Books for Land Surveying & Measurement

Land Surveying & Measuring Land Books

• Schaum's Outline of Introductory Surveying ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-James R. Wirshing, Roy H. Wirshing / Paperback 360 pages / Published June 1985
This clearly written and well-illustrated coverage of the practices and applications of surveying is a powerful study guide can help you master your course with less study time. Perfect for independent study, because it gives you full coverage of the entire subject, from trigonometry for surveyors through drawing maps. Includes 375 problems fully solved with step-by-step solutions, with hundreds of additional practice problems, with complete answers supplied. Presents clear explanations of surveying applications and practices, including understandable coverage of the mathematics and measurements used in surveying. If you want top grades and a thorough understanding of introductory surveying, this powerful study tool is the best guide you can have! Chapters include: Trigonometry for Surveyors; Field Notes; Horizontal Distances; Transits; Leveling; Angle Measurement; Traverses; Topographic Surveys; Construction Surveys; Slope Staking; Earthwork; Horizontal Curves; Vertical Curves; Drawing Maps.
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• 1001 Solved Surveying Fundamentals Problems ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Jan Van Sickle / Paperback 728 pages, 2nd edition / Published January 1998
Readers preparing for their licensing examinations will appreciate the similarities in form and style between these exercises and the questions that make up the standardized tests of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
Covers surveying practices and advanced surveying mathematics, land boundary law, surveying astronomy, the public land surveying system, surveying instruments and procedures, land descriptions, photogrammetry, geodetic and control surveys, plats and mapping, Global Positioning Systems(GPS), hydrography and more.
Includes detailed explanations about why particular answers are correct. Plus hundreds of professionally drawn illustrations.
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• Surveying: Theory and Practice ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-James M. Anderson, Edward M. Mikhail
Hardcover: 1200 pages, 7th edition / Published October 1997
This latest edition of what is considered the best surveying text available, contains the same breadth and depth as previous editions with pertinent chapter topics divided into two parts. First covering elementary topics and then covering advanced topics. This innovative design, coupled with the most recent developments in technology, complements first- and second-level surveying courses without losing its value as an important reference textbook. This revision brings all practices and applications of surveying up to date and introduce new methods and procedures that have been developed in the past 10 years as a result the extremely rapid technological advances in positioning equipment and data acquisition and processing procedures.
This text is an important book for surveying students, and practicing surveyors alike.
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• Basic Surveying ~Usually Ships Within 10 to 11 Days
-Walter Whyte, Raymond E. Paul
Paperback 335 pages, 4th edition / Published June 1999
This latest edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a guide to current practice and equipment for non-specialist surveyors in the various professions involved in the construction industry. The continuing developments in computer and electronics technology as applied to surveying have made it necessary to completely rewrite this book. Revised to include OS digital mapping, standard deviation and standard error, global positioning systems, transition and vertical curves.
Well suitable for students preparing for degrees and diplomas in architecture, building surveying, quantity surveying, estate management and town planning, and engineers who are not specializing in engineering surveying.
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• Land Surveyor Reference Manual ~Usually Ships Within 4 to 7 Days
-Andrew L. Harbin
Textbook Binding 482 pages, 3rd Edition / Published January 2001
This book is written primarily for land surveyors preparing to take the Fundamentals of Land Surveying exam. Covers Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry as pertaining to surveying. Also covers measurements and field practices, and topographic surveying and mapping and the rectangular coordinate system. Plus property law and much more.
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• Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Paul R. Wolf, Charles D. Ghilani
Hardcover 900 pages, 10th Bk &c CD edition / Published June 2001
This is a comprehensive book for surveying students wishing to learn about surveying from the basics to the more advanced surveying topics. Although this book is elementary, its depth and breadth have made it suitable for self study, and for use as a reference by professional surveyors. This book is also an excellent reference in related disciplines such as civil engineering, forestry, geography, and geology. This edition has been substantially updated and modified to make this the most up-to-date textbook available in surveying. New chapters describe new instruments, introductory geodetic calculations, coordinate geometry, new state plane coordinate computation procedures, and more. Includes coverage of GPS that has been expanded to two chapters. These chapters contain an in-depth treatment of the subject in both the theory of GPS and field and office procedures. All chapters contain new set of problems, and a revised and updated bibliography.
A new Wolfpack CD is included with this book. This CD contains computer programs for solving the different types of surveying problems, and more. Plus relevant website links are included throughout the book.
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• Practical Surveyor ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Samuel Wyld, David Manthey / Paperback 244 pages / Published December 2001
Samuel Wyld's classic tract on surveying was originally published in 1725. It ran through 7 editions over the course of 55 years and was widely distributed in England and America.
This reprint includes comments by noted scholar David Manthey on the accuracy and methods used by Wyld, as well as updated astronomical tables, a summary of surveying instruments, and a lexicon. This practical guide skips the hard math, even the use of sines and cosines. Although a variety of surveying instruments are detailed, there are complete instructions for surveying with a chain only. Covers how to compensate for the curvature of the earth, find your position by the stars, and much more.
Additional sections detail determining the difference in altitude between two locations, finding true north using either the sun or Polaris, how to draw and color maps using watercolors with specific pigment details, surveying rivers and large towns, and dividing land into parcels. Also presents historical insight into how and why land was subdivided and used, and rules of thumb that still affect modern land uses. For example, why are roads and ditches the width they are? How are property boundaries placed, or re-discovered?
Whether you want to learn how to survey or are interested in historic land use, map-making or surveying, you will want this book.
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• GPS for Land Surveyors ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Jan Van Sickle / Hardcover 284 pages, 2nd edition / Published January 2001
This user-friendly manual was written by a land surveyor, for land surveyors. The Global Positioning System is rapidly finding its way into the surveying and mapping field as an important tool. Useful for any surveyor interested in GPS, and for engineers and others who want to enhance their knowledge of GPS technology. From fundamental theory to practical application and advanced technologies, this book covers GPS without being saddled with pages of complicated mathematics. It gives you all the tools needed to understand and use GPS in everyday practice. In a concise format, this book teaches the basics of GPS technology, common hardware, surveying methods, survey design, planning and observation, and new chapters have been added on RTK and DGPS.
Each chapter has helpful review questions and answers.
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• Backhoe Loader Handbook : Advanced Techniques for Operators
  ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Reinar Christian / Paperback 161 pages / Published December 1995
This handbook is a comprehensive resource written for experienced backhoe operators. The author covers advanced techniques and some basic material is not covered. Covers the operation, maintenance and safety of operating a backhoe.
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• Construction Surveying: Layout and Dimension Control ~Out of Stock--Limited Availability
-Jack Roberts / Hardcover 372 pages / Published August 1994
This book provides complete coverage of surveying techniques and instruments from initial planning to producing as-built prints. Covers basic land leveling procedures, use of transits, with step by step instruction for concepts and applications most crucial for success in today markets. Written with attention to detail from a contractor's point of view with numerous real-world examples to support concepts and points.
Complete coverage of surveying techniques and instruments with special chapters on layout work for roads, bridges, dams, tunnels and utility lines.
Appendix covers mensuration tables and useful basic data.
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• Excavation and Grading Handbook ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Nick Capachi, Nicholas E. Capachi
Paperback 384 pages / Published February 1996
This is a book written from a 's perspective for apprentice operating engineers. It teaches the basics of project and road survey and staking, grading, excavation, compacting, water and sewer pipe laying, stakeout, and drainage. Covers in detail on how to read maps and survey stakes, mark and read witness lath, calculate differences in height, use and read a hand level, stake slopes, layout a subdivision, find the bottom elevation of pipelines, proper compacting of a road base, and much more. Includes many illustrations and drawings which help explain the text.
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• Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles, 4th Edition
  ~Out of Print--Limited Availability
-Curtis M. Brown, Walter G. Robillard, Donald A. Wilson (Authors)
Hardcover 432 pages, 4 edition / Published April 1995
This reference manual remains the authoritative source on the legal aspects of surveying and boundary problems. Widely used by land surveyors and civil engineers, land owners, land investors, Realtors, attorneys dealing with surveying and boundary law, and students in surveying courses.
Covers land boundary law, measurements, evaluation of evidence, and boundary traditions and customs. Covers the legal elements of determining boundary location and the federal and state laws that govern these principles. This edition examines the distinction between GLO creation by statute law and metes and bounds created by common law. Examines riparian boundary questions and provides expanded coverage of title examination, certification, and easements and defines new surveying terminology.
Includes black & white photographs and diagrams, plus a glossary.
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