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surveyor general - 'Surveyor General' is a term used to refer to the senior official in charge of managing surveying and mapping activities within a specific jurisdiction or organization. The Surveyor General is responsible for overseeing the accurate measurement, description, and recording of land boundaries, geographic features, and other spatial information
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  • An official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory.

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surveyor general
The first surveyor general of riding officers.
He was later deputy surveyor general.
The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory.
Subsequent survey work will be the responsibility of the Surveyor General.
The following year he became Surveyor General and remained in this position until his death.
Some time later, he began assisting his father who was surveyor general for Nova Scotia.
An earlier theory was that Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt assigned these classical names.
Surveyor General Edward Tiffin, who was in charge of the survey, was a former Ohio governor.
In modern times, the position of surveyor general has diminished in importance.
He reported his findings to Andrew Scott Waugh, Everest 's predecessor as surveyor general.
He was the Surveyor General of India at the time it happened.
Scull was the grandson of Nicholas Scull, who was the colonial Surveyor General of Pennsylvania.
Galway held the post of Surveyor General and the Pontefract constituency until his death in 1751.
Gregory undertook no further explorations but was appointed Surveyor General of Queensland in 1859.
Surveyor General Charles Burton Wyatt described him as “ a gentleman of respectability . ”.

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At each Royal palace, the Surveyor General had lodgings.
Surveyor General H.F. Johnston chose "Dwellingupp" after being misinformed regarding the spelling of Dwellingerup Brook.
In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him surveyor general of the New Mexico territory.
In 1846, the newly created office of State Engineer and Surveyor replaced the Surveyor General.
He was appointed Joint Surveyor General of the King 's buildings and works in Ireland in 1684.
In 1853 William Eddy, the surveyor general of California, identified the lake as Lake Bigler.

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