Surveying related papers and books presented and published since 1957 in Korea are investigated and gathered, and the list by the topics of the papers is prepared. And changes in the topics of surveying related researches are studied through the changes in the titles of the presented papers. The fields of general surveying and photogrammetry have been doing their role to lead surveying researches since 1957, and those of Geodesy, Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS are rapidly growing as advanced fields. Especially GIS is a widespreading field as being used in many socio-environment parts, recently gets a big attentions by the National GIS Project. GPS and Remote Sensing have contributed to make the surveying area an advanced technology by employing newly developed technigues to GPS receivers and satellite imagery.