The tasks and responsibilities of the publicly appointed sur

• cadastral survey
• engineering survey
• data processing
• planning
• valuation
• land law and land division / consolidation

The publicly appointed surveyor represents an essential component of the public surveying system. He is appointed to assume the following responsibilities stipulated in the surveying law and in the profession rules:

1. involvement in certain tasks of land surveying
2. carrying out of cadastral surveys in addition to those carried out by land registries and

3. public certification of facts established by surveying land establishments

Furthermore, the publicly appointed surveyor also assumes responsibilities in the whole sector of engineering surveying, geographic information, and property valuation.

The varied areas of activities and responsibilities assumed by the publicly appointed surveyor are summarised on the following pages:

1. Cadastral surveys

• allotment surveys

• determination of new property boundaries on account of contracts
  transmission of building plans to the locality
  determination of boundaries in the procedure of reallocation
• determination of boundaries
  establishment of the legal and right geometric position of benchmarks with the help of historic measurements and setting of boundaries
  new setting of missing boundary stones
• building surveys

• surveys of extended grounds, e.g. closure survey of roads

2. Engineering surveys

• drawing up of location and height plans, e.g. planning material for architects and property developers

• setting out of buildings
• drawing up of as-built drawings, e.g. for supply pipes for energy, gas, water and sewage

• comprehensive consulting services

3. Graphic data processing / GIS

• digitalisation of land register maps
• registration, valuation and keeping of special land registers, e.g. main and sewer system cadastres, waste disposal site cadastres, tree cadastres, etc.
• creation and installation of geographic information systems (GIS)

• editing of spatial data adapted to demand for the use as geographic information for specialised users

4. Planning

• drawing up of planning material for the drawing up of building plans on the basis of the land register certification
• processing of road and development plans, watercourse regulations, planning for pipes, property and easement contracts

• drawing up of zoning and building plans for municipalities and districts

5. Valuation

• drawing up of certificates on the market value for built and empty sites
• cooperation with committees of experts in towns, municipalities and districts according to the German Building Code

• employment of experts in building and boundary procedures and property encumbrances

6. Land Law and land division

• collaboration on land law procedures according to the land reallocation and consolidation law
• collaboration on the reallocation of building land according to the German Building Code
• disintegration of reallocated land
• comprehensive consulting services on land law procedures

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