The Surveying Handbook

Surveying profession, registration, and sociations; Surveying field notes, data collectors; Measurement errors; Linear measurements; Linear measurements -- EDM instruments; Angle measurements -- transits and theodolites; Leveling; Instrument adjustments; Traversing; Survey drafting; Triangulation; Trilateration; Geodesy; Inertial and satellite surveys; Global positioning system surveying; Survey measurement adjustments by least squares; Field astronomy for azimuth determinations; Map projections; Plane coordinate systems; Photogrammetry; Compass surveying; The planetable : instruments and methods; Control surveys; Construction surveying; Route surveys; Hydrographic surveying; Boundary surveys; Boundary location along waterways; Mining surveys; Public land surveys; Optical tooling; Land descriptions; The role of the land surveyor in land litigation: Pretrial; Courtroon techniques; Land and geographic informations systems; Appendices; Index