Surveying for engineers

Uren, J.

Surveying for engineers - 4th ed. - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2006 - vi, 824p. 24cm.

Levelling -- Angle measurement -- Distance measurement: taping -- Total stations -- Traversing and coordinate -- Global positioning system -- GPS coordinates and transformations -- Measurements, errors and specifications -- Detail surveying and mapping -- Setting out -- Circular curves -- Transition curves -- Vertical curves -- Earthwork quantities -- Surveying calculations

Written primarily for students, this comprehensive text covers the basic techniques and methods required in engineering and construction surveying. Includes the latest developments in survey instruments and methods, the Global Positioning System and new technologies such as laser scanners. Each chapter provides clear aims and summaries, worked examples, exercises, web links and further reading.

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