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Listed below are common terms and definitions used in land surveying. If you need additional information not provided here, please Contact Us.

Verst -
A Russian measure of distance equal to 0.6629 mile or 1.067 km.

Westa -
Half a hide of land or 60 acres.

 

*All definitions taken from "Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms"
prepared by a joint committee of the American Congress on
Surveying and Mapping and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
1978 (Rev.) Reprinted to 1989

 
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