AI for land surveying firms, tested on survey requests and Schedule B reviews you already finished.

The standards leave the tools to the profession. ALTA adopted the current land title survey requirements on October 8, 2025, and NSPS followed on October 17. Their FAQ explains why Sections 5 and 6 now defer to whatever practices the profession generally accepts: with drones, LiDAR and AI moving quickly, the joint workgroup chose not to rule on tools one by one. This test stays on the desk side of that question. It reads paper your office has already handled, and nothing about how a crew measures changes.

A precise corner can still be the wrong corner. Section 3 caps relative positional precision at 2 cm plus 50 parts per million, then says that figure is no substitute for boundary law: a tightly measured corner can still sit in the wrong place if boundary law principles were misapplied. Where a line falls is the surveyor's opinion, formed from monuments, record descriptions and possession. So nothing in this proof of concept draws, locates or resolves anything.

States split on who brings the easements. Colorado's plat statute, C.R.S. 38-51-106, calls for all recorded and apparent rights-of-way and easements, with the source named when someone else did the research, or else a statement that the client did not ask for them. Florida's boundary survey rule, 5J-17.052, has easements on applicable record plats and open evidence of others shown, while saying its research duty stops short of a title search. Oklahoma's minimum standards say the location of any easement beyond those on recorded subdivision plats must be furnished to the surveyor if it is wanted. Your closed jobs record how your office handled each state, which is what makes them a fair sample.

Public clients buy in a different order. Texas Government Code section 2254.004 has a governmental entity buying land surveying select the most highly qualified provider on demonstrated competence first, and negotiate a fair and reasonable price only after that. A private client may ask for scope and price in the same email. So a scope sheet for public work records how the buyer is selecting and leaves the fee field empty until your surveyor fills it.

Both jobs arrive with their own key. Every ALTA request you quoted left a client email, a lender or title company list and the proposal you sent. Every commitment you worked left the exception documents and the Schedule B notes on the delivered plat. Your reviewer grades each draft against that record instead of a demo file.

One limit covers every job here. The proof of concept reads copies and drafts. It never touches CAD, field data, a live survey or a county filing. It never determines a boundary, decides whether an exception is plottable, certifies or seals a survey, or sets a fee, and it never contacts a client, title company or agency. A licensed surveyor makes every determination and seals every survey. These summaries of published rules are not legal or surveying advice.