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Surveying: Principles and Applications, Eighth Edition presents a clear discussion of the latest advances in technological instrumentation, surveying principles, and applications for mapping and engineering surveys. It has a good selection of problems that illuminate and reinforce concepts, as well as providing up-to-date information on the latest technological innovations. Real-world emphasis is key to the continued success of this text and the success a student has in understanding surveying concepts – so real world, in fact, that it is often carried by graduates into their first day of work. Suitable for construction, civil technology, civil engineering programs, and general surveying. ... Read more

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It measures up.
If found this text to be quite clear. The examples made sense and were provided in good quantity. The explanations were understandable and informative. The problems seemed to be good practice. I would certainly recommend this book.

Correct book, Edition, and condition
The product was what i ordered. No mistakes. Correct edition and publication date. Thank you. ... Read more

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Introductory book with great illustrations!
This book, designed for self study, or as in introductory text, will prepare the reader to perform successfully the duties of any member of a surveying party in both the field and office.Simply and clearly written, with principles all illustrated.Problems are presented in pairs, with all even numbered answers at the back of the book.

An OK survey book
_Surveying Practice_ was one of the first surveying text books I ever bought.After getting farther into my surveying career, I discovered that there are much better text books (not to mention being more up-dated) out there. ... Read more

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Abject Terrors is an expansive study of the most significant films from the prolific horror genre—from its origins in the 1920s and 1930s, to its contemporary representations. This survey brings together close analyses of individual motion pictures, demonstrating the interconnections among these filmic texts and their contribution to defining quintessential aspects of the modern and postmodern horror film. ... Read more

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This manual presents a clear discussion of surveying principles, and applications for mapping and engineering surveys. It has a good selection of problems that illuminate and reinforce concepts, as well as providing up-to-date information on the latest technological innovations. Real-world emphasis is key to the continued success of this volume and the success a reader has in understanding surveying concepts. So real world is this text that readers often arrive for their first day of work carrying it.The volume addresses basic surveying principles from distance measurement, and transits/theodolites to traverse surveys, electronic surveying measurement, geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS), as well as remote sensing and surveying applications.For construction, civil technology, civil engineering and surveying professionals. ... Read more

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Excellent companion for the California PE - Principles of Surveying
I had used the standard study materials, and due to various reviews by others who had taken the test, decided to supplement my review by studying the topics covered in more detail with this reference, having not taken a surveying course in my undergraduate studies.The material is clear and concise (for a novice like myself), and aided my preparation greatly.

very nice
the sender sent the book in a timely manner and the book is in great condition

Not for Beginners
I have been a Civil engineering Instructor for the past five years and have used this text also.The text is quite handy for the intermediate to advanced level of Civil Engineeering students.This text should not beused for the beginner due to it's higher level of content.If this is tobe used for the introductory level, the instructor should have a copy onlyand use it a guide.More students in the introductory phase wash out afterreading a few chapters.

Good reference
I've been teaching from this book for five years, so I'm obviously prepared to endorse it.I have required it for both civil engineering technology and civil engineering science students, although it is mostuseful to the former.

Several competing texts in surveying are in theirninth (or greater) editions.Ordinarily in academia, this is a testamentto the staying power of the author's work.The surveying profession,however, still relies upon texts that have long out-lived their originalauthors, who have since retired or passed away (e.g., Bouchard, Brinker,Brown).

In the area of boundary control and legal principles, theseminal ideas of Brown are still the standard.In measurement techniques,however, much has changed.Tape corrections, for the typical civilengineer, have been relegated to an obscure niche in surveying trivia.GPSand GIS should be separate and substantial chapters in a good generalsurveying reference.Current general tomes, however, are far from thecutting edge.

Kavanagh and Bird have provided in their fourth edition adescription of GPS that amounts to 12 pages.GIS is afforded even lessspace.The text remains a good practical reference for civil engineers ontraditional topics, without digressing into treatment of esoteric subjects,but as GPS continues to make inroads to the mainstream of measurementtechnique, and GIS becomes the standard by which surveying models will beconstructed, the demand for a fifth edition that gives these topicsexpanded treatment will increase. ... Read more

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Known for its state-of-the-art coverage and clear, concise approach, Surveying with Construction Applications, Seventh Edition covers the latest advances and foundational principles of surveying. Emphasizing instrumentation technology, field data capture, and data-processing techniques, this text highlights real-world applications of surveying to the construction and engineering fields. Ideal as a reference in the field, additional complexities in electronic distance measurement and the order of presentation of surveying topics have been revised in this edition. All state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the U.S. and the provincial Transportation/Highways Departments in Canada conduct extensive training sessions for their large staffs. This book covers topics that are taught in these training sessions, in addition to all of the introductory topics needed for survey training.

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Review of textbooksnow
Textbooksnow did not send me the books I ordered. I was told that I would receive them within a certain time frame and they were not sent to me within that time frame or ever for that matter. I emailed them to find out where they were, they told me to track my order through amazon or another site that they suggested but I was unable to do so. It seemed as if they just never even sent them. I emailed them several times because I needed the books for class and I never received them. Now I'm 4 weeks into my term and still without books, thanks a lot textbooksnow. Honestly you are better off just paying more for your books at your school's bookstore than trying to deal with textboooksnow. ... Read more

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Starting and Developing a Surveying Business shows how surveyors can develop their own successful small business.

For surveyors thinking of taking the step, guidance is provided on the pros and cons which will help the right decision to be made, and the key factors which help see the business through its early stages.For surveyors already running their own small business, consideration is given to factors which will help profitability and growth potential.

*Specific to general practice surveying/consultancy services whereas other books in the same vein are for small businesses in general
*Reflects the many different circumstances of self-employed surveyors
*Tips are given on business development, and issues associated with business growth
*Examples are provided on the contents of a business plan, and how the business can determine its markets and working methods.
*Guidance provided on accounting issues, including self-assessment and the option of limited company status ... Read more

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This unique and practical handbook compiles essentialinformation on state-of-the-art technology, standards, resources,legal issues, andoffice management of professional surveying. Itprovides a convenientone-volume reference on all aspects of thesubject. The book beginswith introductory chapters reviewing fieldnotes and data collection,measurement accuracy, instruments anddrafting. This provides thebasis for coverage of all surveyingprocedures currently in use,including such recently developedmethods as geographic informationsystems (GIS) and global positionsystem surveying (GPS), as well asestablished techniques such asplane table and compass surveying.This second edition is extensivelyrevised and expanded. In additionto new coverage of GIS and GPS, thebook features new chapters onboundary surveys on land and alongwaterways. All the chapter authorsare experts in their subjectareas, assuring users that theinformation presented is reliable,accurate, and practical.Professionals and advanced students insurveying, civil engineering,and land development, in both privateand public sectors, willbenefit from this indispensable reference.The book will also beuseful as a general reference for non-surveyingprofessionals. ... Read more

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The Surveying Handbook
Misleading description given by seller....
Bought book based on this, and was dissatisfied. Future buyers beware. ... Read more

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This textbook describes and examines the basic constructional techniques, choice and use of materials and the statutory requirements for domestic buildings. Continued developments in materials and techniques together with syllabus changes have made this fifth edition necessary. It contains many new and replacement diagrams, which now occupy more than 80 pages, compared with 65 in the fourth edition. New topics included are: environmentally friendly buildings and radon - free-standing walls - more extensive cavity wall details and their insulation - more solid and joisted floor detailing including insulation - sound insulation of partitions - prevention of condensation in pitched roofs - warm deck and cold deck roofing details - aluminium / timber and PVC-U windows and doors - GRP interceptors, septic tanks, cesspools and sewage treatment plant. The book is suitable for the following courses: building, built environment, quantity surveying, building surveying, estate management, architecture, housing management, environmental health, structural and civil engineering.It is aimed at undergraduates, BTEC HND, Diploma, GNVQ Advanced, RICS, and CIOB students and is suitable for the professional exams of: Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors, Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioners, Architects' and Surveyors Institute, Institute of Clerks of Works. ... Read more

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Surveying Solved Problems by JVS Same Books as 1001, + more
Please know that the book Surveying Solved Problems for the FS and PS Exams by Jan Van Sickle is the same book as 1001 Solved Surveying Fundamentals Problems- plus it has some new problems too.

A Must Have PLS/SIT Study Book
A must have for future PLS or LSIT examinees. An excellent source of study material needed for NCEES exams including, but not limited to, the history of surveying, calculations, State Plane systems, GPS, and Photogrametry.

Great Study Aid
I used this book as a study aid and as one of the books I had while taking my test. I found several answers to the test worked out or answered in this book.

1001 Solved Surveying Problems
The book is as advertised.It has a very large variety of solved surveying problems.The problems and their solutions are very thorough and clear.It's a well done book.The biggest downside is there is no index or listing of the types of problems in the book.If you are using this as a reference dring a surveying or professional engineers exam you will have a hard time finding the example problem you are looking for unless you have spent a great deal of time getting familiar with the book or developed your own listing of the problems.It was very helpful in preparing for the 2.5 hour California surveying exam, it was useless during the exam.

1001 Solved Surveying Problems
I bought this book to help review for the LSIT exam.After going through some problems I found the book to be very helpful in refreshing my memory on some of the things I forgot.Def. a good book for any surveyor or surveying student. ... Read more

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Publisher: Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.Publication date: 1894Subjects: Surveying -- Public lands United StatesNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This unique DVD is the only text available which teaches the fundamentals of construction surveying layout through over 2 1/2 hours of instructional video. Developed for the "Surveyor's Boot Camp" at Auburn University, this text has been used in numerous classes with overwhelming responses from the students and instructors, wowed by the strength of the content, the sophistication of the presentation, and the ease of learning enabled by this new approach. Presenting content impossible to replicate in a printed book format, this text allows the user to see the techniques actually applied in-field, see the equipment used and adjusted in real time, experience the survey and layout as though the user was on site, watch the author work through exam exercises before trying the problems themselves, and test themselves with free, self-grading online exams. ... Read more

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Great Software to learn the art of surveying
I'm a spec house contractor and have wanted to learn more about surveying and layout so I can save money and layout my homes.In my area there is not any professional training so I've been using books and software to learn.This is a great tool. ... Read more

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REVISED AND IN PAPERBACK
Practical Surveying and Computations is long established as a major land surveying textbook: the first edition was published as Practical Field Surveying and Computations (A L Allan, J R Hollwey and J H B Maynes).

The book has been completely rewritten revised to take account of the profound changes in surveying methods and applications due to electronic instrumentation and computerized data processing systems.These new developments give today's surveyor unprecedented freedom in the numerical handling of data.As a result, the emphasis is shifted from the need for detailed understanding of instrument function to the avoidance of blunders at the data-gathering stage and the ability to appraise computer output in the light of fundamental principles: that is, a quality control system.The explanations and examples in this new edition equip readers to select those procedures and techniques that are most reliable, accurate, cost effective and appropriate to the problem tackled.



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An excellent reference for the practising professional
Dr. A. L. Allan's revised edition has brought this respected text into the21st Century. Very useful for sourcing and confirming technique and theory,it now acknowledges the prevalance of computers in the discipline whilstretaining a purity of approach. I have referred to this edition on numerousoccasions in order to develop and maintain quality surveying practice onlarge scale projects. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Surveying Fundamentals and Practices, Sixth Edition, covers up-to-date surveying technology without losing perspective of the need to provide students with a strong foundation in traditional surveying fundamentals. Through clear explanations and applied examples, the text presents the methods of measuring and computing distances, angles, and directions. It provides students with a firm grasp of modern equipment and office and field procedures related to horizontal control surveys, property surveys, topographic surveys, roadway curve calculations, and construction layout surveys. The sixth edition offers students a "user-friendly" text that they will be able to rely on as a meaningful learning tool in class and at home.

Plus! A companion student website, "MyConstructionKit", is now available!

• MyConstructionKit is an online resource that offers a wealth of study tools to engage students for a variety of Pearson construction management, architecture, and civil engineering technology textbooks! 

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This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the essential skills necessary in surveying and civil engineering. It covers measurements, distance corrections, leveling, angles, area computation, computer calculations, topographic surveying, electronic distance measuring instruments, and construction surveying. ... Read more

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Clear illustrations, but many mistakes throughout the book
I was required to purchase this text for my beginning Plane Surveying class.As my title indicates, there are good points and bad points to this book. There are many misprints and outright mistakes printed throughout the book, but the teachers liked it because it does provide some simple illustrations to help the beginning student in understanding basic concepts of land surveying.Our school has since switched to a different text.

Dry but informative
This book has all the information you will need, but in a poorly laid out and difficult to read format

Maybe the 6th edition will be better.
It is amazing to believe that this is a fifth edition book.The subjects chosen are potentially good choices but the author slices and dices the text to the point of confusion.In order to make a smaller, more manageable book, he has excised discussions which would help in explaining many of these advanced topics.I would like to say he was creating a "Surveying for Dummies" book but that would discredit the concise and well-written texts of this nature and give him too much credit.At close to $100 for a flimsy, ill-written, badly or never edited text, I would be ashamed to put my name on the cover no less be the printing house associated with this book.If you are an instructor looking for a book, run quickly away from this title; you'd be better off sending your students out onto the internet for information that would be more legible and definitely much cheaper.

Terrible Book
This was a horrible text book, contradictory in information, difficult to understand and pontificatingly lengthy!One of the only textbooks I have ever sold back! ... Read more

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This book examines every aspect of least square adjustment. It defines terms and introduces readers to the fundamentals of errors and describes methods for analyzing them. It also illustrates the application of least squares in adjusting a wide range of survey types and provides detailed coverage of applications of least squares to GPSs and GISs. ... Read more

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The included software package
This is an excellent and relevant book. It is well structured, and the examples are very much practice oriented. However, when I tried to install the included software under Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Prof I failed. Only under Windows 95 it runs!
Did I something wrong or it is just like that!
I would appreciate any helpful comment!

Excellent Resource
Starts off with some basic principles before going in to more developed mathematical and stochastic models and even includes topics include in the use of constraint equations and blunder detection. Explanations are supported by clear & practical problems. Excellent book for surveyors and photogrammetrist.

Wonderfull reference
It covers the title subjects very well, and also covers related topics (such as blunder detection in horizontal networks) very well.

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my jop is survayor in arraba munacibality ,so ineed this book to read only ,and i know about international low . please help me . thanks

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my jop is survayor in arraba munacibality ,so ineed this book to read only ,and i know about international low . please help me . thanks ... Read more