02266nam a2200229Ia 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290200018000700280037000880400024001250820015001491000021001642450027001852500009002122600057002213000008002785000757002865040436010435200547014796500010020260000645OSt20190329123136.0170602s9999 xx 000 0 und d a9788173717406 q2016bAllied Informatics, Jaipur bEnglishaBSDUcBSDU a526.9bVEN aVenkatramaiah, C 0aText Book of Surveying a2nd  bUniversity Press (India) Pvt. Ltd.a Hyderabadc2014 a730 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). 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  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. aCivil