r/Surveying is a subreddit with 69k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses surveying, looking for, struggling, survey, and frustrating, and they frequently recommend/review tape measure, advice and recommendations, and hiking shoes.
A global community for Land Surveyors to discuss all things surveying, from the office to the field.
Popular Themes in r/Surveying
#1
Advice Requests
: "How dangerous is this?"
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "No backlog, high overhead, low profit, Just got fired"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Has anyone used Trimble's augmented reality hard hat, the XR10?"
4 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Construction Survey Tech job at Hanford Nuclear site in Eastern WA. Company is Bechtel, pay and info in body."
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Is the pay for surveying worth it?"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "A small project I worked on"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Surveying
#1
Surveying
31 posts
#2
Looking For
24 posts
#3
Struggling
19 posts
#4
Survey
: "Surveying Pay"
18 posts
#5
Frustrating
17 posts
#6
Worst
12 posts
#7
Office
: "Today’s Office 🐑"
9 posts
#8
Annoying
6 posts
#9
Trimble
: "Weird bug on latest FW 6.60 (Trimble R12i)"
6 posts
#10
Looking For Job
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/Surveying
Tape Measure
27 reviews
#1
Komelon
4.6★ from 7 reviews
#2
Lufkin
4.3★ from 7 reviews
#3
Stanley
3.8★ from 5 reviews
Advice And Recommendations
21 reviews
#1
Permethrin
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
LL Bean
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Gloves
4.0★ from 1 review
Hiking Shoes
18 reviews
#1
Salomon
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Timberland
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Keen
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/Surveying
#1
Discussion
: "No backlog, high overhead, low profit, Just got fired"
67 posts
#2
Help
: "Leica, if you’re listening…"
41 posts
#3
Picture
: "Update: I’m the guy from California who was let go last month. I took the FS exam last week for the first time with a $16 Casio and a dream!"
34 posts
#4
Humor
: "Total station got the wandering laser"
25 posts
#5
Informative
: "‘The Guy’"
13 posts
#6
Today's Office
: "I'm an Offshore Piling Surveyor, and This is my "office" and my daily view"
11 posts
#7
Offbeat
: "To some people it's fun!"
7 posts
#8
Meme
: "Boundary law? Never heard of her."
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Surveying
Yearly
+12k members(20.6%)
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Last updated: September 5, 2026