Surveying - (Suitable for non-surveying majors in applied undergraduate universities)

Author: Zhang Xu, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book is a textbook for the foundational course "Surveying" in non-surveying majors at universities and colleges. The book is divided into 15 chapters. Chapters 1-4 cover basic surveying knowledge, the use of surveying instruments, and fundamental principles and methods of surveying; Chapter 5 introduces the basics of measurement errors; Chapters 6-7 discuss small-area control surveying and electronic total station measurement; Chapters 8-9 focus on large-scale topographic map surveying methods and applications; Chapters 10-12 cover construction engineering surveying, road and bridge engineering surveying, and pipeline engineering surveying; Chapters 13-15 introduce the basics of the Global Positioning System (GPS), photogrammetry and remote sensing (RS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This book can be used as a textbook for related majors at universities and colleges, such as civil engineering, urban planning, environmental engineering, engineering management, and geographic information systems, as well as a reference for engineering technicians.