Surveying

"McCormac's 6th edition of Surveying provides a basic overview to help readers understand and communicate with surveyors. New features include more applications in engineering areas such as environmental, transportation, geotechnical, construction; more applications to GIS and GPS; added coverage of Geomatics, including setting up data to do analysis and make decisions; and more examples and increase number of homework problems"--

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Surveying -- 1.2.Geomatics -- 1.3.Famous Surveyors -- 1.4.Early History of Surveying -- 1.5.Plane Surveys -- 1.6.Geodetic Surveys -- 1.7.Types of Surveys -- 1.8.Modern Surveying Equipment -- 1.9.Use of Old Surveying Equipment -- 1.10.Maintenance of Equipment -- 1.11.Importance of Surveying -- 1.12.Safety -- 1.13.Liability Insurance -- 1.14.Opportunities in Surveying -- Problems -- 2.Introduction to Measurements -- 2.1.Measurement -- 2.2.Necessity For Accurate Surveys -- 2.3.Accuracy and Precision -- 2.4.Errors and Mistakes -- 2.5.Sources of Errors -- 2.6.Systematic and Accidental or Random Errors -- 2.7.Discussion of Accidental or Random Errors -- 2.8.Occurrence of Accidental or Random Errors -- 2.9.Probability Curve -- 2.10.Propagation of Accidental or Random Errors -- 2.11.Significant Figures -- 2.12.Field Notes -- 2.13.Electronically Recorded Notes -- 2.14.Office Work and Digital Computers -- 2.15.Planning -- Problems -- 3.Distance Measurement -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Pacing -- 3.3.Odometers and Measuring Wheels -- 3.4.Tachymetry -- 3.5.Taping or Chaining -- 3.6.Electronic Distance Measurements -- 3.7.Global Positioning S…