Surveying

Surveying is very important branch or basic area of civil engineering because before starting any construction work of any structure or project, the surveying of land or ground is done first.  

It is the most important of all the activities of a project, as entire success or failure of a project depends on how well and carefully the survey was carried out. 
The entire future planning is based on survey work. Surveying is the method of taking the measurement of the relative positions of the various points on, above or beneath the earth surface for preparing maps or plans. 
In short, surveying deals with the linear measurement and angular measurement in horizontal plane and in vertical plane