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Aerial imaging services for residential or commercial properties. We use aerial (drone) based cameras to document your property in high resolution. This can be useful for insurance purposes, monitoring construction, or to monitor or look for leaks and damages. We specialize in capturing high-resolution imagery and can even create 3D models for greater detail. Monitor and assess your property through time with our change-detection maps. We have expertise in creating detailed maps that will allow you to view your properties through time without lifting a finger. This is a great tool to capture current imagery or to view changes through time.

Aerial imaging services for residential or commercial properties. We use aerial (drone) based cameras to document your property in high resolution. This can be useful for insurance purposes, monitoring construction, or to monitor or look for leaks and damages. We specialize in capturing high-resolution imagery and can even create 3D models for greater detail. Monitor and assess your property through time with our change-detection maps. We have expertise in creating detailed maps that will allow you to view your properties through time without lifting a finger. This is a great tool to capture current imagery or to view changes through time.


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Focused Aerial Imagery Service supercharges marketing materials with jaw dropping aerial videos and photos. We'll increase awareness of your property and highlight it's attributes with our Emmy Award winning staff! SF Bay, CA

Focused Aerial Imagery Service supercharges marketing materials with jaw dropping aerial videos and photos. We'll increase awareness of your property and highlight it's attributes with our Emmy Award winning staff! SF Bay, CA


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L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc.

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L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc.

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L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. is a full service Land Surveying firm representing public, private, commercial and attorney clients throughout the Bay Area since 1991, with expertise in Caltrans construction, right-of-way engineering and preliminary design surveys. We provide prompt, professional and cost effective land surveying services to our clients in order to meet comprehensive land surveying requirements. Our unique ability to perform thorough research of survey records, both recorded and unrecorded, delivers a work product that is exceptional and may save our client legal costs should the survey be contested. Thorough and comprehensive research is necessary to provide our client with a court-defensible survey. Our office is logistically located in southern Novato and conveniently serves the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Lake, Mendocino, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda. All surveying employees of L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. are either licensed surveyors, possess Land-Surveyor-in-Training Certificates with the California Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists and/or have obtained surveying education in college. L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. owns one of the largest collections of survey archives and unrecorded documents of properties in Marin County and the title maps of the oldest title company in Marin County. Access to these records gives our firm a distinct advantage in locating and verifying monuments and markers from original surveys performed since the 1890’s, leading to a more court-defensible survey. These records aid in the expertise of L.A. Stevens employees working on projects in Marin County. Larry Stevens, P.L.S. currently serves as a board member of the California Land Surveyors Association and is is recognized by the courts as an expert witness and has been successful in disputes involving land survey issues. Due to his expertise and reputation as a respected professional, he is sought by attorneys representing the more challenging survey issues. A partial list of clients includes Dominican University in San Rafael, City of Mill Valley, City of Belvedere, San Francisco State University, Cost Plus Shopping Center in Corte Madera, Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Pt. Reyes, Stinson Beach Water District, National Park Service in Stinson Beach, Harrison Engineering, Inc., Abey Arnold Associates Landscape Architects, Tiburon Sanitary District, the Town of Tiburon, as well as attorneys at over 30 top Bay Area law firms and other professionals.

"My wife and I engaged Larry Stevens to perform expert witness work for a land dispute trial since our original surveyor, Michael Ford, retired and closed his business. We signed an agreement on Thursday March 16, 2023, and by Tuesday, March 21, 2023 the direction of our lawsuit changed and we no longer needed the expert witness services for deposition or trial."

Doug F on June 2023

L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. is a full service Land Surveying firm representing public, private, commercial and attorney clients throughout the Bay Area since 1991, with expertise in Caltrans construction, right-of-way engineering and preliminary design surveys. We provide prompt, professional and cost effective land surveying services to our clients in order to meet comprehensive land surveying requirements. Our unique ability to perform thorough research of survey records, both recorded and unrecorded, delivers a work product that is exceptional and may save our client legal costs should the survey be contested. Thorough and comprehensive research is necessary to provide our client with a court-defensible survey. Our office is logistically located in southern Novato and conveniently serves the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Lake, Mendocino, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda. All surveying employees of L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. are either licensed surveyors, possess Land-Surveyor-in-Training Certificates with the California Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists and/or have obtained surveying education in college. L.A. Stevens & Associates, Inc. owns one of the largest collections of survey archives and unrecorded documents of properties in Marin County and the title maps of the oldest title company in Marin County. Access to these records gives our firm a distinct advantage in locating and verifying monuments and markers from original surveys performed since the 1890’s, leading to a more court-defensible survey. These records aid in the expertise of L.A. Stevens employees working on projects in Marin County. Larry Stevens, P.L.S. currently serves as a board member of the California Land Surveyors Association and is is recognized by the courts as an expert witness and has been successful in disputes involving land survey issues. Due to his expertise and reputation as a respected professional, he is sought by attorneys representing the more challenging survey issues. A partial list of clients includes Dominican University in San Rafael, City of Mill Valley, City of Belvedere, San Francisco State University, Cost Plus Shopping Center in Corte Madera, Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Pt. Reyes, Stinson Beach Water District, National Park Service in Stinson Beach, Harrison Engineering, Inc., Abey Arnold Associates Landscape Architects, Tiburon Sanitary District, the Town of Tiburon, as well as attorneys at over 30 top Bay Area law firms and other professionals.

"My wife and I engaged Larry Stevens to perform expert witness work for a land dispute trial since our original surveyor, Michael Ford, retired and closed his business. We signed an agreement on Thursday March 16, 2023, and by Tuesday, March 21, 2023 the direction of our lawsuit changed and we no longer needed the expert witness services for deposition or trial."

Doug F on June 2023




Hogan Land Services, Inc.

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Hogan Land Services, Inc.

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22 years of experience

Hogan Land Services is a full service land development company with offices in Sonoma and Santa Cruz Counties. We pride ourselves on the relationships we've built with the agencies, and our ability to make your development dreams come true. We'll get the Permit!

Hogan Land Services is a full service land development company with offices in Sonoma and Santa Cruz Counties. We pride ourselves on the relationships we've built with the agencies, and our ability to make your development dreams come true. We'll get the Permit!


BLS Surveying & Mapping

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BLS Surveying & Mapping

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11 years of experience

small personal firm with 3 family employees - 40 years of experience (from small jobs to transportation infrastructure level) , Professionally Licensed for 22 years, quality cost effective services

small personal firm with 3 family employees - 40 years of experience (from small jobs to transportation infrastructure level) , Professionally Licensed for 22 years, quality cost effective services


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Hogan Land Services

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22 years of experience

Hogan Land Services is on your side. Think of us as a one-stop shop for property owners who want to do something with their land. From planning to engineering to permitting and more, we’ve got your back with advice, expertise and services. There’s really nothing we can’t help with! So, tell us, what’s your land development goal? A Hogan Land Services team member can help you determine the path–and the next steps.

"Never heard from the company."

Danny G on November 2020

Hogan Land Services is on your side. Think of us as a one-stop shop for property owners who want to do something with their land. From planning to engineering to permitting and more, we’ve got your back with advice, expertise and services. There’s really nothing we can’t help with! So, tell us, what’s your land development goal? A Hogan Land Services team member can help you determine the path–and the next steps.

"Never heard from the company."

Danny G on November 2020


Regional Pacific Consulting

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Regional Pacific Consulting

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14 years of experience

Regional Pacific Consulting (RPC), is a multi-discipline land surveying and contracting firm offering a wide range of land surveying, planning, contracting, and development services to the West Coast. RPC has a full time team that consists of drafters, survey and mapping technicians, and field crews that are supervised by our Registered Land Surveyors with almost 70 years of combined experience in the private and public surveying industry. At the forefront of technology, RPC utilizes state of the art surveying equipment including electronic total stations, data collectors equipped with the latest computing technology that interface with AutoCAD Civil 3D, automatic levels, high precision digital levels, and Global Positioning Satellite systems that are Glonass enabled.

Regional Pacific Consulting (RPC), is a multi-discipline land surveying and contracting firm offering a wide range of land surveying, planning, contracting, and development services to the West Coast. RPC has a full time team that consists of drafters, survey and mapping technicians, and field crews that are supervised by our Registered Land Surveyors with almost 70 years of combined experience in the private and public surveying industry. At the forefront of technology, RPC utilizes state of the art surveying equipment including electronic total stations, data collectors equipped with the latest computing technology that interface with AutoCAD Civil 3D, automatic levels, high precision digital levels, and Global Positioning Satellite systems that are Glonass enabled.


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Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

It is almost always necessary to hire a land surveyor near you to ensure your fence sits on the right side of the property line. Mistaking the shape of your property can lead to fines and costly changes if you have to move or adjust the privacy fence—not to mention some surly looks from your neighbor. We recommend jumpstarting your fence planning in the spring to ensure there is plenty of time to map out your plan before construction season.

ALTA/ACSM surveys are the most comprehensive type of land survey and, as such, tend to be the most expensive. These surveys have standardized guidelines and reports and are used in many kinds of real estate transactions to ensure consistent and accurate information is available for properties.

Several government-backed lending programs can help first-time home buyers purchase a home with little money down. FHA, USDA, and VA loans are options for qualifying borrowers, though many conventional mortgage lenders will lower down payment rates to as low as 3 percent.

Soil testers and licensed excavators are often the professionals you hire if you need a perc test. In some cases, structural engineers will also be able to conduct the test for you. In many municipalities, you’ll need your professional on-site to dig and fill the holes with water, as well as a representative from your local building department or health department. That representative is the individual who will determine whether your test passes or fails.

There are a couple of ways you can determine the depth of your well. One method is to use a device called a well sounder. This tool has a long measuring tape containing a sensor to alert you once the end reaches the water. 

Or you can DIY it by using a long tape measure with a half-filled bottle of water attached to it. Lower the tape measure into your well. Once you feel tension on the tape, you’ll know the bottle has reached your static water level. This will give you an approximate idea of your well’s depth.

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