Surveying principles and methods

Focuses on measuring and recording the positions and elevations of the points on the Earth surface. This book consists of two parts: conventional surveying and modern surveying. It is an old discipline but it has absorbed fresh nutrition from satellite-based surveying, remote sensing and geographic...

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Main Author: Yan, Haowen
Other Authors: Yang, Weifang
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Beijing, China Oxford, U.K. Science Press ; Alpha Science International 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Part I: Conventional Surveying
  • Ch 1. Introductory
  • Ch 2. Leveling
  • Ch 3. Angles and Directions - Theories
  • Ch 4. Instruments for Angles and Directions Surveying
  • Ch 5. Distance Measurement
  • Ch 6. Traverse Surveying
  • Ch 7. Error Theories
  • Ch 8. Topographic Maps
  • Ch 9. Topographic Surveying
  • Part 2: Modern Surveying
  • Ch 10. Global Positioning Systems
  • Ch 11. Geographic Information Systems
  • Ch 12. Photogrammetry
  • Referenced Bibliographies
  • Referenced Internet Resources
  • Appendix.