Quantitative research

• Statistical survey, a method for collecting quantitative information about items in a population

• Paid surveys, a method for companies to collect consumer opinions about a product by offering them money as rewards.

Geography

• Surveying, the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth
• Aerial survey, a method of collecting information using aerial photography
• Cadastral survey, used to document land ownership, by the production of documents, diagrams, plats, and maps
• Deviation survey, used in the oil industry to measure a borehole's departure from the vertical
• Dominion Land Survey, the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes
• Public Land Survey System, a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels
• Survey township, a square unit of land, six miles (~9.7 km) on a side, used by the U.S. Public Land Survey System

Earth Sciences

• Geological survey, an investigation of the subsurface of the ground to create a geological map or model
• Geophysical survey, the systematic collection of geophysical data for spatial studies
• Soil survey, the mapping of the properties and varieties of soil in a given area
• Archaeological field survey, the collection of information by archaeologists prior to excavation
• Hydrographic survey, the gathering of information about navigable waters for the purposes of safe navigation of vessels
• Cave survey, the three-dimensional mapping of underground caverns; the resulting map is also referred to as a survey

Astronomy

• Astronomical survey, imaging or mapping regions of the sky
• Durchmusterung, a German word for a systematic survey of objects or data, generally used in astronomy
• Redshift survey, an astronomical survey of a section of the sky to calculate the distance of objects from Earth

Academia

• Survey article, a scholarly publication to summarize an area of research

Organizations

• The Institut Géographique National, a French state establishment which produces and maintains geographical information for France and its territories
• The Survey of India, India's central agency in charge of mapping and surveying
• The Zoological Survey of India studies the fauna of India
• The British Geological Survey, a body which carries out geological survey and monitoring of the UK landmass
• The Ordnance Survey, national mapping agency for Great Britain
• The British Antarctic Survey, conducts scientific research in and around Antarctica for the United Kingdom
• The United States Geological Survey, government scientific research agency which studies the landscape of the United States
• The U.S. National Geodetic Survey, performs geographic surveys as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce