LAND SURVEYING (AGRIMENSURA): The survey and stakeout of polygonals, calculation of the enclosed area, subdivision (fraccionamiento) of non-urbanized areas, location of natural and artificial details existing within the area, preparation and interpretation of land descriptions for their incorporation into deeds or other documents, preparation of plans in horizontal projection of the land and their connection to the system of cartographic projections in use in the country.
TOPOGRAPHY (TOPOGRAFIA): That which is included in land surveying (agrimensura), leveling, development of profiles and cross-sections, calculation and compensation of earthworks (movimientos de tierras), establishment on the ground of the lines and levels of project works based on the information obtained from the plans, geometric vertical and horizontal verification of the works during their construction, survey of already constructed works, topographic triangulations, stakeout of urbanizations, of the geometry of highways, canals and railways, and hydrographic surveys.