Im in jolly old England and am pretty sure you don't need to be licensed for this basic survey - will check.
Think I will attempt to do a basic survey with compass and measuring tapes, and if this is rubbish, will rent out a theodolite and see if I can get some better results. If not, ill have...
I need to do a basic survey to agree boundary's for buying some land within a woodland.
Heres the woodland roughly drawn out in Live Maps:
http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=7F48A8525A3CCEF1!130&encType=1
I now need to draw out the boundaries accuratley. Im A GIS Consultant, so I should really know...