Current Surveyor-General's Directions. The Surveyor-General's Directions provide information about survey practice in New South Wales.
Direction No. 1
(PDF 7.6 MB)Approved Permanent Marks.
Direction No. 2
(PDF 651.6 KB)Preparation of Locality Sketch Plans
Download the Locality Sketch Plan Template.zip (ZIP 1.4 MB) which contains a template AutoCAD drawing file (.dwg) of the blank official Locality Sketch Plan (LSP)
Download the Locality Sketch Plan (LSP) template in PDF format LSP Template.pdf (PDF 240.1 KB)
Download the Locality Sketch Plan (LSP) template in TIFF format LSP Template.tiff (TIFF 260.9 KB)
Survey mark status report form – an online form located on our Customer Hub.
To report a change to a survey mark status, location or revise the spatial position of a mark please complete the form on our Customer Hub.
Locality Sketch Plan Submission
Direction No. 3
(PDF 921.5 KB)This Direction is retired. The full version is available in Historical Survey Documents.
Direction No. 4
(PDF 668.6 KB)Interpreting the Survey Control Information Management System (SCIMS).
For guidance on how to use SCIMS please use the SCIMS Online Support Guide (PDF 5.8 MB).
SCIMS Online is the web mapping tool that makes SCIMS data available to the public via the SIX Spatial Services Portal.
Direction No. 5
(PDF 1.2 MB)Calibration of Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) Equipment.
Bankstown Testline is closed. Please use an alternate facility such as Lethbridge Park baseline for your EDM calibration.
EDM Baseline Measurement Reports
EDM Calibration Recording Sheet (PDF 31.5 KB)
Direction No. 6
(PDF 1.2 MB)Water as a Boundary – Document under review
Direction No. 7
(PDF 3.8 MB)Surveying and Spatial Information Regulation 2017 - Applications – applicable from 01 Jan 2020 (adoption of GDA2020).
Download the Surveyor General’s-Deposited Plan Checklist (PDF 604.0 KB)
Download the GridCalc (GDA2020) for NSW (ZIP 7.88 MB) spreadsheet package from ICSM’s GitHub repository (GridCalc_GDA2020_NSW.xlsm will require Microsoft Excel 2007 or later)
Download the GridCalc (GDA94) for NSW (ZIP 10.8 MB) spreadsheet package from ICSM’s GitHub repository (GridCalc_GDA94_NSW.xlsm will require Microsoft Excel 2007 or later)
Download the Surveyor-General’s approved GDA2020 schedule templates package SSIR2017.zip (ZIP 224.0 KB) which contains an AutoCAD 2007 drawing file (.dwg) and an AutoCAD 2007 DXF (.dxf) drawing both of which contain the schedules approved by the Surveyor-General for use under the SSIR2017 with GDA2020.
Download the Surveyor-General’s approved GDA94 schedule templates package SSIR2017.zip (ZIP 227.2 KB) which contains an AutoCAD 2007 drawing file (.dwg) and an AutoCAD 2007 DXF (.dxf) drawing both of which contain the schedules approved by the Surveyor-General for use under the SSIR2017 with GDA94.
Download the datum line, coordinate schedule and height + height difference flowcharts (ZIP 445.7 KB).
Application for Surveyor General's Approvals and Exemptions - S&SI Regs
Direction No. 8
(PDF 18.1 MB)Mining Tenure Surveys
Direction No. 9
(PDF 4.1 MB)GNSS for Cadastral Surveys
GNSS Validation Bass Hill (PDF 1.0 MB)
GNSS Validation Newcastle (PDF 1.4 MB)
GNSS Validation Wollongong (PDF 1.2 MB)
Direction No. 10
(PDF 507.4 KB)This Direction is retired. The full version is available in Historical Survey Documents.
Direction No. 11
(PDF 4.0 MB)Preservation of Survey Infrastructure
Application for Surveyor General Approval - Survey Mark(s) Removal
POSI Application Support Guide (PDF 122.1 KB)
Download the Information Sheet Protecting survey marks (PDF 364.8 KB)
Download the POSI Resource Pack (ZIP 9.3 MB)
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BYDA can be used in conjunction with Direction No. 11 when searching for survey infrastructure. |
Direction No. 12
(PDF 530.4 KB)Control Surveys and SCIMS
Technical Specifications for NSW Secondary Control Surveys (PDF 562.1 KB)
Download the Resource Pack (ZIP 2.1 MB)
Direction No. 13
(PDF 327.0 KB)Aquaculture Lease Surveys
Download the Reference Documents (Zip 196.8 KB)