Editing Surveying (section)

== Notable surveyors ==
{{main category|Surveyors}}
{{see also|Geodesist{{!}}Notable geodesists}}
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Some U.S. Presidents were land surveyors. [[George Washington]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[Surveying in early America|surveyed]] colonial or frontier territories early in their career, prior to serving in office.

[[Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler]] is considered the "father" of geodetic surveying in the U.S.<ref>Joe Dracup (1997) "A new age of geodesy begins: 1970-1990", History of Geodetic Survey – Part 7, ''ACSM Bulletin''. [[American Congress on Surveying and Mapping]]. [https://aagsmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/History-Part-VIII-july_a_001.pdf]</ref>

[[David T. Abercrombie]] practiced land surveying before starting an [[outfitter]] store of [[excursion]] goods. The business would later turn into [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] lifestyle clothing store.

[[Percy Fawcett|Percy Harrison Fawcett]] was a British surveyor that explored the jungles of South America attempting to find the [[Lost City of Z]]. His biography and expeditions were recounted in the book [[The Lost City of Z (book)|''The Lost City of Z'']] and were later adapted on [[The Lost City of Z (film)|film screen]].

[[Inō Tadataka]] produced the first map of Japan using modern surveying techniques starting in 1800, at the age of 55.