Surveying Basics

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Students of land surveying at our college work with these texts during their course.

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Author	Subject
Topographic Surveys, Inc.	What is Land Surveying?
Bob Morris	The Definition of Surveying
	Glossary of Surveying Terms
	Surveying Units and Terms
USIGS Definitions and Descriptions http://www.nima.mil	Concise Definitions And Descriptions of Surveying Terms
Flatiron Surveying, Inc.	Basic Theories of Surveying
University College Worchester	Introduction to Basic Instrumental Land Survey
Shaun Lewis	Beginner's Guide to Surveying
California Employment Department	The Job of a Surveyor
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors	Surveying Technician Or Technical Surveyor
David P. Stern	Trigonometry--What it is good for?
Nasa	The Theorem of Pythagoras
	Length and Area
	Distance Measurement
	Positioning on Plane
	Taping Procedures
Walt Dunlap	Locating Objects By Relative Measurement Or Baseline
William E. Doolittle	Tying-into a Baseline
	Plane Surveying
	Errors in Surveying
	Field Data Collection: Field Notes
	Tapes
	Right Angle Prisms
	The Rectangular Survey System in the USA
Jon Maynard	Boundaries And the HM Land Registry
Mary M. Root	Surveyor General George Everest
Ed Sullivan	The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

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