North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 56 - ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS
Section .1600 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR LAND SURVEYING IN NORTH CAROLINA
Section 56 .1606 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR TOPOGRAPHIC AND PLANIMETRIC MAPPING, INCLUDING GROUND, AIRBORNE, AND SPACEBORNE SURVEYS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) General.
(b) Production procedures for topographic and planimetric mapping surveys shall be in accordance with the standards established by Part 3 of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard and applicable extensions and revisions. These standards are incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments and editions. The material is available from the FGDC at www.fgdc.gov at no cost. Reporting accuracy shall be in accordance with Part 1 of the FGDC geospatial standards.
(c) Topographic or planimetric maps, orthophotos, and related electronic data, unless marked as "Preliminary Map," shall meet one of the below classes, as contractually specified to FGDC Standards, or National Agriculture Imagery Program of the US Department of Agriculture (NAIP) Standards, or to State adopted base mapping standards for horizontal and vertical accuracies. The NAIP imagery standards are incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments and editions and may be accessed free of charge at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/naip_info_sheet_2013.pdf. In the absence of a specified standard, the surveyor shall conform the survey to the requirements for a Class B survey.
(d) When the resulting product is a digital (electronic) data set, or a map or document that consists of more than one sheet or otherwise cannot be certified, a project report shall be certified. The report shall be marked "Preliminary" if applicable.
(e) Ground control for topographic and planimetric mapping projects shall be in North Carolina State Plane Coordinate System grid coordinates and distances when the project is tied to grid. A minimum of one permanent project vertical control point shall be shown.
(f) The project map or report shall contain the following information:
(g) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to negate or replace the relative accuracy standards found in Rules .1601 through .1608 of this Section.
(h) A certificate, substantially in the following form, shall be affixed to all maps or reports:
" I, ______________________, certify that this project was completed under my direct and responsible charge from an actual survey made under my supervision; that this_______________ (insert as appropriate: ground, airborne or spaceborne) survey was performed at the ___ percent confidence level to meet Federal Geographic Data Committee Standards; that this survey was performed to meet the requirements for a topographic/planimetric survey to the accuracy of Class ____ and vertical accuracy when applicable to the Class ___ standard, and that the original data was obtained on _____(date)__________; that the survey was completed on ___(date)_______; that contours shown as [broken lines] may not meet the stated standard; and all coordinates are based on____________________________ 'NAD 83' and realization (date of adjustment of coordinate system) or 'NAD 27' and all elevations are based on ________________ (NGVD 29, NAVD 88, or other)."
(i) Documents transmitted electronically shall have the computer-generated seal removed from the original file and a copy of the project report shall be certified and sent to the client. The electronic data shall have the following inserted in lieu of the signature and date:
"This document originally issued and sealed by (name of sealer), (license number), on (date of sealing). This electronic media shall not be considered a certified document. See the project report for certificate and seal."
Authority
G.S.
89C-10;
89C-16;
89C-20;
Eff. November
2, 1992;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2014; August 1, 2011; May 1, 2009;
August 1, 2002; August 1, 2000;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 27,
2019.