Surveying: Principles and Applications - Hardcover

Kavanagh, Barry F.

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9780134383002: Surveying: Principles and Applications

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0134383001 ISBN 13: 9780134383002

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1995

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This edition provides students and practitioners with surveying theory and real-world practice in mapping and engineering surveys. All coverage has been updated to include current technology and instrumentation.

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Review:

"This text is readable and the examples are apt to be understood easily by students. The questions at the end of each chapter are applicable to what I want to teach the students." ― Gary L. Backer, Registered Land Surveyor, Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"I consider this book to be a valuable asset to the layout and surveying courses that I teach. The illustrations are great, and the author explains the procedures in a way that is very understandable and practical." ― Carl Hillyard, Pennsylvania College of Technology

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This practical text presents a clear discussion of surveying principles and applications for mapping and engineering surveys. It has been extensively revised from the fifth edition and is now divided into three parts: Part 1 covers the basics of surveying principles; Part 2 introduces students to the latest in imaging techniques; and Part 3 covers practical approaches for applications in the engineering, hydrographic, and land surveying fields. The strength of this text is its real-world application, reflecting the author's many years of academic field experience.

Some of the key features include:

Numerous illustrations and examples to clarify and reinforce chapter topics
Updated isogonic charts
A new chapter on Geographic Information Systems
On-line and interactive techniques for computing grid/geographic coordinates, illustrated using NGS Tools
Introduction to the latest imaging techniques using multi-spectral scanning and LIDAR mapping
Expanded appendices with new glossary entries and a surveying and mapping website index

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