The Journal of Surveying Engineering covers the broad spectrum of surveying and mapping activities encountered in modern practice. It includes traditional areas such as construction surveys, control surveys, photogrammetric mapping, engineering layout, deformation measurements, precise alignment, and boundary surveying. It also includes newer development such as satellite positioning; spatial database design, quality assurance, and information management of geographic information systems; computer applications involving modeling, data structures, algorithms, and information processing; digital mapping, coordinate systems, cartographic representations, and the role of surveying engineering professionals in an information society.

《測繪工程學報》涵蓋了現代實踐中廣泛的測繪活動。它包括傳統領域，如建筑測量、控制測量、攝影制圖、工程布局、變形測量、精確對準和邊界測量。它還包括更新的發展，如衛星定位；地理信息系統空間數據庫設計、質量保證與信息管理計算機應用包括建模、數據結構、算法和信息處理；數字制圖、坐標系統、制圖表示、以及測量工程專業人員在信息社會中的角色。