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WHAT’S NEW IN THIS EDITION
Responding to the advice of reviewers and faculty who have adopted this text for use in their programs, we have shortened and streamlined the text from seventeen to fourteen chapters.
– Optical theodolites, total stations, and total station applications have now been brought together in Chapter 5.
– Chapter 7, “Satellite Positioning Systems”; Chapter 9, “Geographic Information Systems”; and Chapter 11, “Remote Sensing,” have been substantially revised.
– The treatment of hydrographic surveying has been shortened and included at the end of Chapter 8, “Topographic Surveying.”
– Chapter 13, “Engineering Surveying,” has been revised to combine all the engineering work into one chapter.
– Chapter 14, “Land Surveys,” has been rewritten to reflect coauthor Tom Mastin’s knowledge and experience.
– In addition, all chapters were carefully reviewed and updated to ensure that the latest in technological advances were included. New end-of-chapter questions have been added and end-of-chapter problems have been expanded and refreshed. The websites given in selected chapters and in Appendix E have been updated and expanded. The text is divided into four parts:
– Part I, Surveying Principles, includes chapters on the basics of surveying, leveling, distance measurement (taping and electronic distance measurement), angles and directions, theodolites, total stations, traverse surveys, satellite positioning, topographic surveying and mapping, geographic information systems, and control surveys.
– Part II, Remote Sensing, includes chapters on satellite imagery and airborne imagery.
– Part III, Surveying Applications, includes chapters on engineering surveys and land surveys.
– Part IV, Appendices, includes the following information: random errors, trigonometric definitions and identities, glossary, answers to selected chapter problems, Internet websites, a color photo gallery (located at the end of the book), typical field projects, and early surveying. Finally, this edition introduces coauthor Tom B. Mastin of the California Polytechnical State University. Tom’s background includes many years of experience in academics, land surveying, and engineering surveying, and he is a great addition to the team producing this text