In 1993, John Thompson (JT) acquired his License and opened Thompson Surveying in Aubrey, Texas, where he immediately set about proving his talent and skill in all areas of Land Surveying. JT has excelled in surveying for all phases of land development, Including Conceptual Design, Zoning exhibits, Preliminary and Final Platting, etc. In 1995, Thompson Surveying Successfully merged and incorporated with another firm in Krum, Texas and bought out all the corporate shares.

Later, under the leadership of JT, branch offices were opened in the Texas cities of Gainesville and Decatur. Eventually, Thompson Surveying, through periods of mergers, buyouts and growth, evolved into the mature, well-grounded and successful Surveying firm it is today. Hence, All American Surveying was born.

Having legally acquisitioned all files and records from all past mergers and associations, All American Surveying has positioned itself toward having a sharp edge over our competition. Throughout the history of the organization, we have performed over 20,000 surveys in multiple areas, counties, and municipalities throughout North Texas. While the road has been neither short, nor easy, we see our story as a true Realization of Success.

When I started surveying forty years ago, we used transits and steel tapes. Since then I’ve used and mastered most of the technologies modern surveyors use to date. There was a time and place for all these technologies (even steel tapes).

When first using a drone/photogrammetry solution I was very skeptical but have now been using drone technology for over two years. We have come up with a method for reducing errors to a tolerance that is acceptable for vertical measurements, +/- 0.1 on bare earth type projects. I have verified the data produced by the drone every way I know how, and it has proven to be highly acceptable for the quantity tolerances on a bare earth type project.

I have found that using drone/photogrammetry at construction sites is extremely accurate, safe, cheaper and saves time when it comes to verifying grades and measuring quantities. I can set ground control points and fly a 90-acre site consisting of 350 lots in a day, send TraceAir the data and have quantity calculations the next day, at the click of a few buttons.