Topographic Surveys

Pin every feature, every station, every boundary reference

Topographic surveyors, land surveyors and civil engineers use Pin Drop to run station-based feature capture and hand CAD-ready coordinates to design teams.
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Station setup on the pin
Survey stations, control points and backsights pin with their coordinates and descriptions. The site setup is a record, not a notebook page.
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Feature capture with codes
Trees, manholes, kerb lines, fence runs and changes of surface all capture with feature codes. The coding scheme the CAD team expects is already wired in.
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CAD-ready coordinate export
Export coordinates and feature strings in formats the CAD team can drop straight in. No retyping from a PDF sketch and no lost attribute data.
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Boundary and title reference
Attach Land Registry title plans and boundary references to the site pin. Features that touch a boundary line are obvious in the field.
Built for land surveyors

Topographic surveys work better when every feature is a pin

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The shared map for topographic surveys

A topographic survey is the foundation of every design that follows. Surveyors cannot afford features that arrive in the CAD office as free-text notes or photos that never reach the drafter. Pin Drop keeps every station, every feature and every boundary reference on the exact coordinate, with CAD-ready exports built in, so the design team works from the same record you built on site.
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Station and control setup
Pin the primary station, backsights and control network. Coordinates, descriptions and sketch photos all sit on the setup record.
Feature capture
Capture features with coded attributes, string joins and change points. Works alongside GNSS rovers and total stations already on site.
CAD handover
Export coordinates and feature strings in the format your CAD team expects. The handover is a push, not a rebuild.
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Testimonials

Used by land surveyors and civil engineers

Topographic surveyors and civil engineering teams rely on location-based feature records to hand clean data to design, without rebuilding from sketches.
“Territories and contractor responsibilities are structured across our portfolio.”
Arjun Patel
Asset Management Director
“We can see which areas have been covered and plan the next round of surveys without guesswork.”
Jonas Krul
Environmental Field Lead
“Having every project mapped has reduced confusion between contractors and improved daily coordination.”
Marcus Lowe
Site Operations Manager
Rated 4.7/5
Based on 1.4k+ ratings
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See how topographic surveys work in practice

Walk through a real site setup and feature capture, and see how every station, every feature and every boundary reference stays pinned to the coordinate it describes.