) Check the slope or horizontal distance , vertical or zenithal

angle, height of instrument (HI), and height of prism (HP) from
the field notes;

2) Check the initial elevation from topographic maps and initial

 4) Check the elevation, sea level correction, sea level distance,
scale factor, and finally the grid distance of each line.

e) In verifying the Traverse Computation :

1) Check the initial and final coordinates;

2) Check the grid azimuth and distance of each line;

3) Adjust the traverse by transit rule;

4) Check the relative precision if within allowable :

i. Primary = 1:20,000
ii. Secondary = 1:10,000
iii. Tertiary = 1:5,000

f) In verifying the Secondary Control Connection Looping:

1) Check the field notes;

2) Check the azimuth error of closure of the secondary control

connection loop if within the amount as determined by:
__
As = 10” √ S

Where A s is the maximum allowable azimuth error of closure

of the secondary control stations and S is the number of
secondary stations.

3) Check if relative precision is within allowable limit of 1:5,000.

g) In verifying connections on Previously Approved Adjoining Projects:

1) Connection should be circuit traverse and not an open traverse;

2) Connection traverse should be within the precision as stated in

paragraph b.9.(e)(4) of this Section.

3) Check connections on previously established location

monuments and control stations (BLLMs, PBMs, MBMs, BBMs,
Primary and Secondary) of adjoining approved projects along
their common boundaries.

4) Check the written reports on those not recovered and non-

existing monuments. For those that were recovered, the written
report should have an attached Monument Recover Report
Form as required in Section 166.b.2 of this Manual;

5) Check the summary of connections on adjoining approved

projects.

h) In verifying Monument Description Book (MDB) :

1) Check the geographic and grid coordinates of BLLM No. 1 on

all sheets as computed;
 3) Check the grid azimuths and distances of primary lines and
pairs of BLLMs;

4) Check references, there should be at least three references for

each primary control station and BLLM. Each reference should
be described and have distance and bearing from station and
BLLM;

5) Check if the location of stations and BLLMs were sketched.

Section 190. Field Monitoring, Evaluation/Inspection and Supervision of the Project

a. The LMS Geodetic Engineer designated by the RTD for Lands concerned
upon recommendation of the Chief, Regional Surveys Division to administer,
monitor and inspect a particular survey project, shall:

1. Monitor the progress of the project and inform the contractor for any
deficiency noted in the conduct of survey;

2. Assist the project implementation by serving as consultant to the

contractor and provide any assistance relevant to the said project;

3. Personally supervise the following:

a) Execution of test traverse/triangulation to the said project;

b) Conduct of astronomical observations for azimuth taken at the start

and closing lines;

c) Computation of the result of test traverse/triangulation and the

astronomical observation.

b. The returns of the test traverse/triangulation shall be included in the

inspection report, together with the following:

1. Brief description of the project;

2. Project execution:

a) Procedure of field observation and computation method of:

1) Position of Survey

2) Grid azimuth

3) Connection to adjoining project

b) The execution of survey and the placing of the control points on the
ground are either strictly in accordance with or with deviation from
the submitted Project Control Work Plan particularly the Network
Design.

3. Findings and observations confirming the following:

a) That the key personnel employed and the major

instruments/equipment used are authorized as per approved
 b) That the primary and secondary stations and the location
monuments of the project controls as inspected conform to
specifications;

c) All stations are marked with monuments in accordance with the

prescribed regulations;

d) All observations are actually performed by persons appearing and

signing the field notes;

e) The deficiencies discovered and remedial instructions given to

contractor shall be made annexes to the report;

f) Primary control stations, political boundaries and locations

monuments in the adjoining projects near their common boundaries
are either recovered or could not be found on the ground. A
certification on the matter should be attached pursuant to Section
189.b.9 of this Manual.

g) The test traverse/triangulation controls were run under the

supervision of the LMS GE and the result should be stated in detail.
The test traverse/triangulation survey returns shall be submitted as
annex to the report.

h) Other pertinent remarks considered relevant for the survey returns

verification and project management purposes.

c. The LMS GE assigned to the project shall check the completeness of the
project control survey returns listed in the letter of transmittal as provided for
in Sections 168 to 172 of this Manual. If found in order, he shall issue
Certificate of Acceptability and Endorsement Letter addressed to the RTD for
Lands concerned.

Section 191. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their name and affix signature on all
pages of the field notes, computation sheets, and monument description book, etc.
during the process of verification. If defective, prepare Pending Letter to the contractor
informing him/her of the defects, to be signed by the RTD for Lands concerned. If found
in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division shall sign the Project Control Map and
other necessary documents and prepare endorsement letter to the concerned RTD for
Lands for approval in accordance with Section 62, DAO 2007-29.

Section 192. Pursuant to Section 67 of DAO 2007-29, copies in digital form of the
approved Geodetic Control Points shall be furnished by the LMS concerned to the LMB
and NAMRIA for updating of the GNIS.

Chapter VIII – Cadastral Survey

Article 27 – Numerical Cadastre

Section 193. The LMS shall verify the correctness and technical accuracy of the survey
returns of the Numerical Cadastre. The following shall serve as guide in the inspection,
verification and approval of a project covered by a numerical cadastral survey:

a. The Project Control shall be verified following in accordance with Sections

189 to 191 of this Manual. The approval of the Main Project Control and
Subsidiary Control is a prerequisite in the conduct of Political Boundary and
Lot Survey, respectively.
b. The Political Boundary Survey shall be verified as follows:

1. The survey returns submitted shall be checked against the list in the
transmittal letter as provided for in Section 181 of this Manual;

2. The technical verification of Political Boundary Controls shall be

conducted in accordance with Sections 189 to 191 of this Manual, with
the accuracy of Primary Control (3rd Order) for the Municipal/City
Boundary Survey and Secondary Control (4 th Order) for the Barangay
Boundary Survey.

3. The Political Boundary Maps shall be evaluated if prepared in

accordance with Section 173.c.3.(d) of this Manual.

4. Monument Description Book for Political Boundary should be prepared

in accordance with Section 166.d.2 of this Manual.

c. The Lot Survey shall be verified as follows:

1. The survey returns submitted shall be checked against the list in the
transmittal letter as per relevant provisions in Sections 173 to 174 of
this Manual.

2. Verify if all the Lots have corresponding PIS. Examine if the figure of
the Lots plotted in the CM conform to that of the PIS.

3. Check completeness of the field notes and field notes cover. Verify if
the reference point stated therein are found in the PCM and with the
corresponding coordinates. Field notes cover should be properly filled-
out;

4. Check the completeness of the computation sheets (area sheet and

traverse). Check Lot Description against Lot Data Computation Sheet.
Verify if all the lots are included in the Lot Description Book;

5. Verify if the following are within the standard accuracy of Tertiary

Survey as provided for in Section 30, DAO 2007-29:

a) Solar/stellar computation

b) Traverse computation

c) Lot data computation

8. Check the reference monument used and the tie line of the lots.

9. Determine the lots with the old approved surveys and check if they
conform. If not, find out the justification and the corresponding technical
documents to support the same.

10. CM evaluation :

a) Check the completeness of the CM. Examine if prepared in

accordance with Section 173.c.3.(c) of this Manual. All the
cadastral lots and other details should be plotted;

b) Compare the field notes, computation sheets, and CM. All lots and
 d. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their names and affix signature on all pages
of the field notes, computation sheets, and monument description book, etc.
during the process of verification. If defective, prepare Pending Letter to the
contractor informing him/her of the defects, to be signed by the RTD for
Lands concerned. If found in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division
shall sign the Project Control, Political Boundary, and Cadastral
(MBIM,BBIM, and CM) Maps and other necessary documents and prepare
endorsement letter to the RTD for Lands for approval in accordance with
Section 63, DAO 2007-29.

Article 28 – Graphical Cadastre and Public Land Subdivision Survey

Section 194. Previously Approved Graphical Cadastre - The LMS shall verify the
correctness and technical accuracy of the survey returns of the survey covering the
whole or a large part of the previously approved graphical cadastre. The following shall
serve as guide in the inspection, verification and approval thereof:

a. Check the submitted documents against the Transmittal which should be in

accordance with the requirements stated in Section 176 of this Manual.

b. Check if the provisions of Section 102 of this Manual were complied with.

c. The relative position of the lots should be determined by closed circuit

traverse connecting at least three (3) well-defined and undisturbed corners of
the previously approved survey in numerical system.

d. Upon verification-computation, the survey should have a tertiary precision in

accordance with Section 29, DAO 2007-29.

e. Compare the coordinates of the corners of the lot in graphical system with
their corresponding coordinates in the converted numerical system. A list of
the lots affected by deviation in coordinates should be prepared and an
investigation on the documents and on the ground shall be conducted.

f. The Cadastral Survey and number of the graphical cadastre shall be retained
minus the letter m, e.g. Cadm-472 will become Cad-472, PCadm-534 will
become Cad-534, etc.

g. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their names and affix their signatures on all
pages of the field notes, computation sheets, and monument description
book, etc. during the process of verification. If defective, prepare Pending
Letter to the contractor informing him/her of the defects, to be signed by the
RTD for Lands. If found in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division shall
sign the Project Control, Political Boundary, and Cadastral (MBIM,BBIM, and
CM) Maps and other necessary documents and prepare endorsement letter
to the RTD for Lands for approval in accordance with Section 63, DAO 2007-
29.

Section 195. Public Land Subdivision Survey - The LMS shall verify the correctness
and technical accuracy of the survey returns of the survey covering a Public land
Subdivision Survey. The following shall serve as guide in the inspection, verification and
approval thereof:

a. Check the submitted documents against the Transmittal which should be in

accordance with requirements stated in Section 177 of this Manual.

b. Check if the provisions of Sections 103 to 114 of this Manual were complied
 c. Upon verification-computation, the survey should have a primary and
secondary precision for survey controls while the lot survey should have a
tertiary precision in accordance with Section 29, DAO 2007-29.

d. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their names and affix their signatures on all
pages of the field notes, computation sheets, and monument description
book, etc. during the process of verification. If defective, prepare Pending
Letter to the contractor informing him/her of the defects, to be signed by the
RTD for Lands. If found in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division shall
sign the Project Control and Pls Maps and other necessary documents and
prepare endorsement letter to the RTD for Lands for approval in accordance
with Section 63, DAO 2007-29.

Chapter IX - Isolated Land Survey

Article 29 – Verification Common to all

Kinds of Isolated Land Survey

Section 196. The LMS shall verify the correctness and technical accuracy of the survey
returns of the survey covering Isolated Lots. The following shall serve as guide in the
inspection, verification and approval thereof:

a. Check the submitted documents against the Transmittal which should be in

accordance with requirements stated in Sections 178 to 180 of this Manual.

b. Check if the provisions of Sections 115 to 128 of this Manual were

complied.

c. Upon verification-computation, the lot survey should have a tertiary precision

in accordance with Section 30, DAO 2007-29.

d. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their names and affix signature on all pages
of the field notes, computation sheets, lot descriptions, etc. during the
process of verification. If defective, prepare Pending Letter to the geodetic
engineer informing him/her of the defects, to be signed by the RTD for
Lands. If found in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division shall sign the
survey plan and other necessary documents and prepare endorsement letter
to the RTD for Lands for approval in accordance with Section 64, DAO 2007-
29.

Article 30 – Political Boundary Survey

Section 197. The LMS shall verify the correctness and technical accuracy of the survey
returns of the survey covering a Political Boundary Survey. The following shall serve as
guide in the inspection, verification and approval thereof:

a. Check the submitted documents against the Transmittal which should be in

accordance with requirements stated in Sections 181 to 182 of this Manual.

b. Check if the applicable provisions of Sections 143 to 145 of this Manual

were complied with.

c. Upon verification-computation, the survey for the municipal boundary and the
barangay boundary should have a primary and secondary precision,
respectively, in accordance with Section 29, DAO 2007-29.

d. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their name and affix their signatures on all
 Lands. If found in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division shall sign the
survey plan and other necessary documents and prepare endorsement letter
to the RTD for Lands for approval in accordance with Section 64, DAO 2007-
29.

Article 31 - Mineral Land Survey

Section 198. The concerned Regional Office of MGB shall verify the correctness and
technical accuracy of the survey returns of the survey pursuant to the provision of DAO
No. 96-40.

Article 32 - Forestlands and National Parks/Protected

Areas Delimitation Survey

Section 199. The LMS shall verify the correctness and technical accuracy of the survey
returns of the survey covering a forestland and national parks/protected areas
boundary. The following shall serve as guide in the inspection, verification and approval
thereof:

a. Check the submitted documents against the Transmittal which should be in

accordance with requirements stated in Sections 184 to 185 of this Manual.

b. Check if the applicable provisions of Sections 163 to 165 of this Manual

were complied with.

c. Upon verification-computation, the survey should have a precision in

accordance with Section 28.b.(1), DAO 2007-29.

d. The Verifiers shall stamp or write their names and affix their signatures on all
pages of the field notes, computation sheets, lot descriptions, etc. during the
process of verification. If defective, prepare Pending Letter to the geodetic
engineer informing him/her of the defects, to be signed by the RTD for
Lands. If found in order, the Chief of Regional Surveys Division shall sign the
survey plan and other necessary documents and prepare endorsement letter
to the RTD for Lands for approval in accordance with Section 66, DAO 2007-
29.

Part 4. Miscellaneous

Chapter X - Surveying Instruments

Article 33 – Instrument Registration and Calibration

Section 200. The appropriate instrument shall be used in performing a survey. Such
equipment must be capable of achieving the standards of accuracy prescribed for each
kind of survey as stated in Sections 28, DAO 2007-29. As such, surveying instruments
are subject to the following conditions:

a. To ensure accuracy of angular and linear measurements, surveying

instruments used in the survey of lands especially surveys for registration
purposes shall be examined, tested/calibrated, standardized and approved
by the Lands Management Bureau. Renewal of the registration or calibration
of instruments may be done in the LMS except for the GPS and ETS/EDM;

b. The instruments should be presented to the LMB/LMS for a full

testing/calibration or check and registration, in any of the following situation:
 1. Upon receipt of new instrument.

2. After any repair which affects the component such as the light source,
internal centering and/or alignment, replacement of parts, etc.;

3. When malfunction is suspected or when the linear error as a result of

partial test over the check base established in the project was found to
be beyond the allowable as prescribed in Section 28, DAO 2007-29;

4. When the instrument was used in the conduct of survey and the survey
returns were submitted for verification and approval as required in
Section 22, DAO 2007-29;

5. The testing/calibration is required in the registration of the instruments

subject of change of ownership;

6. When the distances measured may be or are to be challenged in a

Court of Law.

Section 201. Required Documents for Registration of Surveying Instrument – The

following shall be presented when registering surveying instruments (common to all
kinds of surveying instruments):

a. Written request for registration, renewal or change of ownership and

mentioning therein the kind of instrument, the brand, model and serial
number;

b. The instrument being registered and the necessary accessories such as

tripod, range pole, prism, extra battery, etc.;

c. Technical Brochure of the instrument. Brochure of the same kind and brand
but different model shall not be accepted.

d. Invoice Receipt from the vendor. In the absence thereof, an affidavit

mentioning the name and address of the entity or person who sold the
instrument and explaining thereon the reason for the absence of receipt or
deed of sale on the matter. The vendor shall affix his/her signature on the
affidavit as a proof of conformity. If this is not possible, mention in the
affidavit the valid reason. The affidavit shall be under oath.

e. Registration Fee which amount shall be based on the applicable DENR

issuances.

Section 202. Required Standards for Issuance of Certification of Instrument

Registration

a. Steel Tapes:

1. Only Steel Tapes (graduated in metric system) which are at standard

length at temperatures between twenty-seven (27) degrees Celsius and
thirty-seven (37) degrees Celsius shall be used in the conduct of land
surveys. The temperature of thirty-two (32) degrees Celsius shall be
adopted as the standard temperature at which each tape shall be at
standard length with a tension of ten (10) kilograms when supported
horizontally throughout its entire length;

2. Steel Tapes with a width of more than 5 mm. shall not be accepted for
 3. Only Steel Tapes which are 100 meters in length shall be certified as fit
for land survey of secondary precision (1:10,000).

4. Fifty-meter (50) tape with no break shall be allowed only in lot survey of
Tertiary Precision (1:5,000).

5. Other tapes such as Fiberglass, Phosphor Bronze or Nylon-Coated

Steel Tapes shall be used only in locating details in topographic
surveys, road surveys, etc. which are not subjected to verification and
approval for land registration purposes. These shall not be registered
with LMB;

6. One Hundred (100) meters Steel Tapes which have at least one (1)
break may be used only in lot survey of Tertiary Precision (1:5,000). A
50-meter tape with one (1) or more breaks, shall not be accepted for
renewal of registration.

b. Engineer’s Transit:

1. Telescope with Center Cross Wires preferably with Solar Squares and
a Magnification of not less than Twenty Diameters (20X);

2. Stadia Constant preferably 100. Stadia Constant shall be indicated in

the field notes;

3. The Horizontal and Vertical Circles shall be full circles with Angular
Units in Sexagesimal. If the inside diameter of the Horizontal Circle is
less than One Hundred Twenty millimeters (120 mm), the Least
Reading of the Vernier shall be Thirty Seconds of Arc (30”) or more;

4. Magnetic Compass shall be full circle and with a Least Reading of One
Degree of arc (1º ) or less;

5. Two (2) Plate Levels shall have a Sensitivity of Seventy-Five Seconds

of Arc (75”) or less per 2 mm. graduation.

c. Optical Theodolites:

1. Telescope with Center Cross Wires preferably with Solar Squares and
a Magnification of not less than 30X;

2. Stadia Constant preferably 100. Stadia Constant must be indicated in

the field notes;

3. Horizontal and Vertical Circle readings either in Sexagesimal or

Centisimal must be at most Twenty Second of arc (20”) or equivalent,
through Optical Micrometer;

4. With Optical Plummet and Sighting Collimator;

5. With one (1) Plate and one (1) Circular Levels.

d. Electronic Theodolites:

1. Telescope with Center Cross Wires preferably with Solar Squares and
a Magnification of not less than 30X;
 3. Horizontal and Vertical Angle readings either in Sexagesimal or
Centisimal must be at most Twenty Second of arc (20”) or equivalent,
through Digital display either in LCD or LED;

4. With Optical Plummet and Sighting Collimator;

5. With one (1) Plate and one (1) Circular Levels.

e. Electronic Distance Meters (EDM):

1. A measuring range of at least 1000 meters when using one (1)

prism;

2. It should operate with an accuracy of +/- (5mm+5ppm) in a temperature

range of -15 to + 40ºC;

3. Digital display of measured distance either in LCD or LED up to the

nearest millimeter;

4. Can be mounted either on the Theodolite or Transit (with adaptor) or

direct on the tribrach;

f. Electronic Total Stations (ETS):

1. The telescope shall have an erect image and a magnifying power of not
less than 30 diameters. The minimum focus distance shall be at least
1.3 meters.

2. The horizontal and vertical circles shall have a least reading of one
second of arc on the centesimal units displayed on Liquid Crystal
Displays (LCD) or Light Emitting Diodes (LED). Angular units may be in
the sexagesimal or centesimal system.

3. The measuring range of at least 1,000 meters when using one prism.
For purposes of establishing controls, the maximum range shall be at
least 5,000 meters when using three (3) prisms.

4. It should operate with an accuracy of at least +/- (5 mm + 5 ppm)

probable error and within temperature range of -15˚C to +40˚C.

5. It should have a measuring range read-out up to one millimeter on Fine

Measurement Mode and up to ten millimeter on Coarse or Tracking
Measurement Mode, displayed on LCD or LED.

6. It should be provided with automatic or manually inputted correction for

meteorological or atmospheric conditions, earth curvature, refraction,
and reflector constant including cyclic errors.

7. With a circular bubble (sensitivity of 10’ per 2mm) and a plate bubble
(sensitivity of 30” per 2 mm). Provided with automatic compensator for
tilt correction;

8. With Optical Plummet and Point Guide or Optical Sighting Device.

g. Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver

1. Field test for Survey Accuracy for the issuance of Certification shall be
 2. The Receivers, either of single frequency (L1 C/A Code) or dual
frequency (L1/L2 P-code) shall have the following minimum accuracy:

a) At Static Survey:

Horizontal: 5 mm+1 ppm, multiply by baseline length

Vertical: 10 mm+ 1 ppm, multiply by baseline length

b) At Kinematic Survey:

Horizontal: 20 mm+1 ppm, multiply by baseline length

Vertical: 20 mm+ 1 ppm, multiply by baseline length

3. Must be a survey grade receiver and a dual frequency (L1/L2) for the
establishment of First and Second Order Accuracies and single
frequency for the lower accuracies;

4. Preferably capable of receiving signals from several satellite systems

(GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, etc.);

5. Capable of tracking at least four (4) common satellites with good

geometry;

6. Capable of obtaining carrier phase observable (not just C/A code);

7. Position is expressed in Longitude, Latitude and Altitude;

8. Capable of observing and logging at common times;

9. Capable of achieving precision of 1 part per million (ppm) to 0.1 ppm.

Chapter XI – The Survey Forms and Symbols

Article 34 – Survey Form for Registration and other Purposes

Section 203. All plans of land surveys which shall be used for administrative or judicial
registration purposes as required to be prepared pursuant to Sections 166 to 185 of
this Manual shall be drawn on LMB prescribed format. The corresponding field notes,
field notes cover, area computation sheets, and other forms for inclusion in the survey
returns shall also be written on authorized LMB forms. If, however, the plans and forms
were prepared using a computerized method, the Geodetic Engineer must secure
authority from LMB.

a. Required Documents for Issuance of Authorization to Print:

1. Written request mentioning the form/s to be secured authorization;

2. Sample Print Out of the Survey Forms and Plans, at least five (5)
copies;

3. Authorization Fees;

4. If private practicing geodetic engineer:

a) Copy of PRC ID;

 c) If registered as surveying company submit copy of DTI or SEC
Registration;

5. If commercial printer:
a) DTI or SEC Registration;
b) Mayor’s Permit as an establishment.

b. Forms Evaluation:

1) Commercial Print Out

a) Field Notes, Computation Sheets, Lot Description – shall be

evaluated based on prescribed thickness of paper used for
durability purposes. The print out linear column and rows, the font,
and over all pattern shall also be in accordance with the prescribed
forms of the LMB.

b) Survey Plans – the drafting film to be used shall be of matt type,

0.03mm thickness and shall be tested as against the effect of
drawing ink on the surface and the thickness of the medium which
is usually a drafting film. The print out linear column and rows, the
font, and over all pattern shall also be in accordance with the
prescribed forms of the LMB.

2) Computerized Print Out

a) Field Notes Field Notes, Computation Sheets, Lot Description –

shall be evaluated in the same manner as in Paragraph b.(1).(a) of
this Section. If the pattern and fonts of the form submitted by the
requesting geodetic engineer does not conform with the LMB
design, the LMB shall furnished the form in digital file to the said
geodetic engineer at cost.

b) Survey Plans - shall be evaluated in the same manner as in

Paragraph b.(1).(b) of this Section. If the pattern and fonts of the
form submitted by the requesting geodetic engineer does not
conform with the LMB design, the LMB shall furnished the form in
digital file to the said geodetic engineer at cost.

Article 35 – Land Information Map (LIM)

Section 204. LIM Form Specifications – As a standard spatial index map pursuant to
Section 52, DAO 2007-29, the LIM shall be prepared with the specific format dimension
and labeling, and shall be produced using drafting film and printing ink materials of
acceptable standards specifications. The drafting film shall be of the single matt type,
with a thickness of 0.03 mm, while a printing ink hall is a waterproof with permanent
adhesiveness compatible with a drafting film surface.

a. Labeling Specifications – The LMB shall design an exact physical model of

a LIM, complete with labeling, following a standard lay-out spacing and line
thickness, to serve as example for dissemination and reference.

b. Scales and Grid intervals – Scale to be used shall be exclusively set within
1:4000 as the smallest scale, followed by sectional LIMs of scales of 1:2000,
1:1000 and 1:500, corresponding to grid quadrangle dimensions of 1 minute
of arc, 30 seconds of arc, 15 seconds of arc and 7.5 seconds of arc,
c. Numbering – The LIM number is derived from the geographical coordinates
corresponding to its extreme west meridian and extreme south parallel at the
1:4000 scale. Thus, a 1:4000 CIM corresponding to 14 °49’ N, 120°54’ E
acquires the LIM number 14492054000, which is exclusive to it. Sectional
LIMs of greater scale values follow a system of sequential and clockwise
quadrant numbering different form the Cadastral numbering system as stated
in Annex XXIII of this manual with the NW quadrant as 1, NE quadrant as 2,
SW quadrant as 3 and SE quadrant as 4. These numbers are then appended
in sequence to the 1:4000 LIM number. If the 1:2000 LIM is the NW quadrant
of the 1:4000 LIM, its LIM number is 14492054100; if the 1:1000 LIM is the
SW quadrant of LIM 14492054100 then its LIM number is 1449254130; and
if the 1:500 LIM is the SE quadrant of LIM 1449205130, then its LIM number
is 14492054134.

d. Populating the LIM – After the LIM is prepared, it is populated manually or

digitally by projecting survey plans from different sources, whether those
emanate from isolated surveys, cadastral projects, forest land delineation
surveys, or civil/military, mineral and environmental reservations. Projection
shall be done exclusively under the PRS-92 system of coordinates and with
the following instructions:

1) Since the LIMs are prepared under the PTM/PRS-92 coordinate and
projection system, all surveys for projection not in the PRS-92 coordinate
system shall first be transformed.

2) Population of the LIM shall be done by overlays on existing projection

maps, including those of the LRA’s municipal index maps, and cadastral
maps, followed by isolated survey plans.

3) Lot in each LIM is numbered consecutively from its top left to the right and
then in the reverse direction, following a ”z” pattern and even if crossing or
traversing political boundary lines. Such a lot number shall be the lot’s
Unique Parcel Identifier (UPI).

4) If a lot falls across the edge to an adjoining LIM, the UPI is placed on the
CIM containing a larger portion of the lot without any number on the other.

5) All barangay, municipal and provincial political boundaries are indicated in

their appropriate line-identity designations, while mineral, forest and
reservation boundaries are similarly projected if these are covered by
approved surveys or with technical descriptions in their reservation
proclamation and given UPIs without retiring the other UPIs they overlap
with, otherwise, if source graphically from a map without a technical
description, shall be tentatively indicated in pencil but without a UPI.

6) During LIM updating, any lot that is altered by either subdivision or

consolidation which have the originally assigned UPI superseded but not
deleted nor re-used, a new UPI is assigned following the last UPI
assigned on that LIM.

7) A survey plan, whether titled or not, is first tentatively projected in pencil

to verify its relationships with other lots that may be already on the LIM
and then finally projected in ink when it conforms with a mother UPI it is
superseding and where there is no overlap with a different UPI.

8) Details indicated in a LIM derived from a survey plan of any kind shall be
those similarly indicated in the projection map, such as physical and
 made improvements and vegetation features, nor corner descriptions and
numbers.

9) Care should be exercised such that edge matching with the adjacent map
is properly done by any practical technique available to render the parcels
in their true configuration.

e. LIM Cross indexing – For the purpose of screening out double survey, claim
or titling, and as a means of extending the utility of the graphical information in
the LIM to form a wider database a corresponding cross index shall be
prepared for each LIM with a design to suit a particular purpose of the DENR,
the cross index database shall constitute the following: UPI number, SPI
number, name of Claimant, Area , Title number, barangay Location, Land Use
Classification and Remarks

Article 36 - Standard Survey Signs and Symbols

Section 205. Survey Symbols and Numbers for Plans - Survey symbols and
numbers shall be used in order to classify and identify all kinds of surveys which
facilitate the recording, filing and record keeping of survey plans and maps and their
corresponding survey returns. This system of identifying lots shall be called Standard
Parcel Identifier (SPI) and shall be done as follows:

a. The system of classifying and identifying surveys shall consist of four (4)
parts, as follows:

1) The first part shall be the Survey Symbol consisting of up to four (4)
characters such as H, Psu, Cadm, etc. which shall be in accordance
with the Survey Symbols in Appendix A of this Regulation;

2) The second part shall consist of two (2) to four (4) characters which
indicates the Region where the lot is located such as 05 (Region 5),
CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region), etc. and shall be in accordance
with the NEDA Regional Code;

3) The third part is the serial number (control number) of survey based on
their entry with the Survey Registry Book;

4) The fourth part of the numbering system shall be applied only if

applicable, and these are the following letters to be put after the serial
number and to be enclosed by open and close parenthesis:

a) Amd - Approved Survey Plans which were not subjected to

Registration and have to be amended as per request of the
claimant/owner for the purpose of changing the boundary lines by
increasing or reducing the number of corners without including any
new area, shall adopt the old survey symbol and number but add
the word “Amended” or “Amd”. A clearance from the Register of
Deeds certifying that no title was issued and from the CENRO that
no patent was issued covering the old survey plan must be
submitted by the requesting party. The certified sepia copy or the
old approved survey plan must be surrendered by the
claimant/owner to the LMS, together with the Survey Returns of the
new subdivision plan

b) Arf – for a subdivision survey of a track of land under the coverage

of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which will be
 Illustration:

Psd-03-000141(Amd)

where:

Psd - survey symbol

03 - regional code
000141 - serial or control number of survey based on
Registry Book
Amd - subdivision survey was amended

5) The assignment of a one-letter suffix letter “D”, shall be confined to the

Cadastral Survey, which indicates that the survey was conducted by a
Geodetic Engineer in private practice. The absence of this suffix “D”
means that the survey was undertaken by the government. The LMB
shall be consulted by the LMS in the assignment of Cadastral Survey
number to avoid duplication of cadastral number.
6) Untitled Lots to be subdivided but still covered by original survey (Psu),
shall still retain the old survey symbol (Psu) and number but with added
comment at the end as “Amd”.
b. The survey symbols to be used in the different types of land surveys shall be
as listed in Annex I of this Manual.

Section 206. System of Numbering - Survey Symbols, Regional Codes and the
Control Numbers shall only be affixed to the Survey Plan upon its approval. The
Receiving Log Book Entry Number shall be annotated on the lower right portion of the
Survey Plan and shall be used in tracking the whereabouts of still unapproved survey
plans. The use of public land application number in lieu of serial, entry or control
number in the survey number of public land survey shall be discontinued.

Section 207. The Conventional Cartographic Symbols as shown in Annex II of this

Manual shall be used in all type of maps and plans.

Chapter XII - Management of Survey Records and Information

Article 37 – Evaluation/Validation of Survey Records

Section 208. In support to the land sector’s projects of national importance such as the
completion of Cadastral Survey, Land Disposition under CARPer and Handog Titulo
Program of the government, implementation of the PRS92 project and LAMP2
technology roll-out, the LMB and DENR-LMS Regional Offices shall conduct physical
inventory and evaluation/validation of cadastral maps, survey plans, technical
description and other survey records. All cleansed survey records shall be transformed
into PRS92 system and shall be converted into digital files. The said offices shall
likewise review the status of all cadastral survey projects within their area of jurisdiction
and recommend appropriate actions as well as policy considerations to the DENR
through the LMB.

Section 209. To expedite the process of activities required in the above section, the
LMB shall cause the immediate turn-over of all remaining land survey records, both
maps/plans and technical descriptions, of the Bureau of Lands-approved Cadastral
(CAD), public land subdivision (PLS), group settlement (GSS), townsites (TS), friar
lands (FLS), isolated and other survey projects to the DENR LMS Regional Offices
concerned. The said decentralization of survey records shall also be done with the
Primary (Third Order), Secondary (Fourth Order), and Tertiary Control Points. The LMB
 Article 38 – National Land Survey Records Management

Section 210. Survey Records in the National Level – Upon evaluation,

transformation and conversion of the aforementioned survey records into digital files,
the DENR-LMS Regional Offices shall furnish the same to the LMB for integration of
land survey records nationwide in consonance with Sections 68 and 69, DAO 2007-29.
rd
The digital files of reference points (3 and 4th Order) shall likewise be shared with
NAMRIA for the completion of the National Geodetic Network Information System
(GNIS) pursuant to Section 67, DAO 2007-29.

Article 39 - Cancellation of Survey Plan

Section 211. The following procedure shall apply in the cancellation of approved
survey plan:

1. There should be a request for the cancellation of the approved survey from the
private party/government agency affected expressly stating therein the reason for
cancellation.

2. The request should be under oath.

3. On the basis of such request, the RTD for Lands concerned shall issue an Order
of Investigation to the FNSP or a separate survey party created for the purpose.

4. An investigation/ground verification shall be conducted by the FNSP or Survey

Party to ascertain whether there is a valid ground to cancel the previously
approved survey.

5. After completion of the investigation/ground verification, the team shall

immediately submit their findings and recommendations;

6. An Order shall be issued by the RTD for Lands concerned indicating therein
whether the subject plan is cancelled or not, among other information. Any
approved survey plan, including its lot data computations, etc., cancelled by
virtue of such Order shall be marked on its face with the words “Cancelled by
virtue of Order dated _____”;

7. Those isolated plans (original survey, subdivision, consolidation-subdivision)

which are superseded by subsequent subdivision, consolidation or consolidation-
subdivision, as the case may be, should only be indicated on the plan in the
space provided for additional information after date of approval as “This survey
amends/supersedes _______________ “.

8. Notice to parties shall be served with a copy of the Order as finally approved by
the RTD for Lands concerned.

9. In cases where the DENR initiates the cancellation of fake and illegal titles in
accordance with Memorandum Circular No. 2000-06, otherwise known as the
Guidelines in the Disposition of Cases involving Fake and Illegally Issued Title,
the resolution of the case which provides for the cancellation of the title will serve
as a reference for LMS to determine if the supposed approved survey covered
thereof can likewise be subjected to cancellation or not.
 Article 40 – Projection Maps

Section 212. The following shall serve as a guide in the use of projection maps:

1. Inventory the available maps such as Cad, Pls, Gss, Ts covering the entire
region. Index all available maps and reflect in a regional base map. In the
absence of these maps, construct provisional projection map with their
corresponding index number and reflect the same on the map. Index number
shall start from number one (1) from the top left of the base map going to the
right for every line thereof.

2. Use blueprints of previously approved cadastral survey, public land

subdivision, Gss, townsite subdivision survey for projection.

3. If no Cad, Pls, Gss, Ts maps are available, construct a provisional projection

map but should only be used after reflecting all the previously approved
isolated surveys using the available lot data computations.

4. Use pencil when projecting submitted surveys for approval and use
permanent ink after the approval thereof by the RTD for Lands concerned. If
found to overlap other previously approved surveys, immediately return the
survey documents to the GE concerned emphasizing the reasons of the
rejection thereof and advise him to make the necessary
correction/adjustment.

5. The Head, Projection Unit, Section Chief concerned and the Chief, Regional
Surveys Division should strictly monitor the use of projection map. They shall
be held responsible for any loss, tampering and inability to implement these
provisions without justifiable reason.

6. LMS officials/employees found violating these provisions shall be charged

administratively subject to due process of law.

7. The grounds for cancellation shall be as those provided in Section 50, DAO
No. 2007-29.

Chapter XIII – Supplementary and Mandatory Provisions

Section 213. Supplementary Regulations - Whenever additional or supplementary

regulations to this Manual is necessary, the same shall be issued by the LMB Director in
the form of LMB Memorandum Circular.

Section 214. Annexes - All the Annexes herewith, both technical forms and detailed
field and office procedures, shall form part of this Manual. The said annexes shall be
updated through the issuance of Memorandum Circular by the LMB Director.

Section 215. Penalty and Sanctions - Violation of any provision of this Manual shall
be dealt with accordingly pursuant to Section 73 to 80, DAO No. 2007-29.

Section 216. Effectivity – This Manual shall take effect immediately.

Approved:

ATTY. ALLAN V. BARCENA

OIC-Director
 ANNEXES
I. Survey Symbols

Symbols Description
New Old

A. Public Land Surveys (ORIGINAL)

__ Rlla __ Reclaimed Land Lease Application

__ Tsa __ Townsite Sales Application
Ac Ac __ Agricultural Colony
Ap __ __ Advance Plan approved project
As __ __ Advance Survey within project in progress
F Fp __ Free Patent Application
Flc Fl, Sh __ Foreshore Lease Application: Corporation
Fld __ __ Foreshore Land Delimitation
Fli Fl, Sh __ Foreshore Lease Application: Individual
Gss __ __ Group Settlement Surveys
H G __ Homestead Application
Lc La, L, E__ Lease Application, Corporation
Li La, L, E__ Lease Application (Agricultural): Individual
Mla __ Miscellaneous Lease Application: Corporation
Mli Mla __ Miscellaneous Lease Application: Individual
Mr Mn __ Municipal Reservations
Msc Msc __ Miscellaneous Sales Application by Charitable Institution and
Corporation
Msi Msa __ Miscellaneous Sales Application: Individual
Ng Ig, Ff __ Insular Government Land or Private Land to be acquired by
the (Insular) National Government
Nr Ir, In __ National (or Insular) Reservations
Pld __ __ Public Land Delimitation
Pls __ __ Public Land Subdivision
Plsm __ __ Public Land Subdivision Mapping
PPls __ __ Photo Public Land Subdivision
PPlsm __ __ Photo Public Land Subdivision Mapping
Pr Pn __ Provincial Reservations
Rl Rec __ Reclaimed Land
Rs Rs __ Resurvey
Sc Ps __ Sales Application: Corporation
Si Pi __ Sales Application: Individual
Tb Kb __ Townsite Reservation Boundary
Ts Ksd __ Townsite Reservation Subdivision
Tsc __ __ Townsite Reservation Subdivision: Corporation
Tsi __ __ Townsite Reservation Subdivision: Individual

B. Private Land Surveys (ORIGINAL)

__ Psi __ Private Surveys, Insular

Barangay
Ps Psp __ Private Surveys, owned/claimed by Provincial
Ps __ Private surveys, owned/claimed by
Ps Psm __ Private Surveys, owned/claimed by Municipal
Ps Psn __ Private Surveys, owned/claimed by National
Psu Psu __ Land Surveys by Private Geodetic Engr.
Psu-G Psu-B __ Private Surveys by Government GE
Ps, II
C. Subdivision, Consolidation and/or Consolidation-Subdivion of:

1) Untitled Property

Ccn Ccn __ Consolidation

Ccs Ccs __ Consolidation & Subdivision
Csd Csd __ Subdivision

2) Titled Property
Gcn Bcn __ Consolidation by Government GE
Gcs Bcs __ Consolidation and Subdivision by Government GE
Gsd Bsd __ Subdivision by Government GE
Pcn __ __ Consolidation by Private GE
Pcs __ __ Consolidation and Subdivision by Private GE
Psd Psc __ Subdivision by Private GE

D. Cadastral Land Surveys

Cad Cad __ Cadastral Surveys by Government GE

Cad-D Psc __ Cadastral Survey by Private GE
Cadm Cadm,__ Cadastral Mapping(x)
Cadm CadS ----- Cadastral Sketching
Ipb Ipb __ Irrigation Project Boundary
Ips Ips __ Irrigation Projects Subdivision
not funded by DENR/LMB
Pcad Pcad __ Photo Cadastral Survey
Pcad-D PPsc __ Photo Cadastral Survey by Private Enterprise
Pcadm Pcadm__ Photo Cadastral Mapping(x)
Pcadm-D PPScm__ Photo Cad Mapping by Private Enterprise(x
Psc __ __ Cadastral Survey by Private GE

E. Mineral Land Surveys( for further study)

Cl __ __ Coal Lease Surveys

Cp __ __ Coal Patent Surveys
Crp __ __ Coal Revocable Permit Surveys
Ll __ __ Lode Location Surveys
Lp __ __ Lode Patent Surveys
Mi __ __ Mineral Investigation Surveys
Pdl __ __ Petroleum Drilling Lease Surveys
Pel __ __ Petroleum Exploration Lease Surveys
Pl __ __ Placer Location Surveys
Pp __ __ Placer Land Surveys

F. Government Land Surveys

Flb Ab __ Friar Land Boundary

Flr Flr __ Friar Lands Relocation
Fls Fls __ Friar Land Subdivision
Frs __ Friar Lands Resurvey
Ngl Igl, Ige__ (Insular) National Government Property Lease
Ngs Igs __ (Insular) National Government Property Sale
 G. General Land Surveys

Cvn __ __ Conversion Survey (from Graphical to

Regular Cadastral Lot)
Fis __ __ Fishpond Application Surveys
Pb Bvs __ Political Boundary Verification Survey
Pb Cb __ Political Boundary- City
Pb Mb __ Political Boundary-Municipal
Pb Pb __ Political Boundary-Provincial
Ppb __ Political Boundary Portion Establishment Survey

Rel __ __ Relocation Surveys

Sp __ Special Plans

Swo Swo __ Special Work Orders

Vs __ __ Verification Surveys
Fbs __ __ Forest Boundary Surveys
Fld __ __ Foreshoreland Delimitation
Lc _ _ Land Classification
Ml Mp __ Monument Location Surveys
Ms Mp __ Municipal Street Surveys
Prs Prd __ Provincial Road Surveys
Sgs __ __ Segregation Surveys
Sk __ __ Sketch Plan/Special Plan (Not subject for Registration
approved by the Regional Technical Director).
Tri __ __ Triangulation Surveys

Note: All surveys executed under Agrarian Reform shall have a suffix (AR)
ll. Conventional Map Symbols
NO FEATURES SYMBOLS DIMENSION COLOR
1 LOT CORNER MONUMENT AND LINE 1 mm DIAMETER ALL BLACK
CIRCLE

2 LOT CORNER MARKED BY STAKES BLACK

3 GIS ON “X” MARKED ON TREE 3 mm X 3 mm clover leaf ALL BLACK

4 GIS ON/OR “X” MARKED ON POST 2 mm Diameter circle ALL BLACK

5 GIS ON “X” MARKED ON WALL 2 mm Diameter circle ALL BLACK

bars ½ mm thick 2 mm
long

6 “X” MARKED ON ROCK OR BULDER Ellipse Major axis 3 mm ALL BLACK

minor axis 2 mm minor
axis

7 CORNER OF OLD SURVEY 3 mm Diameter outer ALL BLACK

circle 1.5 mm diameter
inner circle

8 BARRIO BOUNDARY MONUMENT AND 3 mm square, thicks at 1 ALL BLACK

LINE mm interval

9 MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY MONUMENT 3 mm filled square, long ALL BLACK

AND LINE thick 10 mm, short thick
2 mm interval 1mm

10 CITY BOUNDARY MONUMENTS AND 4 mm outer square, 2 ALL BLACK

LINE mm filled inner square 3
mm short thick, 10 mm
long thick 1 mm interval

11 PROVINCIAL BOUNDARY MONUMENT Same as CBM but

AND LINE heavier line

12 LOCATION MONUMENT 5 mm Diameter circle BLACK

with square inscribed

13 TRIANGULATION STATION Black equilateral triangle

4 mm to a side

14 CONSERVATION POINT Black square 3 mm to a

side

15 BENCH MARK 2 mm Black lines

16 PRIMARY TRAVERSE STATION AND Outer circle, 3 mm ALL RED

LINE diameter, inner filled
circle 1.5 mm diameter,
long thick 6 mm short
thick, 6 mm short thick, 2
mm interval 1 mm
17 SECONDARY TRAVERSE STATION AND 2 mm diameter filled ALL RED
LINE circle, thick same as
primary line

18 TERTIARY TRAVERSE STATION AND 2 mm diameter circle, 2 ALL RED

LINE mm thick at 1 mm
interval
19 RAIL ROAD SINGLE TRACK 2 mm thick at 5 mm BLACK
interval
20 RAIL ROAD DOUBLE TRACK 1 mm thick at 3 mm thick BLACK
at 5 mm interval

21 BRIDGE To scale ALL BLACK

22 IRRIGATION DITCH AND CANAL To scale ALL BLACK

23 DAM To scale ALL BLACK

III. Monument Dimensions and Markings Illustration

A. Control Monuments:

1. Geodetic Control Monuments:

Illustration:

Where:

CGY - is the Provincial Code (Cagayan)

3000 - is the Control Point Number
2005 - is the year when the monument established
Δ - is the Control Point mark, with any non-corrosive metal such as brass rods
or copper nails embedded at the center of the triangle
2nd Order – is the order of accuracy of the monument
LMS2 - is the office or entity that established the Reference Point
 2. Project Control Monuments:

Illustration:

Where:

SN FDO, BKN - is the name of the Municipality and the Province (Municipality of San Fer
BLLM No. 3 - Bureau of Lands Location Monument Number
CAD 542-D - is the Cadastral Project Number
Δ - is the Control Point mark, with any non-corrosive metal such as brass
rods or copper nails embedded at the center of the triangle

BL - is the office or entity that funded the project

1979 - is the year when the monument was established

B. Political Boundary Monument:

1. Municipal Boundary Monuments:

Illustration:
 2. Barangay Boundary Monument:

Illustration:

C. Standard Lot Corner Monument:

D. Mineral Land Survey Monuments:

1. Principal Mineral Land Corners:

2. Other Corners of Mineral Land

E. Forest Boundary Monuments

1. Permanent Major Boundary Monument

2. Permanent Intermediate Boundary Monument

3. Preliminary Forest Boundary Marking
IV. PRS92 Provinces Codes

(Based on the Provincial Code provided by NAMRIA)

Province Code
a. Cordillera Administrative Region
1) Abra ABR
2) Benguet BGT
3) Ifugao IFG
4) Mountain Province (Bontoc) MPV
5) Kalinga KAL
6) Apayao APA
b. National Capital Region
1) Metro Manila MMA
c. Region No. I
1) Ilocos Norte ILN
2) Ilocos Sur ILS
3) la Union LUN
4) Pangasinan PNG
d. Region No. II
1) Batanes BTS
2) Cagayan CGY
3) Isabela ISB
4) Nueva Vizcaya NVY
5) Quirino QRN
e. Region No. III
1) Bataan BTN
2) Bulacan BLN
3) Nueva Ecija NVY
4) Pampanga PMG
5) Tarlac TRC
6) Zambales ZBS
f. Region No. IV
1). Aurora ARA
2.) Batangas BTG
3) Cavite CVT
4) Laguna LAG
5) Marinduque MRQ
6) Occidental Mindoro MRW
7) Oriental Mindoro MRE
8) Palawan PLW
9) Quezon Province QZN
10) Rizal RZL
11) Romblon RML
g. Region No. V
1) Albay ABY
2) Camarines Norte CMN
3) Camarines Sur CMS
4) Catanduanes CNS
5) Masbate MST
6) Sorsogon SRG
h. Region No. VI
1) Aklan AKN
i. Region No. VII
1) Bohol BHL
2) Cebu CBU
3) Negros Oriental NGE
4) Siquijor SQJ
j. Region No. VIII
1) Eastern Samar SME
2) Leyte LYT
3) Northern Samar SMN
4) Samar (Western Samar) SMR
5) Southern Leyte LYS
6) Biliran BLR
k. Region No. IX
1) Zamboanga Del Norte ZGN
2) Zamboanga Del Sur ZGS
3) Zamboanga Sibugay ZSI
l. Region No. X
1) Bukidnon BKN
2) Camiguin CGN
3) Lanao Del Norte LAN
4) Misamis Occidental MSW
5) Misamis Oriental MSE
m. Region No.XI
1) Compostela Valley COV
2) Davao Del Norte DVA
3) Davao Del Sur DVS
4) Davao Oriental DVE
n. Region XII
2) North Cotabato CTN
3) Sarangani SNI
3) South Cotabato CTS
4) Sultan Kudarat SKT
o. Region No. XIII
1) Agusan Del Norte AGN
2) Agusan Del Sur AGS
3) Dinagat Islands
4) Surigao Del Norte SRN
5) Surigao Del Sur SRS
p. Autonomous Region of Muslim
Mindanao
1) Basilan BSL
2) Lanao Del Sur LAS
3) Maguindanao MGD
4) Shariff Kabunsuan
5) Tawi-tawi TTW
6) Sulu SUL
V. Transformation Formula from WGS84 to PRS92 Datum

The transformation parameters shall be:

Translation : ∆X = 127.62195 meters

∆Y = 67.24478 meters
∆Z = 47.04305 meters

Rotation : Rot X = -3.06762 seconds

Rot Y = +4.90291 seconds
Rot Z = +1.57790 seconds

Scale Parameter = 1.06002

The signs shall be reversed when transforming from Luzon Datum to World Geodetic
System 1984 (WGS 84). Transformation formula from WGS84 to PRS92 and vice-
versa shall be as follows:

X2 ∆X 1 Rz -Ry X1

Y2 = ∆Y + (1+Sc*10-6 ) -Rz 1 Rx Y1

Z2 ∆Z Ry -Rx 1 Z1

Where: X2’ Y2 ’ Z2 are the transformed Cartesian coordinates

∆X, ∆Y, ∆Z are the shifts for the change in origin

Rx, Ry, Rz are the rotations of each axis

Sc is the scale change in part per million

X1’ Y1’ Z1 are the coordinates to be transformed.

VI. Philippine Plane Coordinate System (PPCS)

A. Philippine Plane Coordinate System (PPCS), also known as the Philippine Transverse
Mercator (PTM) Grid, are transformed from geographic coordinates to Cartesian
coordinates on the Luzon 1911 Datum, determined through astronomical observations.
PPCS-PTM was adopted as the reference system in the Philippines pursuant to Lands
Circular No. 64, dated June 30, 1965 with the following characteristics:

Spheroid : Clarke 1866

Projection : Transverse Mercator, in Zones of two degrees net width

Point of Origin : Intersection of the Equator and the Central Meridian of each zone,
with Northing of 0 meter and an Easting of 500,000 meters

Scale factor at the Central Meridian: 0.99995

Zonification:

Zone No. Central Meridian Extent of Zone

I 117º 116º 00’ to 118º 30’

II 119º 117º 30’ to 120º 30’

III 121º 119º 30’ to 122º 30’

IV 123º 121º 30’ to 124º 30’

V 125º 123º 30’ to 127º 00’

B. The Formula for the conversion from Geographic Coordinate and vice-versa shall be as
follows:

a) From Geographic to Grid Coordinates:

N = (I) + (II)P2 + (III)P4 (Northing in meters)

E = (IV)P + (V)P3 + (VI)P5 + 500,000 (Easting in meters)

)difference in Longitude( )”‫ (∆ג‬P = .0001

b) From Grid to Geographic Position:

Ф = Ф’ – (VII) q2 + (VIII) q4 (Latitude)

q – (X)q)IX( = ‫ג‬3 ‫ ג‬+ CM (Longitude)

q = 0.000001(E-500,000) (difference in Easting)

VII. PPCS-PTM Zone Assignment of Provinces

The assignment of provinces into the map projection zones of the PPCS-TM shall be as
follows:

a. Cordillera Administrative Region CAR

1) Abra Zone No. III
2) Benguet -do-
3) Ifugao -do-
4) Mountain Province (Bontoc) -do-
5) Kalinga -do-
6) Apayao -do-
b. National Capital Region NCR
1) Metro Manila Zone No. III
c. Region No. I Northwestern Luzon
1) Ilocos Norte Zone No. III
2) Ilocos Sur -do-
3) la Union -do-
4) Pangasinan -do-
d. Region No. II Northeastern Luzon
1) Batanes Zone No. III
2) Cagayan -do-
3) Isabela -do-
a. Mun. West of 122º E Zone III
Longitude
b. Mun. East of 122º E Longitude Zone IV
4) Nueva Vizcaya Zone No. III
5) Quirino -do-
e. Region No. III Central Luzon
1) Bataan Zone No. III
2) Bulacan -do-
3) Nueva Ecija -do-
4) Pampanga -do-
5) Tarlac -do-
6) Zambales -do-
f. Region No. IV Southern Tagalog
1). Aurora Zone No. III
2.) Batangas -do-
3) Cavite -do-
4) Laguna -do-
5) Marinduque -do-
6) Occidental Mindoro -do-
7) Oriental Mindoro -do-
8) Palawan Zone 1
Central Meridian 118º 30’ E
9) Quezon Province
a. Mun. East of 122 E. Longitude Zone No. IV
b. Mun. West of 122º E. Longitude Zone No. III
c. Polillo Islands -do-
10) Rizal Zone No. III
 1) Aklan Zone No. IV
2) Antique -do-
3) Capiz -do-
4) Ilo-Ilo -do-
5) Negros Occidental -do-
6) Guimaras -do
i. Region No. VII Central Visayas
1) Bohol Zone No. V
2) Cebu Zone No. IV
a. Camotes Islands Zone No. V
3) Negros Oriental Zone No. IV
4) Siquijor -do-
j. Region No. VIII Eastern Visayas
1) Eastern Samar Zone No. V
2) Leyte -do-
3) Northern Samar -do-
4) Samar (Western Samar) -do-
5) Southern Leyte -do-
6) Biliran -do-
k. Region No. IX Western Mindanao
1) Zamboanga Del Norte Zone No. IV
2) Zamboanga Del Sur -do-
3) Zamboanga Sibugay -do-
l. Region No. X Northern Mindanao
1) Bukidnon Zone No.V
2) Camiguin -do-
3) Lanao Del Norte -do-
4) Misamis Occidental Zone No. IV
5) Misamis Oriental Zone No. V
m. Region No.XI Southern Mindanao
1) Compostela Valley Zone No. V
2) Davao Del Norte -do-
3) Davao Del Sur -do-
4) Davao Oriental -do-
n. Region XII Central Mindanao
2) North Cotabato -do-
3) Sarangani -do-
3) South Cotabato -do-
4) Sultan Kudarat -do-
o. Region No. XIII CARAGA
1) Agusan Del Norte Zone No. V
2) Agusan Del Sur -do-
3) Dinagat Islands - do -
4) Surigao Del Norte -do-
5) Surigao Del Sur -do-
p. Autonomous Region of Muslim ARMM
Mindanao
1) Basilan Zone No. IV
2) Lanao Del Sur Zone No. V
3) Maguindanao -do-

5) Tawi-tawi Zone No. III

6) Sulu -do-
VIII. The description of Triangulation Station Balanacan (PPCS-PTM/PRS92) shall be as
follows:

Spheroid = Clarke 1866

Latitude = N 13° 33’ 41.000”

Longitude = E 121° 52’ 03.000”

Geoid-Spheroid separation = 0.34 meters

The azimuth from triangulation station “Balanacan” to triangulation station “Baltazar” is 9º

12’ 37.000” and the distance is 37,680.90 meters. The back azimuth is 189º 11’ 50.60”.

The description of the triangulation station, Balanacan, is as follows:

Balanacan (Marinduque Province, O.W. Ferguson, 1906, 1907). On the highest hill at
the northwest point of Marinduque Island. Salvaria Island in the entrance of Looc Bay
bears N. 9º E., distance 3 kilometers, and the highest point to the western one of the
two San Andres Islands bears S. 80º E., distance 3 kilometers. It is on the northwest
end of the hill, 10 meters northwest of the highest point, and is in a commanding
situation, seeing a hundred miles of the south coast of Luzon, much of the north and
west coasts of Marinduque, the coast of Mindoro and other islands. Station mark is the
center of a hole 1.5 centimeters in diameters and 6 centimeters deep, drilled at the
center of a triangle 16 centimeters on a side, cut in a hard rock. Reference mark is on a
hard, white boulder of about one cubic meter in volume, standing 80 centimeters above
the ground and 90 centimeters higher than the station. The mark is a hole 1.5
centimeters in diameter and 8 centimeters deep, at the center of a cross cut on top of
this stone. From the station, the reference mark is in azimuth 326º34’ and is distant
18.85 meters.
IX. Flowchart of Cadastral Survey

Note: Review Std symbols for flowcharting

X. Notification of Cadastral Survey to Public:

A. The General Public Notice in English is as follows:

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Land Management Services, Region ____

CADASTRAL SURVEY PROJECT)

:
___________________________ )

SUBJECT: Cadastral Project No. _____

Cadastral Survey of the
Municipality of ______,
Province of _________

1) Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1851 of the Administrative Code (Act No. 2711
as amended), notice is hereby given to all persons claiming interest therein and to
the general public that on the ________, 20 __ in the municipality of _________,
province of _______ a cadastral survey of all lands situated within the boundaries of
the said municipality will be commenced by the __________ .

2) In accordance with Section 1853 of the said Code, the geodetic engineers and other
employees of the __________ shall have the full authority of law to enter upon the
above mentioned lands for the purpose of making the survey and placing monument
thereon; it is the duty of all persons claiming said lands or interest therein to fully
inform the said geodetic engineer and other employees concerning the boundaries of
their respective land claims.

3) Any person who shall willfully refuse to give such information or shall in any manner
interface with the survey and placing of the monuments, or shall after the location
of the same, or shall deface, destroy or remove the said monuments, or remove
notice of survey posted upon the land shall be liable to prosecution under the
provision of Section 2753 of the Administration Code, as amended by Act No. 3077.

4) Practicing geodetic engineers are hereby requested to submit to the Land

Management Services, within sixty (60) days from __________ 20____, a list of the
isolated surveys being made within the aforementioned cadastral project and another
list of contracts for isolated survey entered into a good faith by them prior to
_________ . Isolated surveys not listed as herein required will not be accepted for
verification and approval.

5) Upon the completion of this cadastral survey, a process of adjudication of a titles to

the land included in the said survey in favor of all persons entitled thereto under the
law will be conducted in the DENR Regional Office No. ____ in _____________
through the Lands Management Services (LMS).

6) The full cooperation of all land owners and other members of the community is being
requested to be extended to the geodetic engineer engaged in the project. This
cooperation may be expressed in the form of furnishing all desired information
concerning property boundaries, refraining from disturbing the planted monuments,
allowing the access of the survey team in their respective properties, and other
means as may be found appropriate and feasible in each case.
B. The following certificate shall be attached to one copy of the notice in each language and
local dialect:

“ I hereby certify that on this date, ____________, 20 ___, in accordance with

provisions of Section 1, Act 2259, as amended, I posted a copy of the attached notice of
survey at the following described points: ________________ and on the principal building
in the Barangay of ________________, Municipality of ________________, Province of
________________.”

_________________________
Geodetic Engineer
Chief of Party, _________Cadastre
Cad- ________
XI. Notification to Lot Claimants in a Cadastral Survey:

A. The Survey Notification Letter in English is shown as follows:

Survey Notification Letter

Cadastral Survey No. ________
Municipality of ________
Province of ________

TO:
Name of Claimant/ Reg. Number or
Adjoining Signature (If
Claimants or Address representative, write the
Authorized name of claimant being
Representatives represented)

You are hereby notified that the property, situated in the Sitio of ______________,
Barangay of ________________, Municipality of ________________, Province of
_______________ initially designated as Lot No. ________ and being claimed by
________________, will be subjected to a boundary delimitation agreement process,
preparatory to its survey, by and among the concerned land claimants and to be presided
by the undersigned on _____________, starting at ________(AM/PM). A lot sketching
activity shall be conducted on the same day to reflect on sketch plan the agreement o
both parties. The Regional Executive Director has given due notice to the general public
on the conduct of the Cadastral Survey in the municipality in accordance with the provision
of Section 1 of Act No. 2259, entitled “The Cadastral Act” as amended by Section 1850 of
the Revised Administrative Code, Act 2711.

As the adjoining owner, you are requested to appear either personally or through your
representative or agent and be on the premises at the above-stated time and date to
exhibit and/or furnish all pertinent information in your possession to the undersign or the
duly representative of the survey party concerning the boundary lines of said property,
participate in their location or establishment and sketching and signify your conformity or
disagreement therewith, all in accordance with Sections 2 and 4 of said Act as amended
by Sections 1852 and 1854, respectively, of the Revised Administrative Code, Act 2711.

You or your representative’s failure to appear shall be initially treated as a default on

your part, and within 30 days following the boundary agreement date, during which you
may examine the result of the boundary establishment, if no disagreement or protest by
letter is received from you by the undersigned, it shall be deemed that you agree to its
result and your non-appearance shall be considered a waiver to participate

__________________________
Geodetic Engineer/Chief of Party

Office Address ______________________

 Copy for:
________________________
________________________

NOTE: If a copy of this notice was served personally, the signature of the person notified
should be secured. If he refuses to sign, this fact should be stated and shall be
attested to by the Chairman of Barangay. If the notice was sent by registered mail,
the registry number should be stated in the last columns. All notices should be
received with at least 15 days lead time before date of the boundary agreement
process.

B. The following certificate shall be attached to one copy of the notice in each language and
local dialect:

I certify that on this date _________ , 19 ____ in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2 of Act 2259, as amended, I have caused copies of the foregoing notice in the
local dialect to be distributed to the local claimants of land located in the Barangay of
______, Municipality of _________, Province of ______ and have caused copies of said
notice to be posted in prominent and public places in the district and copies of said notice
to be posted in prominent and public places in the district and copies of said notice in the
English, Spanish, and Filipino languages and the local dialect were also posted in the
municipal and the Barangay buildings of said municipality.

_______________________
Geodetic Engineer
Chief of Party, _________Cadastre
Cad- ________
XII. Parcel Information Sheet Form

PARCEL INFORMATION SHEET

Cadastral Survey No. ______
Lot No. __________

Date: ________ Time: _________ Brgy.: ___________ Mun.: _____________

________________________________________________________________
Name of Owner/s : _________________ Signature : __________________
_________________ __________________
___________________________________________________________________
Name of Claimants/Occupants Lot No. Signature to signify
of adjoining lots : conformity:
_________________ _______ __________________
_________________ _______ __________________
_________________ _______ __________________
_________________ _______ __________________
_________________ _______ __________________

___________________________________________________________________

SKETCH OF THE LOT

SPECIFIC LAND USE ________________________ CULTIVATION/IMPROVEMENTS

(residential, commercial, industrial,
_________________________________
agricultural, institutional, reserve.)
_________________________________
_________________________________

We hereby certify that the information contained herein are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge and belief, except the indicated distances, which may be approximate.

_______________________________ ____________________
Land Management Officer/Adjudicator Barangay Representative

__________________________
Geodetic Engineer/Chief of Party

Note: All distances are approximate and are subject to final survey. As per agreement of both
parties, the lot corners whenever feasible will be marked with concrete monuments.
XIII. Flowchart for Isolated Survey
XV. Classification and Standard of Accuracy (As per Section 28, DAO 2007-29)

SPECIFICATION T R A V E R S E

Primary Secondary Tertiary

Spacing of stations Between 100 m. 100 m. to 500 As required

to 1,000 m m.

Area to be controlled Over 15,000 1,500 to Less than

(hectares) 15,000 1,500

* Angular error of
closure not to exceed 2”.5 √P 10”.0√S 30”.√T

No. of observations:
Positions with 1” 2 1 as required
Theo.

Sets with 20” or 30” 6 D/R for interior 4 D/R for interior clamped plate
transit and exterior angle for circuit
angles and loop
traverse
clamped

** Linear error of 0.0001 Pp 0.0002 Ps 0.05 t

closure not to exceed (5cm per km) (10cm per km) (20cm per km)

Azimuth reading 1” 10” to 15 “ 30” to 1 minute

Instrument least 1” Theo 20” to 1” Theo or 20” 1 minute transit

reading 30” transit to 30” transit

Astronomic obsn: 8 or 4, am and 4 or 2,am and

No. of series night or 4,pm 2,pm
day

Probable error of
astro. obsn not to 5” 10” 15”
exceed

Azimuth checks not to 20” 30” as required

exceed

No. of stations
between azimuth 25 35 50
checks not to exceed

*** Distance Nearest mm. Nearest mm. Nearest cm.

Measurement with Cs, C t, Cp with Cs, Ct, Cp measured once
Cg and Csl Cg and Csl
measured twice measured twice

Probable error
 12.0 mm.
Vertical accuracy multiplied by the
square roots of
the Distance

Relative error after 1:20,000 1:10,000 1:5,000

azimuth adjustment

* P, S, T is the no. of stations

** P p, P p, P t is the perimeter of the control
*** Cs, Ct, Cp, Cg, & CsI is correction due to sag, temperature, pull, grade & sea
level

SPECIFICATION TRIANGULATION

Spacing of stations 1-3 Km 1 Km Consistent

not to exceed with good sighting

Angular observations
Position with 1” 2 2 as required
theodolite

Set with 20-30” transit 6 D/R for interior 4 D/R for interior 2 D/R
and exterior and exterior
angle angle

Triangle closure not to 5” 10” 30”

exceed Base
Measurement:

Probable error 1:40,000 as required as required

not to exceed

Check on based not to 1:20,000 1:10,000 1:5,000

exceed
XVI. Physiographic Features

A. Foreshore Land

Foreshoreland – refers to that part of the shore which is alternately covered and
uncovered by the ebb and flow of the (equinoctial) tide.
Shoreline – is the line along the sea coast reached by the highest Equinoctial
Tide.
Salvage Zone – is an easement of lands bordering the seas, gulfs, bays, or ports
measured landward from the interior limit of the shoreline.
Easement of Coast Police- is the obligation to leave a Right-of-Way Six (6)
meters wide within the Salvage Zone.
Buffer 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 forests. This is usually between 50 to 100 meters measured from
the shoreline and towards inland and includes the salvage zone
B. Bodies of Water Bordering Lots (Article 11, DAO 2007-29)

For the purposed of the manual, the following are defined:

1. Arroyo - shall be a narrow natural bed or channel through which the water flows
continuously or intermittently throughout the year.

2. Estero - shall be any bed or channel trough which stagnant, dirty or salt water flows under
the influence of the tides.

3. Creek - is stream of water longer than a brook that empties into the rivers.

4. River - shall be any wide natural bed or channel through w/c water flows continuously or
intermittently throughout the year.

5. Lake - shall be considerable inland body of standing water, also an expanded part of a
river.
6. Pond - is a body of water naturally or artificially confined and usually smaller than a lake.

7. Pool - is a small body of standing stagnant water.

8. Seacoast - is a shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean.

9. Natural bed or channel of arroyos, esteros, creek or rivers - shall be the ground within
the banks covered by water during the highest floods which does not cause inundation.

10. Navigable esteros or rivers - shall be those which contain sufficient water to allow rafts,
boat, cascos, etc., to float thereon and engage in transportation or other activities.

11. Buffer zone – shall refer to a strip of land with natural or established vegetation which
provides an added layer of protection to the natural forest including mangrove forest.
(Section 57, DAO 2007-29)
XVII. Procedures and Formulas

A. Survey Instrument Operations:

1. Electronic Total station Operation:

a. Based on the Network Design, determine the route to be followed. The observer
should properly note down the designation of the monuments set on the ground.

b. Occupy the first monument with the tripod’s center approximately above the center
mark of the said monument. The tripod screw must be tightened to secure its legs.

c. The ETS must be placed at the tripod head and securely mounted on it using the
threaded centering screw. However, the screw is loosened slightly to enable the
instrument to be shifted laterally on the tripod head for precise positioning over the
monument center point.

d. Initially level the instrument over the mark by centering the circular bubble by
adjusting the tripod legs. Tighten screws on the tripod legs. Be sure also that the
tribrach is securely fastened.

e. To accurately level the instrument, use the leveling screw and simultaneously check
its position using the optical plummet as against the center marking of the monument.
When exactly over the center of monument mark, tighten the tripod centering screw
to securely fasten the instrument on the tripod.

f. Check if the circular bubble is in the center of the circular bull’s eye spirit vial. If off-
centered, it means that the instrument is not in the level position. It may be centered
by adjusting the tripod legs. Check also that the cross hair of the optical plummet is
centered on the station mark.

g. If the circular vial bubble is still off-centered, level the instrument using the tubular
plate level vial by rotating the instruments alidade so that the tubular spirit vial on the
top plate is parallel to an imaginary line running through the centers of any pair of
leveling screws. The bubble in the tube is centered by rotating those two screws
simultaneously in a direction either towards each other or away from each other.

h. Next, the instrument is rotated 90˚, and the bubble is centered in the tube with the
one screw that was not used before. This process with the plate level vial is repeated
for additional 90˚ revolutions of the instrument until the bubble remains centered in all
positions.

i. Simultaneous with the setting up and leveling of the ETS on one station, the prism at
the same time, is being set up on the tripod over the other point.

j. The ETS is turned on. Observe the instrument’s warm up and battery check.
Atmospheric correction factor, prism constant, etc. may be entered into the
instrument, if needed, at the end of battery check.

k. The operating mode shall be set with a switch on Fine Measuring Mode. Other data
such as height of instrument, elevation of the ground, coordinates of the point, etc.
may be entered into the instrument;
 l. The telescope is aimed at the backsight station and the upper-and lower-motion
clamps are tightened.

m. The ETS is then approximately aimed at the prism(s) using the attached sighting
device and accurately centering the line of sight using the theodolite telescope. If the
other end of the line is too far for visual confirmation, the proper alignment with the
prism(s) can be determined upon hearing an audible tone.

n. The measurement shall only be started upon making sure that the signal between the
ETS and the prism is stable. The proper alignment and the absence of obstructions
are indicated by optimized return signal level which shall be displayed by the
instrument.

o. The instrument shall be switched to horizontal angle mode and set to zero (the value
h = 00.00.00 is displayed on the LCD or LED). The vertical angle mode shall also be
switch and set to zero (the value v = 00.00.00 is displayed).

p. Measurement of both the angles (horizontal and vertical) and distances shall be
made by pressing appropriate switch or button; on some instruments, measurement
is made automatically when the return signal is optimized. Both the horizontal and
slope distances shall be recorded. Each primary line shall be measured ten (10)
times and must have a rejection limit of not greater than 0.005 meter from the mean.

q. Transfer the instrument to the next station as per Network Design, upon acquisition of
sufficient number of observations. Cautions should be taken when transferring from
one station to another due to the sensitivity of the electronic component of the
instrument.

2. Engineer’s Transit

a. Based on the sketch of the lot and with consideration on the situation of adjoining
lots, extent of man-made structures and presence of natural features, determine the
route to be followed. The observer should properly note down the designation of the
corner monuments planted on the ground.

b. Orient the instrument at the first monument (presently occupied) with the magnetic
meridian.

c. Loosen the upper motion and rotate the instrument about its vertical axis and sight on
the monument at the backsight (the monument preceding monument presently
occupied). Tighten upper motion and bisect the backsight monument at its center rod
with the upper tangent screw.

d. Read the inner circle at vernier A of the engineers transit. Record this as the azimuth
of the first monument.

e. Read the compass box. Record the reading pointed by the N-end of the compass
needle as the magnetic bearing of the line from the first monument to the backsight
monument.

f. Loosen upper motion and sight on the foresight monument (the monument next to
the monument presently occupied). Tighten upper motion and bisect the foresight
monument at its center rod with the upper tangent screw.

g. As in steps (d) to (e), read and record the azimuth and magnetic bearing.
h. Read and record the stadia distance and difference in elevation from the monument
occupied (first monument) to the foresight monument (second monument).

i. Measure by tape and record the distance from first to second monument.

j. Observe the following before transferring instrument to the 2nd monument:

1) Clamp telescope in a vertical position.

2) Tighten needle lifter of the compass.

3) Loosen lower motion and leave upper motion clamped.

4) Bring leveling screws to the same height and center instrument on the foot plate.

5) Loosen all screws of the tripod legs.

6) Hold the plumb bob or detach it from the tripod and keep it in the instrument box.

7) Bring the legs of tripod together and carry the instrument under the arm or on the
shoulder.

k. Set up the transit over the 2nd monument.

l. Check the recorded azimuth of 1 st to 2 nd monuments (the azimuth at the 1 st occupied

monument when the 2nd monument was sighted) from vernier A inner circle. Note
down under remarks if vernier A inner circle reading varies from recorded reading.

m. Backsight at the 1st occupied monument with inverted position of the telescope
tightening lower motion and bisecting it at its center rod with the lower tangent screw.

n. Loosen upper motion and foresight on the rd3 monument with telescope inverted.
Tighten upper motion and bisect the 3 rd monument at its center rod with the upper
tangent screw.
nd
o. Read inner circle reading at vernier B. Record this as the azimuth of the 2
monument to 3rd monument.

p. Record the reading pointed by the S-end of the needle of the compass box.

q. Read and record the stadia distance and difference in elevation from the monument
occupied (2nd monument) to the foresight monument (3rd monument)

r. Measure with tape and record the distance from 2nd to 3rd monument.

s. Follow step (j) and transfer instrument to 3rd monument.

t. Set up the instrument over 3rd monument.

u. Check the recorded azimuth of the 2 nd to 3 rd monument from vernier B inner circle
reading. Note down the actual reading as in step (l).

v. Backsight at 2nd monument with direct position of the telescope.

w. Loosen upper motion and foresight on the 4 th monument with direct position of the
telescope. Tighten upper motion and bisect 4 th monument at its center rod with the
 x. Record inner circle reading at vernier A. Record this as the azimuth of the 3rd
monument to 4th monument.

y. Read the compass box. Record the reading pointed by the N-end of the compass
needle as the magnetic bearing of the line from the 3rd monument to 4th monument.

z. Read and record the stadia distance and difference in elevation from the monument
occupied (3rd monument) to the foresight monument (4th monument).

aa. Measure by tape and record the distance from 3rd to 4th monument.

bb. Transfer the instrument to the 4th monument. Follow steps (l) and (m) this time
backsighting at the 3rd monument and foresighting at the next monument until the
observation returns to the point of origin (1st monument). Record the usual
observations stated in step (o) to (r).

B. Astronomical Observations

1. Time Determination

Tangent ½T = √ cos S sec (S-P) sin (S-H) csc(S-L)

Where:

T = Hour angle of the observed celestial body

S = ½ (P+H+L)

H = Observed altitude of the celestial body, corrected for refraction in case of

stars and parallax and refraction in the case of the sun.

L = Latitude of the place of the observation.

P = North polar distance of the celestial body

2. Latitude Determination

a. By Polaris or Circumpolar star:

Lat = h-p cos t + ½ p² sin² t tan h sin 1“

Where:

h = corrected mean observed altitude

t = hour angle of Polaris or any circumpolar star (difference between sidereal

time and the star’s right ascension)

p = polar distance in second of Polaris or any circumpolar star.

b. By Sun or star at meridian passage:

For the star’s and the sun’s center south of the zenith but north of the equator:

L=Z+D
 L = Latitude of observer

Z = Zenith distance of celestial body

D = Declination

3. Procedure for Solar Observation for azimuth determination:

a. Set up the instrument over the station and level the instrument.

b. Set the vernier plate or micrometer reading to 00°00’ 00’ and sight the rearward
station, the azimuth of which is to be determined using the lower motion and lowe
tangent screw.

c. Screw the colored prismatic glass to the eyepiece and using the upper motion an
upper tangent screw turn the telescope toward the sun.

d. Observe the sun in accordance with the following tangent positions and record the
time, vertical angle or zenith distance and horizontal angle for each sighting as shown
by the following example:

Set Telescope Time Horizontal Circle Zenith

Position Reading Angle
I (1)
D 8:34:10 69-56-03 50-58-39
(2)
8:34:39 70-41-18 50-20-20
(3)
R 8:35:36 250-47-55 309-22-44
(4)
8:36:19 250-11-41 310-04-00
II (5)
R 8:36:48 250-15-26 309-38-47
(6)
8:37:18 251-01-00 310-17-35
(7)
R 8:38:25 71-10-11 50-00-35
(8)
8:38:57 70-32-26 49-20-43

(1) Telescope direct (5) Telescope reverse

(2) Telescope direct (6) Telescope reverse
(3) Telescope reverse (7) Telescope direct
(4) Telescope reverse (8) Telescope direct

e. After the eight sightings, turn the telescope to the rearward station using the uppe
motion then read and record the horizontal angle. The time interval between
successive sightings shall in no case exceed two minutes. The eight sightings
constitute one series of observation and shall be completed within twenty minutes
otherwise the results shall be voided and another series shall be made.

f. The allowable horizontal a closure shall be within +/- 30 seconds of arc and must be
g. After the observations have completed, test the accuracy of observations by
determining the rate of motion of the sun. This is to detect any mistake in the
observations and to be able to make additional series as required.

The test for solar variation shall be made by horizontal and vertical variation methods
as follows:

1) To find the variation in horizontal angle divide the difference in horizontal angle
readings by the corresponding difference in time. Combinations are from any two
horizontals readings from the left-side of the telescope vertical cross-hairs or any
two readings from the right-side of the vertical cross-hairs.

HVar = (Hn – H m)
(Tn – Tm)

(1) (4-1) (5) (8-4) (9) (7-2)

(2) (5-1) (6) (8-5) (10) (6-3)

(3) (8-1) (7) (3-2) (11) (7-3)

(4) (5-4) (8) (6-2) (12) (7-6)

2) To find the variation of vertical angle divide the difference in vertical angle
readings by the corresponding difference in time. Combinations are from any two
vertical readings from the upper-side of the telescope horizontal cross-hair or any
two readings from the lower-side of the horizontal cross-hair.

Vvar = (Vn – Vm)

(Tn – Tm)

(1) (3-1) (5) (7-3) (9) (8-2)

(2) (5-1) (6) (7-5) (10) (6-4)

(3) (7-1) (7) (4-2) (11) (8-4)

(4) (5-3) (8) 6-2) (12) (8-6)

In both cases, the results should not differ from the mean variation by more than
two seconds of arc per second of time. Other combinations using the mean of a
direct and reverse positions shall be used to determine the variation.

Additional safeguard against mistake in observations shall be determined by

noting that the average apparent angular diameter of the suns is about thirty-two
minutes of arc divided by secant of altitude in horizontal.
4. Observations on circumpolar star for azimuth at elongation:

Cos t = tan L cot D

Sin Z = sin P sec L

Where:

t = hour angle of the star at western elongation, and

t = 24 – t at eastern elongation

L = latitude of place

D = declination of star

P = north polar distance of star

The time shall be determined from the following formulas:

S = αstar + tstar

S = (αsun + 12h) + T

Where:

S = side real time

αstar = right ascension of star

T = local civil time

Tstar = hour angle of star

αsun= right ascension of sun

5. The procedure for observing stars for azimuth at elongation shall be as follows:

a. Find sidereal time of elongation:

1) Compute the hour angle (t) of the star of elongation

cos t = tan L cot D

2) Add the hour angle for western or eastern elongation to the right ascension of the
star to get sidereal time.

b. Find the local civil time at the same instant.

a) Determine the (αsun + 12h) corrected for longitude.

b) Subtract the result of (a) for the sidereal time determine in step (1). The
result is sidereal interval which shall be converted to local civil time by the
application of correction from sidereal into mean solar time.
 c. Set the instrument over the station in position at least thirty minutes before the time of
elongation.

d. Set the micrometer (vernier) reading to approximately 00°00 ‘00” and sight the
azimuth mark.

e. About five minutes before elongation bisect the star with the cross wires and follow it
as it moves toward elongation using the tangent screw.

f. At elongation, read and record the horizontal angle and time.

g. Reverse the telescope, bisect the star again and read and record the horizontal angle
and time.

h. Return the telescope to the azimuth mark and check the closing reading.

6. Formula for determining azimuth of a line by observations on the sun or stars at any hour
angle:

Cot ½ A = √ sec S sec (S-P) sin (S-H) sin (S-L)

The result shall be checked using the formula:

Cos A = tanH tanL – cosP secH secL

In both formulas:

A = angle between the celestial body and the south

H = observed altitude of the celestial body corrected for refraction in

case of stars and for parallax and refraction in the case of the sun.

L = Latitude of the place of observation

P = north polar distance of the observed celestial body

S = ½ (P+ H + L)

P = 90 - D when the declination is north, and

P = 90 +D when the declination is south.

D = apparent declination of the observed celestial body. The signs of D

should be reversed for south declinations.

In the morning the azimuth of sun is 360° - A and in the afternoon, the azimuth of sun is
equal to A. If the station mark is left of the sun, the horizontal angle is to be subtracted
from the azimuth of the observed celestial body; if to the right it is to be added.

C. Projection System Transformation

1. Philippine Plane Coordinate System

a. Transformation: Local Coordinate to Grid

b. Transformation: Grid to Geographic
c. Transformation: Geographic to Grid
XVIII. List of Friar Lands

Name of Estates
and Provinces Location Area in Hectares

Bataan
1. Orion Orion, Bataan 935.4741

Bulacan

1. Binagbag Angat, Bulacan 281.8099

2. Dampol Plaridel, Bulacan 926.4915
3. Guiguinto Guiguinto, Bulacan 929.9936
4. Lolomboy Bocae, Marilao, San Jose del
Monte & Sta. Maria, Bulacan 5,207.8943
5. Malinta Polo, Bulacan
3,514.8021
Malolos, Bulacan
6. Matamo 11.7290
Calumpit, Bulacan
7. San Marcos 87.3289
Angat, Bigaa, Bucaue, Bustos,
8. Sta. Maria de
Sta. Maria & Pandi,Bulacan
Pandi 10,1 53.4477

Cavite
1. Imus Imus, Bacoor, Kawit, & 17,166.3660
Dasmarinas,
Cavite
2. Naic 7,270. 5635
Naic & Indang, Cavite
3. Sta. Cruz de 9,558.6963
Malabon Tanza, Cavite

4. San Francisco de General Trias & Rosario, 11,128.4573

Malabon Cavite

Cebu
1. Banilad Cebu City 1,873.8061
2.Talisay - Minglanilla
Talisay & Minglanilla, Cebu 8,154.9058

Isabela
1. Isabela Aurora, Antatet,San Mateo,
Cabatuan, Isabela 19,506.9267

Laguna
1. Binan Binan, Laguna 3,563.7399

2. Calamba Calamba, Laguna 13,364.9758

3. Sta. Rosa Sta. Rosa, Laguna 5,413.3436

Occidental Mindoro
1. San Jose Sa Jose, Occ. Mindoro 22,484.8150
XIX. Monument Recovery Sheet
XX. GNSS Field Sheet
XXI. Final Notification to the Lot Claimants covered by On-going Cadastral Survey Project

A. The Final Notification Letter in English which also known as “30-day notice” is shown as
follows:

PUBLIC NOTICE

All persons claiming land within the Barangay of _______ municipality of ________,
who have lot filed claim to such parcels of lands in connection with the cadastral survey,
are hereby notified to do so at the office of the cadastral survey party within 30 days from
the date hereof to given notice or enter such protest as the case may require to protect
their rights as claimants, or to protest against any action of the geodetic engineer or survey
made by him, in default wherefore it shall be understood that there are no further claims or
pending protests.
____________________
Chief of party _____Cadastre
Cad - ___________

i. The following certificate shall be attached to one copy of the notice in each
language and local dialect:

“I hereby certify that copies if the attached notices were posted in conspicuous places
in the Barangay of _______ on ______ 20 ____ and on the municipal building of
_________.

________________________
Chief of party _______ Cadastre
Cad - __________
XXII. Plotting of BBIM and MBIM

Barangay Boundary and Index Maps (BBIM) and Municipal Boundary and Index Maps (MBIM)
shall be prepared and drawn in the grid system on drafting material of stable base and of
uniform size of 54 x 54 centimeters, using a scale based on the maximum differences in
nothings or easting, which ever is bigger, tabulated as follows:

Maximum difference in coordinates Scale to be used

0 to 2400 1 : 8000

2400 to 3600 1 : 12000

3600 to 4800 1 : 16000

4800 to 6000 1 : 20000

6000 to 9000 1 : 30000

9000 to 12000 1 : 40000

12000 to 18000 1 : 60000

18000 to 24000 1 : 80000

24000 to 30000 1 : 100000

30000 to 36000 1 : 120000

36000 to 45000 1 : 150000

45000 to 60000 1 : 200000

60000 to 75000 1 : 250000

75000 to 90000 1 : 300000

 XXIII. System of Numbering Cadastral Maps

A. The extreme west and east meridians and the stream south and north parallels of
cadastral maps in scale of 1:4000 shall be full minute’s meridians and parallels,
respectively.

1. The latitude and longitude of the point of intersection of the extreme west meridian
and extreme south parallel of each spheroidal quadrangle shall be used to designate
the corresponding map number of the quadrangle. If the latitude and longitude of the
point of intersection of the extreme west meridian and extreme south parallel of the
maps are 14˚ 49’ N and 120˚ 54’ E, respectively, the map shall be numbered as
follows:

CM14° 49’ N - 120° 54’ E.

2. Sectional cadastral maps in the scales of 1:2000 may be prepared to indicate the
NW, NE, SE, and SW section of the standard cadastral maps and shall be numbered,
respectively as follows:

NW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.1

NE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.2
SE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.3
SW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.4

3. Sectional cadastral maps in the scale 1:1000 may be prepared to indicate NW, NE,
SE and SW quadrant sections of the sectional cadastral maps scale 1:2000 and shall
be numbered, respectively as follows:

NW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.1-A

NE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.2-B
SE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.3-C
SW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.4-D

4. Sectional cadastral maps in the scale 1:500 may be prepared to indicate NW, NE,
SE, and SW quadrant sections of the sectional cadastral maps of scale 1:1000 and
shall be numbered, respectively as follows:

NW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.1-A-NW

NE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.2-A-NE
SE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.3-A-SE
SW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.4-A-SW

5. Sectional cadastral maps in the scale 1:250 may be prepared to indicate NW, NE, SE
and SW quadrant sections of the sectional cadastral map scale 1:500 and shall be
numbered, respectively as follows:

NW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.1-A-NW-1

NE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.2-A-NE-2
SE Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.3-A-SE-3
SW Quadrant CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec.4-A-SW-4

B. Other sectional cadastral maps on larger scale may be likewise prepared. The general rule
in numbering sectional cadastral map is as follows:

The first sectional cadastral map number shall be assigned to the top left (NW) quadrant;
XXIV. Scales to be used in Plotting Isolated Survey Plans

Scale to be used Maximum Difference in Coordinates

1 : 100 0 to 30 meters

1 : 200 30 to 60 meters

1 : 300 60 to 90 meters

1 : 400 90 to 120 meters

1 : 500 120 to 150 meters

1 : 600 150 to 180 meters

1 : 800 180 to 240 meters

1 : 1000 240 to 300 meters

1 : 2000 300 to 600 meters

1 : 3000 600 to 900 meters

1 : 4000 900 to 1200 meters

1 : 5000 1200 to 1500 meters

1 : 6000 1500 to 1800 meters

1 : 8000 1800 to 2400 meters

1 : 10000 2400 to 3000 meters

 XXV. Illustrations for Uniform inscriptions on the ”Notes” of the Isolated
Survey Plans:

1. Description of corners as:

a) All corners marked “P.S.” are cylindrical concrete monuments 15 x 50

centimeters.

b) All corners not otherwise described are stakes (or pegs, or “x” on boulders or
concrete nail on wall or tree).

2. Adverse claims as:

a) Lot 2 is claimed by Juan de la Cruz

b) Lot 3 is a portion of Psu-610427 as surveyed for Bien Cruz.

3. Relation with any cadastral or public land subdivision survey project or reservation (if
survey is near a known reservation), as:

a) This survey is outside Cad 69, Pagsanjan Cadastre.

b) This is outside Ancestral Domain/Lands

c) This is outside Fort Bonifacio reservation

4. If lot is a portion of undecreed cadastral lot, the cadastral lot number pertaining to
said portion, as:

Lot 7 = Lot 2010, Cad-666, Famy Cadastre

5. Classification of lot, as:

a) For survey inside classified/unclassified forest:

This survey is within classified/unclassified forest and therefore shall not be the
basis for registration or titling purposes.

b) For original survey:

This survey is inside the alienable and disposable area, Block B, Project No. 4-A,
Land Classification Map No. 2423 for the Province of Surigao

The survey was approved based on the investigation report submitted by Deputy
Public Land Investigator Jack Ibagbaga dated April 27, 1961.

c) For complex subdivisions

This subdivision survey is in conformity with the approved subdivision scheme.

 XXVI. Title of an Isolated Survey Plans:

ORIGINAL SURVEY __________ Surveyed: ___________ Approved: _____________

Card/Pls/Gss______________________________________________________________
Lot No. _____________________ Patent No. ___________ Date _________________
Decree No. _____________ Date _______________ LRC Rec. No. _____________
OTC No. ______________ Dated ______________ Issued to _________________
TCT No. ______________ Dated ______________ Issued to ________________

PLAN OF LAND

AS SURVEYED FOR

(Name of Claimant)

SITUATED IN THE

URBAN CODE _________________________________________________

BARANGAY OF ________________________________________________
MUN/ CITY OF _________________________________________________
PROVINCE OF _________________________________________________
ISLAND OF ____________________________________________________
Containing an area of ____________ _________________________Sq. M.

PPCS-TM/PRS-92 ZONE NO. :

BEARINGS :
SCALE :
(GRAPHICAL SCALE) :

I hereby certify that this is a correct plan of the survey made by me personally or
under my direct supervision in conformity with the provision of RA 8560, as amended,
otherwise known as “The Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998” and the rules and
regulations of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

I further certify that this plan accurately indicates the boundaries of the property as
pointed to me on the ground by the survey claimant or his authorized representative
and/or based on the available legal and/or official technical documents and that I
assume full responsibility for the technical correctness of the survey and accuracy of the
monument setting.

Date of Survey:

Geodetic Engineer
PRC ID No. ___________ Date _____________
PTR No. _____________ Date _____________
TIN No. _________________________________
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Land Management Services
Regional office _____
_______________
(Location of Office)

The survey plotted herein is found to be in order as per submitted survey returns
of the Geodetic Engineer and therefore recommended for approval.

Chief, Regional Surveys Division

Date Approved: __________________

(This approved plan, however, shall not be construed as title to the land)

Regional Technical Director for Lands

Date Date Remarks Documents

Submitted / Returned Received by:
Re-submitted

Printed Name & Signature Date

Position verified by: __________________________________________________________

Projected on PM _____________ N _____________ E by __________________________
Field notes checked by: _______________________________________________________
Traverse Computation checked by: ______________________________________________
Astronomical Computation checked by: ___________________________________________
Lot Data Computation checked by: ______________________________________________
Plotted/Inked by: _____________________________________________________________
Traced by: __________________________________________________________________
Checked and verified by: _______________________________________________________

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER DATE OF APPROVAL

 XIV- ISOLATED SURVEY RETURN CHECKLIST REQU

1. Survey envelope with plastic cover

2. Survey verification fee payment 26. payment of cadast
needed
3. Transmittal letter of survey return 27. BF AR survey auth
4. Original drafting film plan/indicate easements, improvements(lat/long) 28. BFAR endorsemen
etc.
5. Copy of latest tax declaration 29. Request for advan
6. Lot data computation 30. DENR survey auth
7. Traverse computation 31. certified extracts o
8. Reference computation(certified) 32. certified extracts o
9. Boundary computation (certified if untitled) 33. payment fee for ad
10. Astronomical computation 34. surrender of tracin
11. Field notes with cover duly notarized 35. certified Xerox cop
12. Survey Notification Letter 36. HLURB/LGU appro
13. Documentary stamp on field notes 37. Affidavit of loss of
14. GE certificate duly notarized 38. Request for author
15. Affidavit of private ownership 39. Print copy of previo
16. Affidavit of Joint registration (if more than 1 lot) 40. PPA clearance cer
original surveys adjace
17. Certification fee 41. DENR turnover of
M.C. 14, if not inside D
18. CENRO certification on LC status 42. GE narrative repor
19. CENRO survey authority with copy of inspection report 43. Supporting docum
20. CENRO endorsement 44. approved scheme

21. DAR survey authority (or contract) 45. Resolution from SB

22. MARO/PARO endorsement 46. Development perm
23. CENRO certification on lot disposition status 47. DAR clearance/PA
24. LRA certification that the lot is not or has not been subject of a land
registration case
25. Request for issuance of advance plan stating purpose
 REQUIREMENTS FOR ISOLATED S

KINDS OF SURVEY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 14 15 1
3 6

1.PSD,PCS,PCN V V V V V V X X V X V V

2. PSD,PCS(AR) V V V V V X X V X V V

3.CSD,CCS,CCN V V V V V X X V V V

4.CSD,CCS(AR) V V V V V X X V X V V

5.PSU V V V V V V V V X V V V V V

6.PSU(Amd) V V V V V V V V V X V V V V V V

7.FP.H V V V V V V V X V V V V

8.MSI,MSC V V V V V V V X V V V V

9.MLI,MLC V V V V V V X X V V V V

10.FLI,FLC V V V V V V X X V V V V

11.FIS V V V V V V X X V V V V

12.SGS V V V V V VV V V X V V V V

13.RECLAIMED V V V V V V V X V V V V
LANDS
14.RS V V V V V V V X V V V V

15.REL V V V V V V V V X V V V V

16.VS V V V V V V V V V V V V V

17.AS V V V V V X X V V V V

18.AP V V V V V V X * V

19.TRUE COPY OF X V
PLAN
20.SWO V V V V V V X V V V V

21.CVN V V V V V V V V V V V

22.PSD,PCS,PCN,
HOUSING/COMPLEX
 REQUIREMENTS FOR ISOLATED S

KINDS OF SURVEY 26 27 28 29 30 3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
1

1.PSD,PCS,PCN V V

2. PSD,PCS(AR) V V

3.CSD,CCS,CCN V

4.CSD,CCS(AR) V

5.PSU

6.PSU(Amd) V V V V

7.FP.H

8.MSI,MSC

9.MLI,MLC X

10.FLI,FLC V

11.FIS V V V

12.SGS

13.RECLAIMED V
LANDS
14.RS V

15.REL V V

16.VS X V V

17.AS V V V V X

18.AP V

19.TRUE COPY OF
PLAN
20.SWO

21.CVN V X

22.PSD,PCS,PCN, V
HOUSING/COMPLEX