The following rules shall apply to all work products
regardless of the method of data acquisition:
(1) Surveyors and mappers must achieve the
following standards of accuracy, completeness, and quality:
(2) The accuracy of the survey measurements
shall be premised upon the type of survey and the expected use of the survey
and map. The accuracy of data shall be independently verified.
(a) Vertical Accuracy:
All surveying and mapping products with elevation data shall
state the datum and a description of the control upon which the surveying and
mapping products are based. The data shall be supported with documentation
describing the vertical accuracy and the methodology used to determine
accuracy. Elevation data may be obtained on an assumed datum provided the base
elevation of the assumed datum is obviously different than a publicly published
datum and clearly noted.
(b)
Horizontal Accuracy:
All surveying and mapping products expressing or displaying
mapped features shall state the datum and a detailed description of the control
upon which the surveying and mapping products are based. The data shall be
supported with documentation describing the horizontal accuracy and the
methodology used to determine accuracy. Mapped features may be obtained on an
assumed datum provided the numerical basis of the datum is obviously different
than a publicly published datum.
(c) Assumed datum:
If data is collected on an assumed datum, then adequate
control points shall be established and communicated in the surveying and
mapping product in order that the survey may be independently reproduced and
verified.
(d) Measurement
and computation records shall be dated as of the date of acquisition and must
contain sufficient data to substantiate the surveying and mapping
products.
(3) Surveys,
Maps, and/or Survey Products Content.
(a) The
licensee must adequately communicate the survey results to the public through a
map or report with an attached map.
(b) Each survey map and report shall state
the type and/or purpose of the survey it depicts.
(c) All survey maps and reports must bear the
name, certificate of authorization number, and street and mailing address of
the business entity issuing the map and report, along with the name and license
number of the surveyor and mapper in responsible charge. The name, license
number, and street and mailing address of a surveyor and mapper practicing
independent of any business entity must be shown on each survey map and
report.
(d) All survey maps must
reflect a survey date, which is the last date of data acquisition. When the
graphics of a map are revised, but the survey date stays the same, the map must
list dates for all revisions.
(e)
The survey map and report and the copies of the survey map and report, except
those with electronic signature and electronic seal, must contain a statement
indicating that the survey map and report or the copies thereof are not valid
without the original signature and seal of a Florida licensed surveyor and
mapper.
(f) Abbreviations related
to surveying matters shall be defined on the work product.
(g) A reference to all bearings shown on a
survey map or report must be clearly stated, i.e., whether to "True North";
"Grid North as established by the NOS"; "Assumed North based on a bearing for a
well defined line, such as the center line of a road or right of way, etc."; "a
Deed Call for a particular line"; or "the bearing of a particular line shown
upon a plat." References to Magnetic North should be avoided except in the
cases where a comparison is necessitated by a Deed Call. In all cases, the
bearings used shall be referenced to some well-established and monumented
line.
(h) A designated "north
arrow" and either a stated scale or graphic scale of the map shall be
prominently shown upon the survey map.
(i) The responsibility for all mapped
features must be clearly stated on any map or report signed by a Florida
licensed surveyor and mapper. When mapped features surveyed by the signing
surveyor and mapper have been integrated with mapped features surveyed by
others, then the map or report shall clearly state the individual primarily
responsible for the map or report.
Notes
Fla. Admin.
Code Ann. R. 5J-17.051
Rulemaking Authority 472.008, 472.027 FS. Law Implemented
472.025, 472.027 FS.
New 9-1-81, Amended
7-29-85, Formerly 21HH-6.03, Amended 12-18-88, 11-27-89, 5-26-91, Formerly
21HH-6.003, Amended 12-25-95, 5-13-96, 11-3-97, 5-25-99, 4-4-06, 8-31-06,
8-18-08, Formerly 61G 17-6.003, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 41, Number 082, April 28, 2015 effective
5/11/2015, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 43, Number 211, October 31, 2017 effective
11/13/2017.
New 9-1-81, Amended 7-29-85, Formerly 21HH-6.03, Amended
12-18-88, 11-27-89, 5-26-91, Formerly 21HH-6.003, Amended 12-25-95, 5-13-96,
11-3-97, 5-25-99, 4-4-06, 8-31-06, 8-18-08, Formerly
61G17-6.003, Amended 5-11-15,
11-13-17.
