Surveys defined by the Standards for Surveys and Maps in the State of Connecticut:

• Property Survey: A survey which depicts or notes the position of boundaries with respect to:
• Locations of all boundary monumentation found or set;
• Apparent improvements and features, including as a minimum: dwellings, barns, garages, sheds, driveways, roadways, surface utilities, visible bodies of water and swimming pools;
• Record easements and visible evidence of the use thereof;
• Record and apparent means of ingress and egress;
• Lines of occupation, including as a minimum: fences, walls, hedges and yards;
• Deed restrictions pertaining to the location of buildings or other apparent improvements;
• Unresolved conflicts with record deed descriptions and maps;
• All apparent boundary encroachments;

• Existing Building Location Survey: A survey which depicts or notes the position of all buildings on the property with respect to boundaries, record easement lines and pertinent municipal setback requirements and deed restrictions.
  
  
• Zoning Location Survey: A survey which depicts or notes the position of existing or proposed improvements with respect to applicable municipal setback requirements. The purpose of this type of survey is to enable determination of compliance with said requirements. 

• Improvement Location Survey: A survey which depicts or notes the position, horizontally and, where required, vertically, between particular existing or proposed improvements with respect to the applicable municipal or statutory requirements. The purpose of this type of survey is to enable determination of compliance with said requirements.

• Subdivision or Resubdivision Map: A map of a type of survey which depicts or notes the layout of lots and the associated public or private highways, easements and lands and is intended for submission to applicable regulatory entities.

• Easement Map: A map of a type of survey which depicts and notes the position of an existing or proposed easement with respect to:

• Boundary monumentation found or set;
• Improvements and features, including as a minimum: dwellings, barns, garages, sheds, driveways, roadways, surface utilities, visible bodies of water, fences, walls, hedges, yards and swimming pools;
• Other record easements and visible evidence of the use thereof; and
• Unresolved conflicts with record deed descriptions and maps
  
  

• Topographic Survey: A survey which depicts the configuration of the earth's surface (ground) and the location of natural and artificial objects thereon.

• Right of Way Survey: A survey which maps the limits of existing or proposed highways or public utility transmission easements, including the mapping of parcels to be acquired for such purpose(s), as referenced to an established baseline.

• Construction Stake-Out Services: Surveys which control the horizontal and/or vertical positions of proposed improvements.

Gardner & Peterson Associates, LLC also conducts surveys to provide amendments of Flood Insurance Rate Maps for individual properties.