Professional Surveyors and Mappers

FDACS licenses and regulates professional surveyors and mappers in Florida.

Professional surveyors and mappers make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. They provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction and other purposes.

The “practice of surveying and mapping" means, among other things, any professional service or work, the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring, locating, establishing, or reestablishing lines, angles, elevations, natural and manmade features in the air, on the surface and immediate subsurface of the earth, within underground workings, and on the beds or surface of bodies of water, for the purpose of determining, establishing, describing, displaying or interpreting the facts of size, shape, topography, tidal datum planes, legal or geodetic location or relocation, and orientation of improved or unimproved real property and appurtenances thereto, including acreage and condominiums.

The practice of surveying and mapping also includes, but is not limited to, photogrammetric control; the monumentation and remonumentation of property boundaries and subdivisions; the measurement of and preparation of plans showing existing improvements after construction; the layout of proposed improvements; the preparation of descriptions for use in legal instruments of conveyance of real property and property rights; the preparation of subdivision planning maps and record plats, as provided for in Chapter 177, Florida Statutes; the determination of, but not the design of, grades and elevations of roads and land in connection with subdivisions or divisions of land; and the creation and perpetuation of alignments related to maps, record plats, field note records, reports, property descriptions, and plans and drawings that represent them.

Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) licenses and regulates professional surveyors and mappers in Florida through the Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers.

The board operates under the authority of Section 472.007, Florida Statutes.

The Florida Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers encourages the entry of qualified individuals into the profession by approving individuals and businesses applying for licensure as professional surveyors and mappers. In addition, the board protects the public by disciplining licensees who violate professional practice standards.

Upcoming Meeting Dates, Locations and Deadlines

(Dates Subject to Change)

July 27-29, 2026 — Aventura, Florida

Location: JW Marriott Miami Turnberry, 19999 W. Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida 33180
Deadline for Complete Applications: June 5, 2026
Materials:
- General Business Meeting Package [ 435.6 kB ]
- Application Review Committee Meeting Package [ 58.5 MB ]
- Continuing Education Committee Meeting Package [ 176 kB ]
- Probation Review Committee Meeting Package [ 185.5 kB ]
- Rules Committee Meeting Package [ 1 MB ]

September 28-30, 2026 — St. Augustine, Florida

Location: Hilton St. Augustine Historic Bayfront, 32 Avenida Way, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
Deadline for Complete Applications: August 7, 2026

Unapproved Minutes

2026

June 2026

June 2026 Rules Virtual Committee Minutes [ 496.4 kB ]

April 2026

April 2026 Application Committee Minutes [ 161.6 kB ]
April 2026 Continuing Education Committee Minutes [ 139 kB ]
April 2026 Exam Committee Minutes [ 140 kB ]
April 2026 General Business Minutes [ 204.4 kB ]
April 2026 Probation Review Committee [ 136.6 kB ]

Approved Meeting Minutes

2026

February 2026

February 2026 General Business Meeting Minutes [ 229.9 kB ]
February 2026 Application Committee Meeting Minutes [ 172.4 kB ]
February 2026 Continuing Education Committee Meeting Minutes [ 166.1 kB ]
February 2026 Exam Committee Meeting Minutes [ 165.8 kB ]
February 2026 Probation Review Committee Meeting Minutes [ 140 kB ]
February 2026 Rules Committee Meeting Minutes [ 152 kB ]

2025

Membership Requirements

The board consists of nine members, all appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.

Membership composition:

Seven registered surveyors and mappers who are primarily engaged in the practice of surveying and mapping.
Two laypersons who are not and have never been surveyors and mappers or members of any closely related profession or occupation.

Current Board Members

The board consists of nine members. Members serve four-year staggered terms.

Professional Surveyors and Mappers Members

Consumer Members

Wendi McAleese (Vice Chair)
Tampa, FL
Term: 11/01/22–10/31/26

Jennifer Cannon
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Term: 11/01/25-10/31/29

Board Staff

Jacob Sternlicht, Board Counsel
Ana Gargollo-McDonald, Prosecuting Attorney
Christopher E. Green, Executive Director
Regenia Lee, Government Analyst I

Board Appointments

If you're interested in serving on the board, complete the Board Appointment Questionnaire [ Adobe PDF Document ] and return it to:

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Office of External Affairs
PL-10, The Capitol
400 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0800