King County Road Services - Survey Unit resources

Survey-related sites of interest

Washington organizations

• Puget Reference Station Network
• Spatial Reference Center of Washington
• Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington
• Washington Council of County Surveyors

Washington state and local government

• Washington Department Natural Resources Public Land Survey Office
• Washington County Road Administration Board (CRAB)
• Washington Dept. of Licensing engineers & surveyors
• List of Washington of licensed surveyors
• Washington State Legistature WACS, RCWS
• Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington
• King County Code

Federal government

• BLM links temporary down (check with Washington State Department of Natural Resources)
• National Geodetic Surveys
• US Geological Survey

Permits, certification and forms

• Washington State Department of Natural Resources Public Lands Survey Office – monument removal permits & other
• American Congress on Surveying & Mapping Standards
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Elevation Certificate and Instructions

Software & online services

• CORPSCON - utility to convert between different coordinate systems and datums
• NGS geodetic tools (programs and online)

Survey control data

• NGS data sheets
• WSDOT monument information
• King County survey control data

Acadamia & scientific community

• Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)

Tidal information

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• NOAA tidal bench marks

GPS data & information

• Puget Reference Station Network (CORS)
• NGS CORS
• Pierce County CORS
• SOPAC home page
• NGS geodetic resource links
• Solar activity
• NGS height modernization
• GPS antenna calibrations
• U.S. Coast Guard

GPS tutorial section and magazines

• NGS CORS powerpoint presentation
• Institute of Navigation (ION)

Maps & online map viewers

• King County iMAP
• King County GIS compilation of map links

Survey research & recorded information

• King County Recorder’s office
• King County Road Services Map and Records Center
• King County Aerial Survey (KCAS) Archives
• State of Washington Department of Natural Resources

Information from the Road Services Division's Web site is available to people with disabilities in alternate formats upon request by calling 206-263-6482 or 711 for the TTY relay service.

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