Your surveying team in Reunion Island

What is topography ?

Topography is science which allows measurement on a land area and then the representation on a plan or map of all any visible details. These objects can be natural (trees, reliefs...) or man-made features (roads, buildings, road structures...). The goal is to define the planimetric (XY) and altimetric (Z) position of all points located in an area with a certain level of precision.

Core business of TOPO Services is topography : our team is composed of surveyors and topographers with different backgrounds, from baccalaureate to surveying engineer. Thanks to our diverse skills and tools, we can constraints/offer the best solutions suited to your needs.

For all types of projects, it is necessary to realise a topographic map of a land area. A high-quality survey will result in a better control of project costs, from the preliminary study to the project conclusion. Internal control at each step of the project through informations and collected data remains one of the priorities of our profession for ensuring the results reliability.

Continous technological advancement in topography has eventually led us to a quicker and more precise survey than before.

New technologies (robotic stations, drones, GPS, mobile mapping…) are tools only provided to the surveyor / topographer to help him conduct its mission. Those technologies will never replace the know-how and specific techniques used by the surveyor during his survey. Topography is a job in itself, no one can improvise himself as a surveyor. There are rules to obtain the required precisions with technical surveys to know and master.

Nowadays, surveyors / topographers conduct surveys on opened or closed trench networks. In the case of an as-built survey of an opened trench, the surveyor must be certified in georeferencing and in the case of closed trench, he must be certified in network detection. TOPO Service is certified by Bureau Veritas in network geo-referencing and network detection since 2021.