Ebook: The Surveying Handbook

The first edition of The Surveying Handbook, although a ground breaker, was widely accepted. However, surveying is a dynamic profession with each new development just one step ahead of the next, and updating became critical. In addition, the editors received constructive criticism about the first edition that needed to be addressed. So, while the objective of The Handbook remains intact, the logical evolution of the profession, along with the need to recognize constructive criticism, led to the second edition. chapters have been added on water boundaries, boundary law, and geodetic positioning New satellites. The chapter on land data systems was rewritten to provide a dramatic updating of information, thus broadening the coverage of The Handbook. The same may be said for the state plane coordinate chapter. The material on public lands and construction surveying was reorganized as well. Appendices were added to tabulate some information that was buried in the earlier edition in several places. Numerous other changes were incorporated to help the handbook retain its profession-wide scope, one step beyond the scope of an upper-division college textbook. Along with the most sophisticated techniques and equipment, the reader can find information on techniques once popular and still important. Four new authors are welcomed to the list of contributors: Grenville Barnes, R. B. Buckner, Donald A. Wilson, and Charles D. Ghilani.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Surveying Profession, Registration,and Associations....Pages 1-2
Surveying Field Notes, Data Collectors....Pages 3-19
Measurement Errors....Pages 20-41
Linear Measurements....Pages 42-66
Linear Measurements: EDM Instruments....Pages 67-79
Angle Measurement: Transits and Theodolites....Pages 80-112
Leveling....Pages 113-139
Instrument Adjustments....Pages 140-155
Traversing....Pages 156-179
Survey Drafting....Pages 180-203
Triangulation....Pages 204-233
Trilateration....Pages 234-270
Geodesy....Pages 271-299
Inertial and Satellite Positioning Surveys....Pages 300-333
Global Positioning System Surveying (GPS)....Pages 334-382
Survey Measurement Adjustments by Least Squares....Pages 383-413
Field Astronomy for Azimuth Determinations....Pages 414-434
Map Projections....Pages 435-453
Plane Coordinate Systems....Pages 454-485
Photogrammetry....Pages 486-509
Compass Surveying....Pages 510-532
The Planetable: Instruments and Methods....Pages 533-562
Control Surveys....Pages 563-577
Construction Surveying....Pages 578-623
Route Surveys....Pages 624-650
Hydrographic Surveying....Pages 651-669
Boundary Surveys....Pages 670-690
Boundary Location Along Waterways....Pages 691-701
Optical Tooling....Pages 702-728
Land Descriptions....Pages 729-797
The Role of the Surveyor in Land Litigation: Pretrial....Pages 798-810
Courtroom Techniques....Pages 811-835
Land and Geographic Information Systems....Pages 836-866
Back Matter....Pages 867-879
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