The Surveying Handbook

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Surveying Profession, Registration,and Associations

   • Walter G. Robillard

   Pages 1-2

3. Surveying Field Notes, Data Collectors

   • Russell C. Brinker

   Pages 3-19

4. Measurement Errors

   • B. Austin Barry

   Pages 20-41

5. Linear Measurements

   • Kenneth S. Curtis

   Pages 42-66

6. Linear Measurements: EDM Instruments

   • Porter W. McDonnell

   Pages 67-79

7. Angle Measurement: Transits and Theodolites

   • Edward G. Zimmerman

   Pages 80-112

8. Leveling

   • Robert J. Schultz

   Pages 113-139

9. Instrument Adjustments

   • Gerald W. Mahun

   Pages 140-155

10. Traversing

    • Jack B. Evett

    Pages 156-179

11. Survey Drafting

    • Edward G. Zimmerman

    Pages 180-203

12. Triangulation

    • M. Louis Shafer

    Pages 204-233

13. Trilateration

    • Bryant N. Sturgess, Frank T. Carey

    Pages 234-270

14. Geodesy

    • Earl F. Burkholder

    Pages 271-299

15. Inertial and Satellite Positioning Surveys

    • David F. Mezera, Larry D. Hothem

    Pages 300-333

16. Global Positioning System Surveying (GPS)

    • Bryant N. Sturgess, Ellis R. Veatch II

    Pages 334-382

17. Survey Measurement Adjustments by Least Squares

    • Paul R. Wolf, Charles Ghilani

    Pages 383-413

18. Field Astronomy for Azimuth Determinations

    • Richard L. Elgin, David R. Knowles, Joseph H. Senne

    Pages 414-434

19. Map Projections

    • Porter W. McDonnell

    Pages 435-453

20. Plane Coordinate Systems

    • R. B. Buckner

    Pages 454-485

The first edition of The Surveying Handbook, although a ground breaker, was widely accepted. However, surveying is a dynamic profession with each new development just one step ahead of the next, and updating became critical. In addition, the editors received constructive criticism about the first edition that needed to be addressed. So, while the objective of The Handbook remains intact, the logical evolution of the profession, along with the need to recognize constructive criticism, led to the second edition. chapters have been added on water boundaries, boundary law, and geodetic positioning New satellites. The chapter on land data systems was rewritten to provide a dramatic updating of information, thus broadening the coverage of The Handbook. The same may be said for the state plane coordinate chapter. The material on public lands and construction surveying was reorganized as well. Appendices were added to tabulate some information that was buried in the earlier edition in several places. Numerous other changes were incorporated to help the handbook retain its profession-wide scope, one step beyond the scope of an upper-division college textbook. Along with the most sophisticated techniques and equipment, the reader can find information on techniques once popular and still important. Four new authors are welcomed to the list of contributors: Grenville Barnes, R. B. Buckner, Donald A. Wilson, and Charles D. Ghilani.

• Polystyrol
• civil engineering
• construction
• geodesy
• photogrammetry
• surveying

• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

  Russell C. Brinker

• Tidelands and Waterways, First American Title Company, Santa Ana, USA

  Roy Minnick

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