Civil Engineering Surveying

Author: Yang Jun
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book can be used as a teaching material for civil engineering majors in ordinary universities, adult universities, and higher vocational and technical schools, and can also be referenced by practicing civil engineering professionals. It is a textbook for technical foundation courses in civil engineering at universities. The book consists of twelve chapters: Chapter 1: Introduction, introducing surveying and civil engineering, ground points, and civil engineering surveying tasks; Chapter 2: Basic Surveying Work, introducing traditional surveying instruments, tools, and measurement methods for elevation (height difference), angles (horizontal and vertical angles), distance, and direction; Chapter 3: Modern Surveying Technology, introducing new surveying instruments of the contemporary era (optical distance meters, total stations, and the GPS global positioning system) and their surveying techniques; Chapter 4: Surveying Errors and Accuracy Evaluation, introducing basic surveying errors and accuracy evaluation standards; Chapter 5: Small-Area Control Surveying, introducing the concept of control surveying and field and office calculations for traversing; Chapters 6 and 7: Understanding, Surveying, and Application of Topographic Maps; Chapters 8 to 12: Introducing construction measurement for buildings, roads and pipelines, as well as deformation measurement of buildings and structures.