Land & Topographical Survey

Orbital Africa is a registered Land, Topographical Surveying and GIS Mapping company based in Kenya with branches in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, south Sudan, Rwanda, Botswana and Africa at large. We carry out land, Topographic Surveys, Bathymetric Survey, Hydrographic, Sectional Properties, control, engineering surveying and 3D Mapping Services in Kenya using latest and state-of-the-art technologies and tools such as Geodetic GNSS/RTK, GPS, Scan Stations, Total Stations and Drones. In line with the current trend of equipment design which is based on the application of digital and laser based technologies, we offer services aimed at expanding our centre’s capacity and capability to service and maintain automated equipment and hardware utilized in surveying, GIS, resource mapping and environmental management. In this regard, our engineering, land/cadastral, control and topographical surveys approach is focused on:

1. Provision of Control, Land & Topographical Surveying solutions and management of geo-technologies, products and services.
2. Development of a Land Information Systems (LIS) for land data & information generation, application and dissemination.
3. Establishing efficient Land & Topo Surveys methods; partnerships as well as in global strategic alliances and advisory services.

The aim of topo survey is to: (i) Produce Topographical and Cadastral Maps of the project area; (ii) Map Topographic Features and generate topographic (cross-sectional) profiles; (iii) To establish the vertical and horizontal controls for accurately defining locations within project area. A sample of Orbital Africa's Topographic Survey Manual can be downloaded: here. The procedure for topographical survey prcess is also found here. We also offer training on basic operation of a total station, level machine and GPS.