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Practical surveying and computations / A.L. Allan.

By: Allan, A. L. (Arthur Laidlaw), 1930-.
Contributor(s): Allan, A. L. (Arthur Laidlaw), 1930-. Practical field surveying and computations.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvi, 573 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0750603933.Subject(s): SurveyingDDC classification: 526.9
Contents:
Introduction to surveying -- Measurement and mathematical models -- Instrumentation -- Geometrical geodesy -- Theory of errors and quality control -- Stellar and satellite systems -- Electromagnetic distance measurement -- Survey control -- Heights and levels -- Detail mapping and processing -- Curve surveying -- Volumes and earthworks -- Industrial and engineering surveying.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 526.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00012845
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Practical Surveying and Computations is long established as a major land surveying textbook: the first edition was published as Practical Field Surveying and Computations (A L Allan, J R Hollwey and J H B Maynes).

The book has been completely rewritten in this second edition to take account of the profound changes in surveying methods and applications that have resulted from the introduction of electronic instrumentation and computerized data processing systems.
These new developments and capabilities in metrology give today's surveyor unprecedented freedom in the numerical handling of data. As a result, the emphasis is shifted from the need for detailed understanding of instrument function to the avoidance of
blunders at the data-gathering stage and the ability to appraise computer output in the light of fundamental principles: that is, a quality control system. The explanations and examples in this new edition equip readers to select those procedures and
techniques that are most reliable, accurate, cost effective and appropriate to the problem tackled. Dr A L Allan, FRICS, is Reader in Surveying in the Department of Photogrammatry and Surveying at University College London.

Rev. ed. of: Practical field surveying and computations. 1968..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-568) and index.

Introduction to surveying -- Measurement and mathematical models -- Instrumentation -- Geometrical geodesy -- Theory of errors and quality control -- Stellar and satellite systems -- Electromagnetic distance measurement -- Survey control -- Heights and levels -- Detail mapping and processing -- Curve surveying -- Volumes and earthworks -- Industrial and engineering surveying.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction to surveying
  • Measurement and mathematical models
  • Instrumentation
  • Geometrical geodesy
  • Theory of errors and quality control
  • Stellar and satellite systems
  • Electromagnetic distance measurement
  • Survey control
  • Heights and levels
  • Detail mapping and processing
  • Curve surveying
  • Volumes of earthworks
  • Industrial and engineering surveying
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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