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Author Ogaja, Clement A

Title Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors, Second Edition
Edition 2nd ed
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (305 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface (Second Edition) -- Preface (First Edition) -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Part I: Overview -- Chapter 1 Project Design Process -- 1.1 Understanding Project Requirements -- 1.1.1 Scope, Time, and Budget -- 1.1.2 Design Framework -- 1.2 Information Gathering -- 1.2.1 Existing Sources -- 1.2.1.1 Survey Control Data -- 1.2.1.2 Existing Photography -- 1.2.1.3 Existing Maps -- 1.2.1.4 Plans and Legal Property Descriptions -- 1.2.1.5 Agency Contacts and Interviews
1.2.2 Ground Information -- 1.2.2.1 Reconnaissance -- 1.2.2.2 Surveys -- 1.3 Design Approaches -- 1.3.1 Workflow Design -- 1.3.2 Schematic Design -- 1.4 Scheduling and Cost Estimating -- 1.4.1 General Steps in Geomatics Projects -- 1.4.1.1 Steps in a GNSS Control Survey Project -- 1.4.1.2 Steps in a Topographic Mapping Project -- 1.4.1.3 Steps in a Boundary Survey Project -- 1.4.1.4 Steps in a GIS Project -- 1.4.1.5 Steps in Aerial Survey/Mapping Project -- 1.4.2 Project Scheduling -- 1.4.3 Cost Estimating Principles -- 1.5 Writing Proposals -- Bibliography -- Exercises
Part II: Contemporary Issues -- Chapter 2 Standards and Specifications -- 2.1 Definitions -- 2.2 Application Modes of a Standard -- 2.3 Units of Measure -- 2.3.1 Metric Scales -- 2.3.2 Conversion Factors -- 2.3.3 Mapping Scales -- 2.4 Accuracy Versus Precision -- 2.4.1 GNSS Accuracy Measures -- 2.4.2 Examples of 2D Accuracy Measures -- 2.4.3 3D Accuracy Measures -- 2.5 Equipment Specifications -- 2.6 Limits of Closure -- 2.7 Least Squares Analysis -- 2.8 Mapping and GIS Standards -- 2.8.1 Map Scale -- 2.8.1.1 How to Interpret Numerical Map Scales -- 2.8.2 Map Resolution -- 2.8.3 Map Accuracy
2.9 Classical Surveying Standards -- 2.10 GPS Surveying Standards -- 2.11 Other Standards -- Bibliography -- Exercises -- Chapter 3 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities -- 3.1 Know What You Do -- 3.1.1 Typical Work Activities -- 3.1.2 Work Conditions -- 3.1.3 Qualifications -- 3.2 Ethics and Professional Conduct -- 3.2.1 Principles -- 3.2.2 Rule Ethics and Social Contract Ethics -- 3.2.3 FIG Model -- 3.3 Individual and Team Responsibilities -- 3.3.1 Regarding Your Work -- 3.3.2 Regarding Your Boss -- 3.3.3 Regarding Associates and Colleagues -- 3.3.4 Communicating Your Ideas
3.3.5 Staying Technically Competent -- 3.3.6 Managing Your Time -- Bibliography -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 Policy, Social, and Environmental Issues -- 4.1 Policy Issues -- 4.1.1 Professional Qualifications -- 4.1.2 Access to Public Information and Records -- 4.1.3 Mandatory Filing Requirements and Fees -- 4.1.4 Best Practice Guidelines, Rules, and Procedures -- 4.1.5 Land (Development) Policies -- 4.1.5.1 Local Land Use Regulations -- 4.1.6 Environmental Policy and Regulations -- 4.1.6.1 Example 1: Environmental Land Use Restrictions -- 4.1.6.2 Example 2: Specially Protected Areas
Summary Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors, Second Edition, includes new materials on surveying and UAV, and it is thoroughly updated to keep current with the recent technology and terminology. The two new chapters capture new developments in the rapidly emerging use of remote sensing and GIS in engineering surveying
Notes Description based upon print version of record
4.2 Social and Global Issues
Subject Surveying.
Surveying
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Adero, Nashon J
Koome, Derrick
ISBN 9781000851984
1000851982