When GNSS Fails: A Construction Surveyor Plan B

Construction surveyor using GNSS rover at night under green aurora lights

If you’re a construction surveyor, you probably remember the talk earlier this month when the northern lights painted the skies over Illinois. Everyone was sharing photos of the rare aurora. But while the city looked up, survey crews were looking down, wondering why their rovers suddenly struggled to stay fixed. That same solar storm that […]

Welcome to ALTA Survey Illinois

Your Final Stop for Your ALTA Survey Needs!                              Contact us today for a free quote! This site is intended to provide you with information on ALTA Surveying in Illinois. If you’re looking for a Illinois Land Surveyor, you’ve come to the […]

What Is A Land Surveyor?

A Land Surveyor is essential whenever you plan on building on property, or buying an already built commercial property.  Many land surveyor have worked throughout our country history. In fact, three of the four faces carved on Mount Rushmore are land surveyors (Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were all three surveyors, Teddy […]