Record survey measurements or descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, or inked tracings.

“Record survey measurements or descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, or inked tracings.” is a task performed by Surveying and Mapping Technicians. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 4th by importance (#27 most important).

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assess characteristics of land or property. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations. · importance 4.3
• Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections. · importance 4.3
• Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data. · importance 4.2
• Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations. · importance 4.2
• Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales. · importance 4.1
• Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters. · importance 4.1
• Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans. · importance 4.0
• Identify and compile database information to create requested maps. · importance 4.0
• Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports. · importance 4.0
• Compare survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data. · importance 4.0
• Analyze aerial photographs to detect and interpret significant military, industrial, resource, or topographical data. · importance 3.9
• Answer questions and provide information to the public or to staff members regarding assessment maps, surveys, boundaries, easements, property ownership, roads, zoning, or similar matters. · importance 3.8
• Research and combine existing property information to describe property boundaries in relation to adjacent properties, taking into account parcel splits, combinations, or land boundary adjustments. · importance 3.8
• Calculate latitudes, longitudes, angles, areas, or other information for mapmaking, using survey field notes or reference tables. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Surveying and Mapping Technicians page.

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-task-22129,
  title  = {Record survey measurements or descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, or inked tracings.},
  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/tasks/task-22129}
}