Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics

bY Charles D. Ghilani and Paul R. Wolf  With Solution Manual

Contents of Elementary Surveying

1. INTRODUCTION
2. UNITS, SIGNIFICANT FIGURES, AND FIELD NOTES
3. THEORY OF ERRORS IN OBSERVATIONS
4. LEVELING—THEORY, METHODS, AND EQUIPMENT
5. LEVELING—FIELD PROCEDURES AND COMPUTATIONS
6. DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
7. ANGLES, AZIMUTHS, AND BEARINGS
8. TOTAL STATION INSTRUMENTS; ANGLE OBSERVATIONS
9. TRAVERSING
10. TRAVERSE COMPUTATIONS
11. COORDINATE GEOMETRY IN SURVEYING CALCULATIONS
12. AREA
13. GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS—INTRODUCTION AND PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
14. GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS—STATIC SURVEYS
15. GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS—KINEMATIC SURVEYS
16. ADJUSTMENTS BY LEAST SQUARES
17. MAPPING SURVEYS
18. MAPPING
19. CONTROL SURVEYS AND GEODETIC REDUCTIONS
20. STATE PLANE COORDINATES AND OTHER MAP PROJECTIONS
21. BOUNDARY SURVEYS
22. SURVEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS
23. CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS
24. HORIZONTAL CURVES
25. VERTICAL CURVES
26. VOLUMES Elementary Surveying
27. PHOTOGRAMMETRY
28. INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

APPENDIX A • DUMPY LEVELS, TRANSITS, AND THEODOLITES
APPENDIX B • EXAMPLE NOTEFORMS
APPENDIX C • ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS
APPENDIX D • USING THE WORKSHEETS FROM THE COMPANION WEBSITE
APPENDIX E • INTRODUCTION TO MATRICES
APPENDIX F • U.S. STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM DEFINING PARAMETERS
APPENDIX G • ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS

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