Maths for map makers / Arthur Allan.
By: Allan, A. L. (Arthur Laidlaw)
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BookPublisher: Caithness, Scotland : Whittles, 1997Description: xiii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1870325915.Subject(s): Mathematics | Cartography -- Mathematics | Surveying -- MathematicsDDC classification: 526 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 526 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017845 |
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This work should help anyone who has problems with the mathematics involved in map making or who wishes to acquire a better grounding in the subject. It starts from an elementary standpoint in which no previous knowledge is assumed, and progresses to give the student a sufficient level of understanding to cope with most topics encountered by the map maker, including those of elementary surveying. A large number of worked examples is given, together with exercises (and answers), for the reader to perform.
Includes bibliographical references (page 285) and index.
Numbers and calculation -- Plane geometry -- Trigonometry -- Plane coordinates -- Problems in three dimensions -- Areas and volumes -- Matrices -- Vectors -- Calculus -- Conic sections -- Spherical trigonometry -- Solution of equations.