Surveying with Construction Applications - Hardcover

Kavanagh, Barry F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0138789509 ISBN 13: 9780138789503

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1992

Synopsis

This new edition contains material on the most recent surveying instrumentation in the construction field, including digital levels, electronic theodolites and total stations. It also includes updated material on GIS, GPS and the new utility.

About this title

Review:

"Students always comment positively on this text for readability. It's the best text I've found to integrate fundamental land surveying with construction." ― Dianne Kay, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

"This textbook is unique in its organization and the topics covered. Students have found it to be thorough and helpful, and it is an outstanding reference for practicing surveyors and engineers." ― Subhi M. Bazlamit, Ohio Northern University

From the Back Cover:

The principles and techniques of surveying are applied to a wide variety of realistic construction project applications.

Some of the key features of this new edition include:

• In more challenging areas such as bearing/azimuth computations, there are numerous examples showing a modest and appropriate level of math in a clear and direct style.
• Expanded coverage of the new digital electronic instrumentation and its application in areas such as Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS).
• Civil engineering and technology applications are offered in such areas as highway construction design and municipal construction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0138789509
• ISBN 13: 9780138789503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336