The complete guide to adjusting for measurement error-expanded and updated no measurement is ever exact. Adjustment Computations updates a classic, definitive text on surveying with the latest methodologies and tools for analyzing and adjusting errors with a focus on least squar…
Photogrammetry: geometry from images and laser scans
This imaginative study of American visual culture reveals how the political predicaments of a few small bureaucracies once fostered pictures of an extraordinary style. U.S. geographical and geological surveys of the late nineteenth century produced photographs and drawings of to…
This book contains translations of all the ancient texts on surveying, including major sources hitherto untapped. It sets out to reconstruct the instruments and to explain how they were used. A level of technical sophistication emerges which must count as one of the greatest ach…
"This book demonstrates that Quantity Surveying is not limited to working behind a desk measuring trade works from drawings & quantifying materials, but is in fact a dynamic and central role within the overall management of construction projects. With an introductory chapter def…
"Memoir of surveying for the BLM in the Utah Desert. Reflects on man's relationship to nature and work, the Mormon Church and the settling of the West, the idealistic legacy of the sixties, the controversy over Glen Canyon Dam, and the often antagonistic relationship of American…
This book provides state-of-the-art information on photogrammetry for cultural heritage, exploring the problems and presenting solutions that are applicable under real-world conditions and in various disciplines. Allowing readers to gain a basic understanding of cultural heritag…
This book is the translated English version of a text on industrial surveys, originally published in Slovak by SPEKTRUM STU Publishing.This updated version is not only a translation of the original, but also a reviewed, extended version, which reflects up-to-date international s…