Surveying for engineers (Record no. 37213)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 9780230221579 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 526.902462 UR SU |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Uren, John |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Surveying for engineers |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Uren, Bill Price |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition | 5th ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Basingstoke : |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Date | c2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 806 p. : |
| Other Details | ill. ; |
| Size | 25 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Previous ed.: 2006. |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Engineering surveying; 1.2 Survey institutions and organisations; Chapter 2 Levelling; 2.1 Heights, datums and bench marks; 2.2 Levelling equipment; 2.3 Field procedure for levelling; 2.4 Calculating reduced levels; 2.5 Precision of levelling; 2.6 Sources of error in levelling; 2.7 Other levelling methods; Chapter 3 Angle measurement; 3.1 Definition of horizontal and vertical angles; 3.2 Accuracy of angle measurement; 3.3 Electronic theodolites; 3.4 Optical theodolites; 3.5 Measuring and setting out angles. • 3.6 Sources of error when measuring and setting out anglesChapter 4 Distance measurement: taping; 4.1 Measurements and methods; 4.2 Equipment and fieldwork for taping; 4.3 Systematic errors in taping; 4.4 Precision and applications of taping; 4.5 Steel taping worked examples; Chapter 5 Total stations; 5.1 Integrated total stations; 5.2 Electromagnetic distance measurement; 5.3 Instrumentation; 5.4 Electronic data recording and processing; 5.5 Sources of error for total stations; 5.6 Measuring heights (reduced levels) with total stations; Chapter 6 Traversing and coordinate calculations. • 6.1 Control surveys6.2 Rectangular and polar coordinates; 6.3 Coordinate transformations; 6.4 Planning and fieldwork required for traversing; 6.5 Traverse calculations; 6.6 Traversing with total stations; 6.7 Intersection and resection; 6.8 Control networks; Chapter 7 Global Navigation Satellite Systems; 7.1 The development of GNSS; 7.2 Components of GNSS; 7.3 GPS positioning methods; 7.4 Errors in GPS; 7.5 Differential and relative GPS; 7.6 Surveying with GNSS; 7.7 GNSS instrumentation; 7.8 GNSS in engineering surveying; Chapter 8 National coordinates and transformations. • 8.1 Plane surveying and geodesy8.2 Geoids and ellipsoids; 8.3 Heights from GNSS; 8.4 Reference systems and reference frames; 8.5 GNSS coordinate systems; 8.6 OS Net; 8.7 Ordnance Survey National Grid and Ordnance Datum Newlyn; 8.8 Coordinate transformations; Chapter 9 Measurements, errors and specifications; 9.1 Errors and residuals; 9.2 Precision and accuracy; 9.3 Propagation of variances and standard errors; 9.4 Survey specifications; 9.5 Least squares adjustment; Chapter 10 Detail surveying and mapping; 10.1 An introduction to plan production; 10.2 Planning the survey. • 10.3 Plotting the control network10.4 Detail; 10.5 Surveying detail using total stations and GNSS equipment; 10.6 Contours; 10.7 The completed survey plan; 10.8 Terrestrial laser scanning; 10.9 Computer-aided survey mapping and its applications; 10.10 Additional mapping systems and products; 10.11 Surveying underground services; Chapter 11 Setting out; 11.1 An introduction to setting out; 11.2 The aims of setting out; 11.3 The principles of setting out; 11.4 Applying the principles of setting out; 11.5 Setting out using laser instruments; 11.6 Machine control. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | This classic text takes the reader through everything they need to know, from traditional methods through to the very latest technological developments. Ideal whether students are studying surveying as a separate discipline or as part of a civil engineering, building or construction course: accessible, well illustrated and comprehensive. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Surveying |
| ADDED ENTRY | |
| Name | Price, Bill |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/qb1me0s3046evk008bsvl8f0v0cngh64 |
| Public note | Location Map |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2020-06-01 | Kinokuniya | 526.902462 UR SU | T0063947 | 2019-12-09 | 2019-12-09 | REGULAR | June2020 |