Principles of Surveying

Author: Feng Zhongke / Country:
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book covers the general principles and technical methods of surveying. It introduces fundamental surveying, surveying instruments and tools, three-dimensional positioning measurements, topographic map surveying and applications, construction layout and marking, and modern surveying high-tech technologies. It emphasizes the basic concepts, principles, methods, and technical systems of surveying. The book focuses on introducing contemporary surveying instruments, technologies, and theories, including electronic theodolites, distance measuring instruments, total stations, GPS, remote sensing, GIS, and digital mapping. This book serves as a textbook for surveying courses in non-surveying majors at various universities, suitable for majors such as forestry, landscape architecture, soil and water conservation, urban planning, architecture, civil engineering, road and bridge engineering, geology, mining, land management, and resource and environmental sciences. It can also be referenced by faculty and students of the aforementioned majors, vocational colleges, and surveying engineering technicians.