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______ shall pursue as a priority, the

unification, synchronization and regula-
tion of all surveys on, but not limited to,
agricultural lands, mineral lands, forest-
lands, protected areas, civil and military DENR
reservations, road networks and lands
for other purposes and expedite the con-
duct, verification and approval of surveys
thereon.
__________- shall refer to the result of
a Cadastral Survey, drawn to appropri-
ate scale and showing all land parcels
and important natural and man-made Cadastral Map (CM)
features within a municipality/project, for
purposes of describing and recording
ownership.
_______ - shall refer to a set of records
about parcels of land consisting of a spa-
tial reference and the related information
Cadastre
on the area, ownership/claims, value and
use of land primarily for taxation purpos-
es.
____________- shall refer to the es-
tablishment of the permanent forestland
Delimitation Survey
and protected area boundaries by con-
ducting actual ground survey.

__________-shall refer to a natural per-

son with professional expertise in the
field of surveying and the corresponding
survey data presentation in the form of
maps, plans, geo- spatial digital maps,
etc.; either in the government service or Geodetic Engineer (GE)
in the private practice, and who has been
issued a Certificate of Registration and
Identification Card by the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC)- Board of
Geodetic Engineering pursuant to Re-
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public Act 8560, the Geodetic Engineer-
ing Act, as amended.
_____________- is the standard gener-
ic term for satellite navigation systems Global Navigation Satellite System
that provide autonomous geo-spatial po- (GNSS)
sitioning with global coverage.
_________- shall refer to the official
recording of land ownership based on
the legal documents submitted to the Land Registration
Register of Deeds for the Province or
City where the land is located.
__________- shall refer to the descrip-
tion of a land parcel with its boundary
directions and distances, together with a
Metes and Bound
note of adjacent property owners, their
lot numbers, and other relevant natural
and man-made features.
___________- shall refer to any con-
crete object that is set permanently in the
Monument
ground to mark the position of a point or
a boundary corner.
_____________-deeds and other docu-
mentary evidence of title or ownership to Muniments of Titles
land.
______________- shall refer to a doc-
ument recording the boundary adjudi-
cation agreement by all concerned and
participating claimants or owners, in col-
laboration with the geodetic engineer, a
Barangay official, and adjudicator, indi- Parcel Information Sheets (PIS)
cating and describing the boundaries of
a land parcel and any natural features,
marks and occupations that are or near
the boundary in the manner prescribed
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_____________- shall refer to proper-
ties owned by the State but are not in-
Patrimonial Property
tended for public use, public service or
for the development of national wealth.
_____________- shall refer to a map
where all lots subject for verification and
approval are plotted to determine cas- Projection map
es of overlaps with previously approved
plans.
_____________- shall refer to the Philip-
pine Reference System of 1992, a na-
tional common coordinate reference sys-
PRS92
tem for all surveys and maps pursuant to
Executive Order No. 45 dated January 5,
1993, as amended.
____________- Filling of submerged
land duly approved by the Philippine Reclamation Projects
Reclamation Authority
_____________- shall refer to a point
appropriately marked on the ground with
Reference Point
an established horizontal and vertical po-
sition.
______________- shall refer to the Sec-
retary of the Department of Environment Secretary
and Natural Resources (DENR).
____________- shall refer to a two-di-
mensional map showing the metes and
Survey Plan
bounds of a surveyed parcel or parcels
of land and other pertinent information.
_____________- shall refer to the collec-
tive documents submitted by a Geodetic
Engineer (GE) as a result of the sur- Survey Returns
vey conducted and other relevant docu-
ments as may be required.
_____________- shall refer to the num-
ber exclusively assigned to a LAND par-
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cel in reference to its physical spatial
position on Land Information Map (UPI = Unique Parcel Identifier (UPI)
LIM Number + Parcel Number)
Survey conducted to determine the hor-
izontal and vertical positions of points
which will form part of a geodetic network
or project controls over an area which Control Surveys
will subsequently become the basis in
determining the rectangular coordinates
in an area.
The surveys conducted covering ex-
tensive areas which take into account
the curvature and the geoid-spheroidal
shape of the earth at sea level for the Geodetic Control Surveys
purpose of establishing basic network of
reference points, covering the first and
second order controls.
The surveys conducted to establish the
positions of points of reference for pro-
jects with a limited geographic coverage
such as a municipality, a large isolat-
ed tract of land, a group settlement, a Project Control Surveys
barangay or group of municipalities, cov-
ering primary control (third order), sec-
ondary control (fourth order) and tertiary
control.
Survey made to determine the metes
and bounds of all parcels within an entire
Cadastral Surveys
municipality or city for land registration
and other purposes.
Bearings and distances of the individual
lots are determined from the computa- Numerical Cadastre
tions based on the actual ground survey.
Bearings and distances of the individual
lots are determined using transit and sta-
Graphical Cadastre
dia, scaling from photo map, and other
graphical methods.
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Subdivisions of A&D lands covering an

Public Land Subdivision
area of more than 1,500 hectares.
Comprised of all classes of surveys of
isolated parcels of land used for agricul-
tural, residential, commercial, resettle- Isolated Surveys
ment, or other purposes covering areas
not more than 1,500 hectares.
Subdivision of A&D lands of not more
Group Settlement/Townsite Subdivision
than 1,500 hectares into 50 parcels or
Surveys
more
All original surveys covering A&D lands
which has not been subjected to private
Public Land Surveys
rights nor devoted to public use pursuant
to the provisions of public land laws.
Surveys covering untitled/undecreed
properties by changing the number of
Amendment Surveys
lots thereof without affecting the original
technical description of the boundary
Surveys covering lands claimed or
owned by an individual, a partnership,
a corporation, or any other form of or- Private Land Surveys
ganization, undertaken for purposes of
original or subsequent land registration.
Surveys of parcels of land administered
by or belonging to the National Govern-
Government Land Surveys
ment or any of its branches and instru-
mentalities
Lands purchased by the government
from the Religious Orders and private
corporations from 1904 to 1913, for Friar Land Surveys
distribution to actual occupants and
bonafide settlers pursuant to ACT 1120
Surveys of all patrimonial properties
owned by the government not intended National Government Lands Survey
for public use

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Lands acquired by the provincial,
city/municipal, or barangay government
pursuant to the Republic Act 7160, oth-
erwise known as the "Local Government Local Government Units Land Surveys
Code of 1991", and other pertinent laws
which are not needed for public purpos-
es
Conducted for the purpose of trans-
forming/converting the lots covered by
approved graphical cadastral surveys,
cadastral mapping (CADM) and photo-
Conversion Surveys
cadastral mapping (PCADM), into nu-
merical or regular cadastral lots, with
computation and plotting in the system
of the cadastral project.
Made for purposes of determining the
metes and bounds of parcels not includ-
Other Land Surveys
ed in the enumeration above and intend-
ed for a specific purpose.
Surveys of mining claims, quarry appli-
cations, sand and gravel applications,
and other mineral lands within private or
public lands, executed for mineral agree-
Mineral Land Surveys
ments, permits, licenses or for other pur-
poses pursuant to the provision of Re-
public Act No. 7942, otherwise known as
"The Philippine Mining Act of 1995"
Surveys conducted by the
_____________ (RCST) or qualified pri-
vate Geodetic Engineers in order to de-
limit on the ground the boundaries of
forestlands and national parks/protected
areas from the agricultural (A&D) lands Regional Composite Survey Team
as delineated pursuant to Sections 3 and
4, Article XII of the 1987 Constitution, PD
705, the "Revised Forestry Code of the
Philippines" and Republic Act No. 7586,
otherwise known as the "National Inte-
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grated Protected Areas System Act of
1992". It shall also include the subclas-
sification and zonification of said areas.
All land surveys and mapping activities
under the scope and coverage of this
regulation intended for disposition, regis-
8560
tration and other purposes shall be made
only by a Geodetic Engineer pursuant to
RA_____, as amended.
Authorized to Conduct Land Sur-
veys: He/She shall be a holder of
a valid ______________ registration, Professional Regulation Commission
______________ identification card, (PRC)
current professional tax receipt (PTR)
and tax identification number (TIN).
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys:
He/She shall be an active member of a
PRC accredited association of Geodetic 8560
Engineers pursuant to R.A. _____, as
amended.
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys:
Geodetic Engineers in government ser-
vice may execute surveys on govern-
court or authorized official of the con-
ment projects upon authority/order is-
cerned agency
sued by a______________. Section 9 a
and b above shall also apply to them,
except PTR.
Authorized to Conduct Land Surveys:
There shall be created a national data-
base of registered GE's. The LMS
shall submit a listing of practicing GE's
in their Region and the correspond- PRC Registration Number with the date
ing________________, to the LMB who of issuance
in turn shall validate the data thereof with
the PRC-Board of Geodetic Engineering.
Upon validation, the LMB shall update
the GE's National Database and furnish
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all the LMS Regional Offices with the
Official Listing for their reference.
In order to ensure the authenticity of sur-
vey returns submitted to the DENR in
accordance with laws and regulations,
and to protect the public, all concerned PRC Registration Number with the date
practicing GE's are hereby required to of issuance
use GE dry seal with an engraved PRC
registration Number and the date of is-
suance.
The Regional Surveys Division (RSD)
shall maintain an ______ for every prac-
ticing GE which shall be signed by the
said GE in every submission of their sur-
vey returns. The said __________ shall
contain the name of the GE, gender, date
of birth, PRC Registration No., and the
date of issuance and space for three (3)
Index Card
specimen signature and three (3) initials.
Moreover, it shall provide columns for in-
formation on the submitted survey plans
such as survey symbol and lot numbers,
location, area, name of claimants/own-
ers, date of submission, acceptance log-
book entry, number, and date of ap-
proval.
In consonance with RA 8560, as amend-
ed, the Director of ____________for
Lands, shall ensure that no firm, com-
pany, partnership, association or corpo-
ration will participate in the conduct of
LMB and the RTD
bidding for survey projects or submit sur-
vey returns unless the proprietors are
GE's or the controlling group are GE's. In
all cases, the team leader of the survey
project shall be a GE.
Firms, companies, partnerships, associ-
ations, corporations or individual practic-
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ing GE's who abandon _____ bid sur-
vey projects without reasonable cause
shall be barred from participating in the
bidding of other survey projects and in
the actual conduct of such surveys. The
DENR
LMB/LMS shall pursue the necessary
and appropriate legal actions through
the PRC - Board of Geodetic Engineer-
ing and the proper court against the said
erring practitioners/firms.
The LMB/LMS shall likewise publish/post
the list of delinquent surveying compa-
nies or practitioners and may impose
sanctions such as non-acceptance of
the survey returns of isolated surveys Manual of Procedure
submitted for verification and approval.
Blacklisted practitioners may be reinstat-
ed upon completion of the project and in
accordance with the____________.
Consistent with the policy of upgrading
survey and mapping practices, and data-
base management, the LMB/LMS and
practitioners shall utilize the most appro-
priate modern techniques and technolo-
LMB
gy. The ______ shall develop a national
system to expedite projection, verifica-
tion and approval of surveys which are
consistent with the state-of-the-art tech-
nologies, processes, and procedures.
A GE shall first secure a survey order
or _______ before conducting survey of survey authority
lands of the public domain.
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for
the conduct of surveys of public and gov-
ernment land for land registration and
RTD for Forestry
other purposes: Delimitation Survey for
Watershed Reservation, SO if area in the
same region is less than 5,000 hectares
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DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for

the conduct of surveys of public and gov-
ernment land for land registration and
RTD for PAWCZMS
other purposes: Parks and Protected Ar-
eas Delimitation Surveys, SO if area is
less than 5,000 hectares
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for
the conduct of surveys of public and gov-
ernment land for land registration and CENRO
other purposes: Isolated Land Surveys,
SA if area is 12 hectares and below
DENR official who shall issue SA/SO for
the conduct of surveys of public and gov-
ernment land for land registration and Regional Director MGB
other purposes: Mineral Land Surveys,
SO
The _____ of the concerned government
agency or his/her duly authorized repre-
sentative shall issue survey authority for
survey of lands under the jurisdiction of
their respective agency by virtue of exist-
Head
ing laws. The copy of pertinent laws, le-
gal documents or muniment of title stat-
ing therein their jurisdiction or ownership
over the subject property shall be includ-
ed in the survey returns.
________ which shall refer to the instru-
ments in the conduct of traverse, triangu-
Conventional surveying instruments
lation, and trilateration and other terres-
trial-based surveying methods.
__________which are used in aeri-
al triangulation, compilation and fea-
ture extraction using aerial photograph Aerial photogrammetric instruments
high-precision cameras mounted on an
aircraft.

GNSS Receiver
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___________ refer to User Segment in
the satellite-based positioning system.
____________- a combination of GNSS
Smart stations
and total stations.
All conventional survey instruments,
GNSS receivers and smart stations shall
be properly calibrated by and registered
to the ________ before it can be used for
LMB/LMS
any kind of survey covered by this reg-
ulation. Surveys made with instruments
without valid registration shall not be ac-
cepted for verification and approval.
_________ shall be issued by the LMB
after the calibration. A National Data-
Original Certificate of Instrument Regis-
base on survey instruments shall be es-
tration (CIR)
tablished and maintained/updated by the
LMB.
Renewal of CIR may be issued by the
LMS concerned after the usual recali-
National Database on Surveying Instru-
bration thereof. A copy of the renewed
ments
CIR shall be furnished to the LMB for
updating the__________.
Shall refer to the Triangulation Sta-
tion Balanacan located in Marinduque Luzon 1911 Datum
Province
Shall refer to the modified Luzon Datum
1911 which was adopted as the datum
for _____. Upon full implementation of
PRS92
_______, the ________ Datum shall be
the sole datum to be used in all surveys
and mapping in the country.

________________- also known as the

"floating" reference system wherein the
surveys are referred to location monu-
ments with no definite geodetic positions
and no subsequent adjustment to the
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basic geodetic control network. These
reference points are established as the
need arises, per survey project (Pub-
lic Land Subdivision, Group Settlement,
Local Plane Coordinate System (LPCS)
Townsites, etc.) or per locality or mu-
nicipality, wherein the relative position
among the control points within the same
system can be determined.
________________________, also
known as the Philippine Transverse Mer-
cator (PTM) , are transformed from geo-
graphic to grid coordinates on the Luzon
1911 Datum, determined through astro- Philippine Plane Coordinate System
nomical observations. PPCS-PTM was (PPCS)/Luzon 1911
adopted as the coordinate system in the
Philippines pursuant to Lands Circular
No. 64, dated June 30, 1965 with the
following characteristics:
____________- shall be the plane co-
ordinate system referred to the modified
Luzon 1911 Datum known as _____. It
shall replace the PPCS/Luzon1911 and
PPCS/PRS92
serve the standard coordinate system for
all surveys in the country pursuant to
Executive Order No. 45, series of 1993,
as amended.
A national standard spatial index map
showing all land parcels covered by
Cadastral and Isolated Surveys over a
specific map area with their UPI (Uni- Land Information Map
form Parcel Identifier). This is formerly
referred to as the Cadastral Information
Map (CIM).
A continuous representation of the
ground obtained by assembling togeth-
er individual photographs taken from an Photo Map
aircraft, into a composite picture, scale
and the effects of tilt are corrected. If grid-
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lines, contour lines, boundaries, place
names, and marginal information have
been added or overprinted, it shall be
known as Orthophoto Map.
The_____________ shall be prepared
on a reproducible material of stable base political boundary map
as approved for official use by the LMB.
The progress map based on the control
survey of the project shall be made on
Manual of Procedures
reproducible materials of stable base as
prescribed in the _________.
The _______ , as a base map, shall
serve as the primary source of land Cadastral map
cadastre.
A base map coextensive with the bound-
ary of the cadastral project covering the
entire municipality drawn in a convenient
scale on drafting film or other stable
Municipal Boundary and Index Map
transparent materials in the same size
as a cadastral map and showing other
pertinent information as required by the
Manual of Procedures.
Shall serve a dual purpose of position-
ing points to facilitate the survey of land
parcels in difficult areas where it satisfies
the accuracy standard set by the prin-
ciple of graduated accuracy, consistent
with land use, as may be specified by Orthophoto map
instructions, or provide graphical posi-
tioning of unavailable map detail for com-
pletion of the LIM. Detailed instructions
on the procedures shall be issued by the
LMB Director.
Standard signs and symbols used in
mapping and other cartographic works,
Director
with their corresponding dimensions and
colors, shall be included in the Manu-
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al of Procedures to be issued by the
LMB_______.
A _________ for each lot, whether com-
puter/electronic or manually generated,
duly signed by the concerned geodet-
ic engineer, shall be prepared upon ap-
proval of the survey plan. It shall contain Technical Description
pertinent information as prescribed by
the Manual of Procedures and submitted
with the survey plan for land registration
purposes.
___________ shall be consistent with
the generally accepted elements of a
map (title, orientation, scale, source of
information, grids, legend, author, dates Real (hardcopy) maps
and other marginal information), and
plotted in appropriate scales following
the prescribed marginal information.;
___________ easily converted into
GIS-ready format and interfaced/inte-
grated with other datasets and software
environment. Database (Spatial and As- Digital (softcopy) maps
patial) will be seamless (provincial, re-
gional and national) and with built-in
electronic data security system.
Lands bordering the seas, gulfs, bays, or
ports shall be subject to easements of
salvage zone of _____ meters measured 20
land ward from the interior limit of the
shoreline.
The easement of coast police is the
obligation to leave a right of way ____ 6
meters wide within the salvage zone.
Refers to a strip of land with natural or
established vegetation, which provides
an added layer of protection to the natur-
al forest including mangrove forest. This
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shall be surveyed and established using
standards provided for by existing laws,
Buffer Zone
monumented on the ground and properly
indicated on the map.
Complete ______ of the cadastral sur-
vey shall be submitted to the LMS for
verification and approval. The verification
process shall compose of office (such
as computerized verification) and on-site Survey Returns
(such as conduct of test traverse) vali-
dation. However, the LMS may conduct
routinary inspection, as the need arises,
while the survey is ongoing.
The ___________ (GNIS) shall be es-
tablished to provide management and
operational support to the DENR, other National Geodetic Information System
stakeholders and general users of the
network.
The _________ shall publish both in
print and in digital form, the First and
Secord Order PRS92 Geodetic Control
Points. The LMV in the national and the
LMS in the regional scope shall do the
NAMRIA
same with the Third and Fourth Order
Control Points. The format and the in-
formation in the certifications shall be
uniform and in accordance with the joint
issuance of the ________ and LMB.
The ________ shall conduct a massive
inventory of the survey records which
includes data of Reference Points, Iso-
lated Survey plans, Cadastral Maps, Lot
LMB/LMS
Descriptions, etc. using the most appro-
priate method. The GSD/RSD shall be
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Any person who is found to be misrep-
resenting himself as Geodetic Engineer
upon verification with ____________ ,
shall be subjected to the filing of legal ac-
PRC
tion in the proper court and the outright
cancellation or rejection of the survey
returns he/she submitted for verification
and approval in the LMS.
Any provisions of previous orders, mem-
orandum circulars and other issuances
inconsistent herewith are hereby accord-
ingly superseded, amended or repealed.
The provisions of DAO 98-12, the Re- DENR
vised Manual for Land Surveying Regu-
lations in the Philippines that are still nec-
essary shall be re-issued in the Manual
of Procedures
parks and protected areas delim survey,
secretary of DENR
if areas cover 2 or more region
protected areas if 5000 has above RED
watershed reservation if 5000 has above RED
Political Boundary Surveys, SO if area
involved boundary dispute between two
Director, LMB
(2) or more provinces belonging to differ-
ent regions
They issue SO on Political Boundary
Surveys, SO if area involved boundary
Director, LMB
dispute between two or more provinces
belonging to different regions.
PBS, no dispute RED
PBS, brgy of same municipality RTD for Lands
isolated land survey, 100 has above RED
who shall issue SO for cadastral survey RED
who shall issue SO for delimitation sur-
Admin, NAMRIA
vey on land classification
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Foreshore Land Surveys with area 12

CENRO
hectares below
isolated land survey 12 has below CENRO
Foreshore Land surveys with area 12 to
RTD for Lands
100 hectares
isolated Land surveys with area 12 to
RTD for Lands
100 hectares
Townsite Reservation and Group Set-
tlement Surveys with area up to 1,500 RTD for Lands
hectares
who shall issue SO for mineral land sur-
RD of MGB
vey
who shall issue SO for public Land Sub-
RTD for Lands
division
who shall issue SO for reclamation pro-
RED
jects 100 has above
Reclamation Project Surveys with area
RTD for Lands
less than 100 hectares
who shall issue SO for survey of Lgu
RED
lands with 100 has above
Survey of LGU lands with area up to 100
RTD for Lands
hectares
who shall issue SA for foreshore land
RED
survey of 100 has above
certificate on the copy of title from ROD
3 months
shall be valid for ____
survey authority shall be valid for____ 6 months
permit issues bY DENR SA
instructions issued by DENR SO
validity of steel tapes certificate 2 years or 3 breaks
validity of engineers transit and theodo-
3 years
lite certificate
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