Surveying for engineers /
John Uren, Bill Price.
- Fifth edition.
- x, 806 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Previous edition: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Levelling -- 3. Angle measurement -- 4. Distance measurement -- 5. Total stations -- 6. Traversing and coordinate calculations -- 7. Global Navigation Satellite Systems -- 8. National coordinates and transformations -- 9. Measurements, errors and specifications -- 10. Detail surveying and mapping -- 11. Setting out -- 12. Circular curves -- 13. Transition curves -- 14. Vertical curves -- 15. Earthwork quantities.
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