FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SURVEYING AND MAPPING HANDBOOK FEBRUARY 18, 2021 SURVEYING AND MAPPING HANDBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................... 13 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................... 17 PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................... 19 AUTHORITY ................................................................................................................. 19 SCOPE OF DOCUMENT .............................................................................................. 19 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 19 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................... 19 REQUIREMENTS FOR SURVEYS ............................................................................... 19 DISTRIBUTION ............................................................................................................. 20 TRAINING ..................................................................................................................... 20 FORMS/TEMPLATES ................................................................................................... 20 SURVEYING AND MAPPING ....................................................................................... 21 1. CONTROL ....................................................................................................... 21 1.1. HORIZONTAL PROJECT CONTROL (27.1).................................................... 21 1.2. VERTICAL PROJECT CONTROL (27.2) ......................................................... 21 1.3. AERIAL NETWORK CONTROL (27.4) ............................................................ 22 2. ALIGNMENT (27.3) .......................................................................................... 22 2.1. RETRACEMENT .............................................................................................. 22 2.2. MONUMENTATION (27.25) AND REFERENCE POINTS (27.5) ..................... 22 1 SURVEYING AND MAPPING HANDBOOK 2.3. STATIONING (27.3) ......................................................................................... 22 2.4. DEFINITION OF CURVATURE ........................................................................ 24 2.5. ALIGNMENT SUBMITTAL/APPROVAL ........................................................... 24 3. TOPOGRAPHY (27.6) ..................................................................................... 24 3.1. FIELD DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................... 24 3.2. DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL – 3D (27.6) .......................................................... 25 3.3. ROADWAY CROSS-SECTIONS (27.8) ........................................................... 25 3.4. PLANIMETRIC – 2D (27.7) .............................................................................. 26 3.5. SIDE STREET SURVEYS (27.9) ..................................................................... 26 3.6. UNDERGROUND/SUBSURFACE UTILITIES (27.10) ..................................... 26 3.6.1. SUBSURFACE UTILITY QUALITY LEVELS ................................................... 26 3.7. DESIGN SURVEYS ......................................................................................... 28 3.7.1. OUTFALL SURVEYS (27.11) .......................................................................... 28 3.7.2. DRAINAGE SURVEYS (27.12) ........................................................................ 28 3.7.3. BRIDGE SURVEYS (27.13) ............................................................................. 28 3.7.4. CHANNEL SURVEYS (27.14) ......................................................................... 28 3.7.5. POND SITE SURVEYS (27.15) ....................................................................... 29 4. BOUNDARY SURVEYS (27.22) ...................................................................... 29 4.1. SECTIONAL/GRANT SURVEYS (27.19) ......................................................... 29 4.2. SUBDIVISION LOCATION SURVEYS (27.20) ................................................ 29 4.2.1. WATER BOUNDARY SURVEYS (27.23) ........................................................ 29 5. SPECIFIC PURPOSE SURVEYS .................................................................... 30 5.1. MITIGATION SURVEYS (27.16) ...................................................................... 30 5.2. JURISDICTION LINE SURVEYS (27.17) ......................................................... 30 2 SURVEYING AND MAPPING HANDBOOK 5.3. GEOTECHNICAL SUPPORT (27.18) .............................................................. 31 6. RIGHT OF WAY............................................................................................... 31 6.1. MAINTAINED RIGHT OF WAY (27.21) ........................................................... 31 6.2. RIGHT OF WAY STAKING, PARCEL/RIGHT OF WAY LINE (27.24) ............. 31 6.3. RIGHT OF WAY MONUMENTATION (27.25) .................................................. 31 7. MISCELLANEOUS SURVEYS (27.28) ............................................................ 31 8. SUPPLEMENTAL SURVEYS (27.29) .............................................................. 32 9. SURVEY REPORT .......................................................................................... 32 10. OFFICE PROCEDURES ................................................................................. 33 10.1. DOCUMENT RESEARCH (27.30) ................................................................... 33 10.2. TECHNICAL MEETINGS (27.32) ..................................................................... 33 10.3. QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL (27.33) ................................... 33 10.3.1. QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWS...................................................................... 33 10.3.2. PROPOSED METHODS OF DOCUMENTATION ........................................... 35 10.4. SUPERVISION (27.34) .................................................................................... 35 10.5. COORDINATION (27.35) ................................................................................. 35 11. FIELD PROCEDURES .................................................................................... 36 11.1. FIELD REVIEW (27.31) ................................................................................... 36 11.2. LINE CUTTING (27.26) .................................................................................... 36 11.3. WORK ZONE SAFETY (27.27) ........................................................................ 36 AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY .................................................................................... 37 12. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... 37 3 SURVEYING AND MAPPING HANDBOOK 12.1. ASPRS HORIZONTAL ACCURACY STANDARDS FOR GEOSPATIAL DATA ......................................................................................................................... 37 12.2. ASPRS VERTICAL ACCURACY STANDARDS FOR DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA ............................................................................................................... 38 12.3. FDOT PROJECT HORIZONTAL ACCURACY STANDARDS FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY ..................................................................................... 38 12.4. FDOT PROJECT VERTICAL ACCURACY STANDARDS FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY ..................................................................................... 38 13. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................... 39 13.1. DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 39 13.2. DIGITAL EXPOSURE DOCUMENTATION ...................................................... 39 13.3. AIRBORNE GNSS PROCESSING (28.5) ........................................................ 39 13.4. POST MISSION REPORTING ......................................................................... 40 13.5. AERIAL TRIANGULATION/AEROTRIANGULATION (28.9) ............................ 40 13.6. BEFORE WORK BEGINS ................................................................................ 41 13.6.1. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL PLAN (28.23) ................ 41 13.7. PLANNING (28.1) ............................................................................................ 41 13.7.1. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY MISSION PLAN (28.1) .......................................... 41 13.8. GROUND CONTROL RECONNAISSANCE (28.2) .......................................... 42 14. GROUND CONTROL SURVEY (28.2) ............................................................ 42 14.1. GROUND CONTROL TABLE EXAMPLE ........................................................ 43 14.2. CONTROL SURVEY DELIVERABLES ............................................................ 44 14.3. DIGITAL MEDIA (CONTROL SURVEY) .......................................................... 45 15. ORTHOIMAGERY (28.11) ............................................................................... 45 4 SURVEYING AND MAPPING HANDBOOK 15.1. HORIZONTAL ACCURACY CLASSES FOR VARYING DIGITAL ORTHOIMAGERY RESOLUTIONS ................................................................