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Surveying for engineers

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2006Edition: 4th edDescription: vi, 824p. 24cmISBN:
  • 1403920540
  • 9781403920546
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 526.902462 $2 18
Incomplete contents:
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
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Book London Basement RESERVE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30073478

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.