Description
OVERVIEW
This book covers the essentials of practical surveying in line with Civil Engineering graduate courses. It will also be useful to self-studying students and those aspiring for competitive and GATE examinations. The exhaustive theory has been fine-tuned into a systematic, point-wise pattern with inclusion of objective and conceptual questions and their answers at the end of each chapter. The book is updated with the recent developments in international standards of surveying.
POINTS TO REMEMBER
? New! Supports outcome-based learning
? New! Explanatory notes on common surveying operations
? Colour plates for better visualization and understanding of instruments
? New! In-depth coverage of Theodolite, Traversing, Levelling and Contouring
? New! Dedicated chapters on Electronic Instruments and Total Station Survey
Exhaustive pedagogy:
? 160+ Solved Examples
? 30+ Check Your Fundamentals
? 270+ Exercises
? 50+ Conceptual Questions and Answers
? 350+ Objective-type Questions
1. Fundamental Concepts
2. Measurement of Horizontal distances
3. Compass Surveying
4. Theodolite
5. Traversing
6. Measurement of Vertical Distances
7. Tacheometry
8. Plane Table Surveying
9. Contouring
10. Curves
11. Measurement of Area
12. Measurement of Volumes
13. Setting Out Works
14. Electronic Instruments
15. Total-station Survey
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