This note covers Measuring horizontal distances, Vertical measurements, Construction staking, Slopes and grades, Field exercises, examples and solutions.
Author(s): Transportation Information Center
53 Pages
This PDF covers the following topics related to Surveying : Triangulation and Trilateration, Contour Lines and digital terrain model, Curves, Photogrammetry, Introduction to Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS.
Author(s): School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
70 Pages
Surveying is the art of measuring distances, angles, and positions above, on or below the earth’s surface. This PDF covers the following topics related to Surveying : Introduction, Theory of error, Basic survey measurements, Traverse survey, Curves, Triangulation.
Author(s): Department of Civil Engineering, Addis Ababa University
45 Pages
Surveying is the process of determining the relative position of natural and manmade features on or under the earth’s surface, the presentation of this information either graphically in the form of plans or numerically in the form of tables, and the setting out of measurements on the earth’s surface. Topics covered includes: Survey Control, Introduction to Levelling, Level Traversing - Rise and Fall Method, 5 Level Traversing - Height of Collimation Method, Adjustment of the Automatic Level, Misclosure and Adjustment of Level Traverses, Level Set-Out, Errors in Levelling, Traditional Distance Measurement, Electronic Distance Measurement, The Theodolite, Control Traverse, Detail Surveys, Level Sections, Pegging and Levelling a Section of Road, Road Construction, Areas of Regular and Irregular Figures, Cross-Section Areas, Volumes, Setting Out Distances, Set-Out Surveys, Setting Out Batter Stakes.
Author(s): Michael Minchin
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