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Highway Surveys

The MassDOT Survey section includes a Boston Survey Office and Survey Departments in each District office.

The MassDOT Highway Division Survey Section:

Coordinates MassDOT survey activities for design and construction, including those performed through statewide contracts for S1 - Engineering and Field Survey, S2 - Total Station AutoCAD Base Plan Services, and S4 - Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Operates and maintains the MaCORS Real-Time Network.

Maintains a statewide network of geodetic control in addition to setting MassDOT project specific control.

Maintains the boundaries of the Commonwealth pursuant to MGL Chapter 1, and the records of city and town line boundaries pursuant to MGL Chapter 42.

What would you like to do?

All other tasks

View Interactive Map: Town Corners  View Interactive Map: State Highway Layout Plans  Access the Massachusetts Continuously Operating Reference Station Network (MaCORS)  View Interactive Map: Geodetic Control 

What you need to know

General survey guidelines  Aerial photographs archive  Utility contacts by district and municipality 

Land Court Manual of Instructions for the Survey of Lands and Preparation of Plans  MGL Chapter 81  250 CMR  MGL Chapter 1  MGL Chapter 42 
Open PDF file, 997.55 KB,  Field Survey Guidelines & Baseplan Requirements v2.2 (English, PDF 997.55 KB)

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