Survey land or properties.

Survey land or properties. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assess characteristics of land or property. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (83%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Measure distances, clean sightlines, and record data to help survey crews. · Forest and Conservation Technicians · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Survey undisturbed or disturbed lands for classification, inventory, mapping, environmental impact assessments, environmental protection planning, conservation planning, or reclamation planning. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Map forest tract data using digital mapping systems. · Forest and Conservation Technicians · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections. · Forest and Conservation Technicians · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, electronic distance measuring equipment, or electronic data collectors. · Surveying and Mapping Technicians · no direct exposure
• Conduct geophysical surveys of potential sites for wind farms or solar installations to determine their suitability. · Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Forest and Conservation Technicians
• Soil and Plant Scientists
• Surveying and Mapping Technicians
• Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-survey-land-or-properties,
  title  = {Survey land or properties.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/survey-land-or-properties}
}