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Raymond E Paul (Author), Walter Whyte (Author)
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0750617713 978-0750617710 June 5, 1997 4
The primary aim of this book is to provide a guide to current practice and equipment for non-specialist surveyors in the various professions involved in the construction industry and the environment. It is suitable for students preparing for degrees and diplomas in architecture, building, building surveying, quantity surveying, estate management and town planning and environmental studies. It is also of value to engineers who are not specialising in engineering surveying.

This book has been thoroughly revised to include new topics such as OS digital mapping, standard deviation and standard error, global positioning systems, transition and vertical curves.

Walter Whyte was born in New Zealand of Scottish parents and educated in Scotland. He worked on site and building surveys in Scotland. He worked on site and building surveys in Scotland, then on road survey and setting out in the North Nyanza and Uasin Gishu Provinces of Kenya, and as a road engineer in British Southern Cameroons and Northern Nigeria, De Montford University in the UK and latterly at City University, Hong Kong.

Raymond E Paul has been professionally involved in surveying for over 40 years as a land and cartographical surveyor, senior lecturer and author. He has a wealth of practical experience and an awareness of the needs of the intended users of this book from all corners of the globe.


*Thoroughly revised, up to date and completely reset in an easily readable style.

*Virtually all chapters have been rewritten and the contents rearranged to allow easy reference to individual topics.

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The primary aim of this book is to provide a guide to current practice and equipment for non-specialist surveyors in the various professions involved in the construction industry and the environment. It is suitable for students preparing for degrees and diplomas in architecture, building, building surveying, quantity surveying, estate management and town planning and environmental studies. It is also of value to engineers who are not specializing in engineering surveying. This book has been thoroughly revised to include new topics such as OS digital mapping, standard deviation and standard error, global positioning systems, transition and vertical curves.

About the Author

Walter Whyte was born in New Zealand of Scottish parents and educated in Scotland. He worked on site and building surveys in Scotland. He worked on site and building surveys in Scotland, then on road survey and setting out in the North Nyanza and Uasin Gishu Provinces of Kenya, and as a road engineer in British Southern Cameroons and Northern Nigeria, De Montford University in the UK and latterly at City University, Hong Kong.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 348 pages
  • Publisher: Laxton's; 4 edition (June 5, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0750617713
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750617710
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars great overview of surveying fundamentals, October 21, 2007
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Even though it refers to laws outside the US, this book provides an excellent overview of the surveying process under various situations. Different types of surveys are outlined. The reader comes away with a good understanding of the complexities involved as well as some helpful procedures for measurinf terrain.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book., September 30, 2008
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Excellent book, easy to read and understand. If you want to know or if you want to review Surveying, this is the book for you.
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Surveying operations are very often associated with the preparation of survey drawings, which may be maps, plans, sections, cross-sections or elevation drawings. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vertical staff tacheometry, collimation line, collimation height, centrifugal ratio, levelling head, linear misclosure, closed loop traverse, staff bubble, reading eyepiece, spirit level vial, theodolite cannot, whole circle bearing, staff intercept, altitude bubble, bisect the target, tracer arm, stadia measurement, running offsets, field bookings, horizontal circle reading, staff holder, basic survey methods, tilting level, electromagnetic distance measurement, optical distance measurement
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Britain, Ordnance Survey, Gateway Traverse, Leica Wild, County Series, Ordnance Datum, Rapid Static, Staff Staff
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