This book will provide an introduction to land tenure, boundary surveying and cadastral systems, including an understanding of the inter-relationship of these areas and their role in land tenure and real property law. Together, the processes of how land parcels are held, how they are defined, measured and described to allow economic transactions, how they are marked to allow their use and defense, and how they are legally protected have allowed for the orderly possession and use of land. In doing so, these processes have also provided the basis for the advanced economy of most developed nations. Aims to be a complete description of land issues in the US from a today's perspective.