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028 _q2016
_bAllied Informatics, Jaipur
040 _bEnglish
_aBSDU
_cBSDU
082 _a526.9
_bVEN
100 _aVenkatramaiah, C
245 0 _aText Book of Surveying
250 _a2nd
260 _bUniversity Press (India) Pvt. Ltd.
_a Hyderabad
_c2014
300 _a730
500 _aThis comprehensive textbook on surveying covers, in a single volume, all the topics prescribed at the undergraduate level in civil engineering in India. It presents the various methods of surveying and the underlying concepts of surveying, including modern and advanced surveying techniques and instruments such as Total Station. The narrative is enlivened with glimpses of the historical development of the subject. The book is well illustrated with diagrams and is replete with worked-out examples and exercises. New to the revised edition are discussions on trilateration, methods of determination of time, longitude and latitude of a place, azimuth of a survey line, Total Station, geographic information system and global positioning system (GPS).
504 _aContents Introduction Survey Measurements and Errors Angles, Bearings and Azimuths Chain Surveying Compass Surveying Plane Table Surveying Levelling and Contouring Minor Instruments Theodolite Surveying Areas and Volumes Tacheometry Curve Ranging Triangulation and Baseline Measurement Trigonometric Levelling Hydrographic Surveying Construction Surveys Certain Special and Modern Instruments Other and Modern Methods of Surveying
520 _aKey features: Forms a core textbook for undergraduate students of civil engineering. Covers Surveying-I, Surveying-II and Advanced Surveyingin a single volume. Concepts of surveying explained lucidly with several illustrative examples. Emphasises details of the surveying methods rather than the constructional and other intricate details of surveying instruments. Questions and practice problems included at the end of every chapter Includes numerous objective-type questions with answers. Useful for examinations such as AMIE, GATE and IES.
650 _aCivil
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