Introduction to Surveying

Author: Huaxisheng, Li Hao
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book consists of 9 chapters. The introduction section primarily discusses the general overview and important role of the surveying and mapping discipline, introduces the basic framework and corresponding content of modern surveying and mapping, and looks ahead to the development and tasks of the discipline. Chapters 2 to 6 respectively introduce the fundamental content, theories, technical methods, research objects, and tasks of the five major branches of the discipline: geodesy, photogrammetry and remote sensing, cartography and geographic information engineering, engineering surveying, and marine surveying. Chapter 7 covers the theory of measurement errors and data processing methods. Chapter 8 introduces the Global Positioning System (GPS) and its applications in surveying. Chapter 9 discusses the "3S" technology. Through the study of this textbook, students and readers engaged in surveying and mapping can gain a comprehensive and preliminary understanding of the discipline and its development, as well as the advancements in modern surveying technology and the research content and tasks of the discipline. This book can serve as a textbook for surveying and mapping majors in colleges and universities and can also be used as a reference for engineering technicians in the surveying and mapping field.