Advanced Surveying | Total Station, GPS, GIS, Remote Sensing, Drone, and Hydrographic Surveying
by Satheesh Gopi
Preface
Surveying is fundamental to all civil engineering activities, which include construction of buildings, roads, railways, bridges, dams, canals, airports and harbours. Survey data is the integral part of design and execution of all engineering projects. Time is very important in the present scenario and advanced surveying techniques employs precise electronic surveying instruments that are capable of performing most accurate data collection in short time.
There have been far rapider advancements in the area of surveying compared with other divisions of civil engineering. During the last two decades, developments in electronics and optics have led to significant advancements in surveying instruments and techniques. The conventional equipment ...
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