"The use of Polaris for azimuth observation has not been popular in land surveying applications due to myths about the difficulty and inconvenience of its use, and the popular belief that it is necessary to observe it at odd hours of the night or evening. In fact the Polaris observation can be made quickly and easily over a broader range of conditions than can Solar observations, and is well known to be more accurate. This paper presents a description of the Polaris observation, the underlying theory, and a discussion of it's advantages as a simple, accurate and easy azimuth determination method for use by the Land Surveyor. The paper provides procedures for computing, finding, observing and reducing Polaris at any time of day or night."