I think what you're trying to ask is "Has anyone here tried use pre-electronic surveying techniques to gather information for a map?" Is that correct?

If so I can't recall seeing anything like that in the guild. The closest I've come is gathering information for OpenStreetMap but that's done using smart phones or other GPS equipped devices. I think traditional surveying is too time consuming for an individual to gather a useful amount of information while also living a reasonably ordinary life.

I could see someone setting up a baseline and then triangulating a few points off of it. Maybe at most doing a further triangulation from a new line through one of the new points. If you can do that much, you could in principle keep going.