Table of Contents

Chapter One: Surveying Fundamentals
Chapter Two :Understanding Maps and Plans
Chapter Three: Linear Surveying
Chapter Four: Levelling
Chapter Five: Contouring
Chapter Six: Vertical sections
Chapter Seven: Theodolites and Total Surveys
Chapter Eight: Traverse surveys
Chapter 9: Global Positioning System (GPS)
Chapter 10: Detail Survey
Chapter 11: Curve ranging
Chapter 12: Setting out construction works
Chapter 13: Mensuration - areas
Chapter 14: Mensuration - volumes
Chapter 15: Surveys of existing buildings

About the Author

William Irvine is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Previously based at the Glasgow College of Printing and Building as a lecturer in Land Surveying, he has also been a marker and moderator for various examining bodies. Finlay Maclennan is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Built Environment at Glasgow Metropolitan College, in association with Glasgow Caledonian University.