Finding the right place to call home can be a unique challenge.  When buying a home, there can sometimes be an issue with the location of the property boundaries.  Markers that were once defined as the property lines can have shifted over the years since being laid out, or the line could have been laid out incorrectly.  One method of measuring boundary lines is called metes and bounds.  This system was a carryover from the old English measurement system. 

 This method of surveying has been largely replaced in the Western part of the United States, but still exists in the Eastern part and in Canada.  However, when pieces of land became bigger, the ability to measure everything out with rods and poles became harder.  In the mapping out of different properties, using Global Positioning Satellites offers a way to be certain of the placement of anything and any place.  A GPS surveying system offers a very precise way to chart boundary lines of any place, anywhere on earth. 

 There is a form of treasure hunting that has evolved from the use of GPS technology.  Using simple GPS coordinates, a person locates and discovered a geo cache of different items.  The advent of being able to use a system like Google Maps, Google Earth, or any other mapping program to find a point in the middle of a desert, and then using a GPS program to find that place on the ground allows for many advances.  Many different mineral companies have started to use broad area scans to examine a place that might have resources. 

 They then examine the scans to see areas that have abnormalities like magnetic discrepancies and places that don’t look quite right.  Using GPS offers a way to be able to ensure the claims on the land the minerals are discovered are precise and exact in the coverage of the mineral claims.  While old time gold miners might have relied on luck and some skill in the past to find areas that had the minerals they were looking for, the use of modern technology and tools can ensure the claim would be properly filed and protected for the person who discovered it.  GPS survey equipment gives an accurate recording of the area being claimed, whether for a mining and minerals claim, or for a place to call home, using accurate GPS surveying equipment makes a precise difference.