Not sure anyone involved will read this, but it would be wonderful to make gathering surveys easier (without the running around and/or leaving the area) now that we are getting other crafting changes!
Gathering surveys used to be much easier. There were only three locations for each type of survey. The problem is all the locations were in Wrothgar. To make surveys more friendly to those who do not sub or do not own DLCs Zos move them to the base game areas and have them in all the zones. That is the change that made it a pain.