Elementary Surveying

by Charles D. Ghilani and Paul R. Wolf

Book Overview

For Surveying courses offered in Civil Engineering departments This highly readable, best-selling text presents basic concepts and practical material in each of the areas fundamental to modern... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0065003993
• ISBN13: 9780065003994
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Nice

The book looked old but works fine for me. Ofcourse what should i expect for a used book which i bought just for 2$. But overall i am very satisfied :) Thankyou !!!!

Elementary Surveying

Simply the best surveying text. The best feature is the way it introduces the basic concepts of a topic followed by a section of advanced concepts concerning the topic. This makes the book an essential reference for both students and practioners. This book is highly recommended.

Wolf: Elementary Surveying (an educator's point of view)

As an educator of over 20 years, I have used many elementary texts on surveying. This is by far the most comprehensive and easy to understand book for the student wishing to learn from the basics to advanced surveying topics. One of the things that I like about this book is that I have found it is applicable to both the on campus courses at the University of Wyoming as well as the off campus courses that we offer to experienced, practicing surveyors around the country. The topics are just as suited for my students in Florida as they are in New York, California, Mississippi or Hawaii, and that's saying a lot since the laws are different in all regions of the country. I have found that using this book has been very easy to present material useful to students taking the classes in any state while preparing for the FLS or LS exam, because it covers the topics to about the right amount of depth as the exam expects the examinee to comprehend. The only downfall of the book as I see it is that there are numerous wrong answers (in the back of the book)to the selected homework problems that answers are provided for. This can be frustrating at times as you can imagine. If you can find me, I'd be happy to forward a list of these erroneous answers, and the correct answers. This might be very useful for other educators. As per the rules of posting reviews, I can't put my email address on here. Bummer.

An outstanding text

In my opinion this work is simply the best introductory surveying textbook available, and I've seen more than a few.

surveying : The foundations of surveying explained.

Surveying is the foundation of all of civilisations. The world would not be the same without the methods of surveying used by proffessionals. This book was an essential refference during my study at university and is still used in my professional carrer. From the first page you will be learning varrious ellements of surveying. The explination of fundumental elements of surveying methods and the changes to surveying caused by technology are explained at the start to give a foundation from which to work from. The different types of surveying is explained in good detail covering the concepts of bearings, angle measurement and lots of others. The covering of work related area's and problems are discussed and covered. This includes curves and roads, mapping and photogrammetry along with sections relating to area and volume determination.There is numerous pictures, illustrations and diagrams used to show the equipment and show the concepts covered. If I was starting my education in surveying or wishing to have a good refference then this should be reccomended as a text worth holding in your library.