What is Survey?
{{Wiktionary}} '''Survey''' could mean: ==Geography== *[[Surveying]], the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth *[[Aerial survey]], a method of collecting information using aerial photography *[[Cadastre|Cadastral survey]], used to document land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, plats, and maps *[[Dominion Land Survey]], the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes *[[Public Land Survey System]], a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels *[[Survey township]], a square unit of land, six miles (~9.7 km) on a side, used by the U.S. Public Land Survey System ==Statistics== *[[Statistical survey]], a collection of quantitative information about members of a population **[[Census]], a collection of information about every member of a population **[[Sampling (statistics)]], collecting information on only a sample of a population *[[Opinion poll]], an informal collection of opinions using sampling *[[Quantitative marketing research]], the use of surveys to collect data for marketing purposes *[[Paid survey]], statistical survey which rewards the participant, often used to collect information for marketing purposes *[[Questionnaire]], a series of questions used to gather information * [[ Information Technology ]], a collection of surveys on IT ==Earth Sciences== *[[Geological survey]], an investigation of the subsurface of the ground to create a geological map or model *[[Geophysical survey]], the systematic collection of geophysical data for spatial studies *[[Soil survey]], the mapping of the properties and varieties of soil in a given area *[[Archaeological field survey]], the collection of information by archaeologists prior to excavation *[[Hydrographic survey]], the gathering of information about navigable waters for the purposes of safe navigation of vessels *[[Cave survey]], the three-dimensional mapping of underground caverns; the resulting map is also referred to