Source: MCRP 3-10E.6 Marine Artillery Survey Operations

1. Fundamentals
   1. Mission and Duties
      1. Survey Operation Steps
         1. Planning
         2. Coordination
         3. Field Work
         4. Computations
         5. Echelons of Survey
      2. Regiment Survey Section
         1. Establishing Initial Control
         2. Recovering Existing Control
         3. Priorities of Survey
         4. Survey Information Center
         5. Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy After Action Report
         6. Evaluation
         7. Maintenance
         8. Dissemination
      3. Battalion Survey Section
         1. Areas of Concern
         2. Categories of Starting Control
         3. Marking and Witnessing Stations
         4. Dissemination of Survey Data
      4. Battery Survey Section
      5. Collective Duties
         1. Survey Officer
         2. Survey Chief
         3. Conventional Team (Party) Chief
         4. Survey Computer
         5. Instrument Operator
         6. Recorder/Computer
         7. PADS Operator (PADS Team Chief)
         8. Assistant PADS Operator
   2. Survey Accuracy Levels and Requirements
      1. Geodetic Control Surveys
      2. Artillery Survey
         1. Relative Position Accuracy
         2. Probable Error Values
         3. Relative Azimuth Accuracy (Fourth Order)
         4. Relative Azimuth Accuracy (Fifth Order)
      3. Required Survey Formats
   3. Converting to Common Control
      1. Comparisons: Why We Convert
         1. Azimuth
         2. Radial Error
         3. Elevation
      2. Swinging the Grid
         1. Recomputing the Survey
         2. Computing Individual Legs
         3. Determining the Common Azimuth of a Critical Line
      3. Sliding the Grid
      4. Swinging and Sliding the Grid
      5. Leveling the Grid
2. Planning
   1. The Artillery Fire Plan
   2. The Survey Plan
      1. Situation
      2. Mission
      3. Execution
      4. Administration and Logistics
      5. Command and Signal
   3. Mission, Enemy, Terrain and Weather, Troops and Support Available-Time Available
      1. Mission
      2. Enemy
      3. Terrain and Weather
      4. Troops and Support Available
      5. Time Available
   4. Space and Logistics
      1. Position and Azimuth Determining System
      2. Traverse
      3. Intersection
      4. Astronomic Observations
      5. RTK/OTF GPS Survey
      6. Static/Rapid Static GPS Survey
   5. The Environment
      1. Arctic Areas and Cold Weather Conditions
      2. Desert Areas
      3. Jungle Areas
      4. Urban Areas
   6. Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy
   7. BAMCIS
      1. Begin Planning
      2. Arrange for Reconnaissance
      3. Make Reconnaissance
      4. Complete the Plan
      5. Issue the Order
      6. Supervise
   8. Survey Sketch
3. Basic Geodesy
   1. The Geodetic System
   2. Coordinate Systems
4. Map Projections and Grid Systems
5. Conventional Equipment
6. Traverse
7. Astronomy
8. Position and Azimuth Determining System Operations
9. Global Positioning System
10. Hasty Survey