Surveying
Surveying

Author: Mimi Das Saikia

Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2010-10-30

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 8120339851

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The book details on the elementary methods of measurements like tapes and chains to the most advanced ones like remote sensing and photogrammetry. The book discusses types of surveying, advanced techniques evolved and the methodologies adopted to conduct surveys, in logical sequence. It systematically elucidates the concepts of land surveying, hydrographic surveying, compass surveying and so on, deriving the formulas through simple geometry, trigonometry and differential calculus. Besides, it educates the learner to handle measuring instruments, and teaches the ways to take the measurements accurately, in steps.

Measurements from Maps
Measurements from Maps

Author: D H Maling

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2016-04-20

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 0080984126

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A classic text and reference work for students, academics and professionals approaching cartometry from a wide range of backgrounds - geography, cartography, forestry and stereology. The author hasd transcended these subject boundaries to produce a definitive and coherent guide to the theory and technique of measuring distance and areas on maps. To increase this book's accessibility, a minimum of mathematical knowledge is assumed.