I assume you kind of start with boundaries defined by physical features "between this river and than hill" or similar. Then you get a secondary level defined based on this. So "X meters from the top of this hill".
And I assume now property boundaries are kind of based on a mixture of all of this? But there's a trend toward WGS84 coordinates or similar?
I also assume along the way measurement mistakes have been reasonably common or situations where those "stable" features in the landscape turned out to be not so stable.
Resolving all these issues must be a nightmare and while I've been vaguely aware of this history of surveying it now seems like it must be quite fascinating and I should try and read more about it.
And I assume now property boundaries are kind of based on a mixture of all of this? But there's a trend toward WGS84 coordinates or similar?
I also assume along the way measurement mistakes have been reasonably common or situations where those "stable" features in the landscape turned out to be not so stable.
Resolving all these issues must be a nightmare and while I've been vaguely aware of this history of surveying it now seems like it must be quite fascinating and I should try and read more about it.