New Mexico Statutes Chapter 13. Public Purchases and Property § 13-1-65. Definition; surveying services

A. the measuring and locating of lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds or bodies of water for the purpose of defining location, areas and volume;

B. the monumenting of property boundaries and the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions thereof;

C. the application of photogrammetric methods used to derive topographic and other data;

D. the establishment of horizontal and vertical controls for surveys for design, topographic surveys including photogrammetric methods, construction surveys for engineering and architectural public works; and

E. the preparation and perpetuation of maps, records, plats, field notes and property descriptions.