Best Surveying & Photogrammetry Books
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1. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Author: by Ashlee Vance
Ecco
English
416 pages
New York Times and International Bestseller Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and AmazonMore than 2 million copies soldIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs-a real-life Tony Stark-and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion.
Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius’s life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk’s story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition?
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PPI Surveying Solved Problems, 5th Edition – Comprehensive Practice Guide with More Than 900 Problems for the FS and PS Survey Exams
Author: by Jan Van Sickle PLS
PPI, a Kaplan Company
English
410 pages
Problems and Detailed Solutions for Comprehensive Exam PrepSurveying Solved Problems contains over 900 multiple-choice problems representing a broad range of topics on both the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) and Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) exams. The problem scenarios are instructionally designed so that you learn how to identify and apply related concepts and equations.
The breadth of topics covered, and the varied complexities of the problems allow you to assess and strengthen your problem-solving skills, while step-by-step solutions demonstrate accurate, efficient solving methods. Pair these solved problems with the Reference Manual for a comprehensive review, and the Practice Exam to maximize your problem-solving efficiency and build exam-day readiness.
Surveying Solved Problems is included in all Fundamentals of Surveying Complete Exam Bundle. About the FS exam The NCEES FS Exam is your first step in becoming a professional surveyor (P.S.. The exam is a closed book computer-based exam containing 110 questions.
3. PPI Surveyor Reference Manual, 7th Edition – A Complete Reference Manual for the PS and FS Exam
Author: by George M Cole
PPI, a Kaplan Company
English
492 pages
The Reference Manual every Surveying examinee needs! George Cole’s Surveyor Reference Manual, Seventh Edition (SVRM7) offers a complete review for the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) Exam. This book is the most up-to-date, comprehensive reference manual available, and is designed to help you pass the NCEES FS exam the first time!
Topics CoveredAlgebra, Basic Geometry, Trigonometry, CalculusField Data AcquisitionPlane Survey CalculationsGeodesy and Survey AstronomyCadastral and Boundary LawMappingSpecialty Surveying AreasAccuracy Standards Pair this reference manual with Solved Problems for a comprehensive review, and the Practice Exam to maximize your problem-solving efficiency and build exam-day readiness.
This manual is included in all Fundamentals of Surveying Complete Exam BundleAbout the FS exam The NCEES FS Exam is your first step in becoming a professional surveyor (P.S.. The exam is a closed book computer-based exam containing 110 questions.
You will receive and electronic reference at the exam. About the PS exam The NCEES PS Exam is a closed book computer-based exam containing 100 questions. You will receive and electronic reference at the exam. After you pass Surveyor Reference Manual, Seventh Edition (SVRM7) will serve as an invaluable reference throughout your surveying career.
4. PPI Fundamentals of Surveying Practice Exam, 5th Edition – Comprehensive Practice Exam for the NCEES FS Surveying Exam
Author: by George M Cole
PPI, a Kaplan Company
English
54 pages
Comprehensive Practice Exam for the NCEES FS Surveying Exam Completely up to date to the NCEES CBT exam specifications, Fundamentals of Surveying Practice Exam, Fifth Edition contains a 110-question exam matching the specifications for knowledge areas and topics, and for approximate problem counts within those knowledge areas to build exam-day confidence and strengthen time-management skills.
Pair Fundamentals of Surveying Practice Exam with the Surveyor Reference Manual, Seventh Edition and Solved Problems for a comprehensive review with the Fundamentals of Surveying Complete Exam Bundle. Key Features110 multiple-choice problems presented in two sessions of 55 problems eachProblems reflect the format, scope of topics, and level of difficulty of the NCEES computer-based Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) examLike the FS exam, an average of 3 minutes is required to solve each problem in this bookStep-by-step solutions to quantitative problems demonstrate efficient problem-solving approachesQualitative solutions explain the correct answer, and present related supportive information such as surveying laws, regulations, and historyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: PPI, A Kaplan CompanyAbout the FS exam The NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying Exam is your first step in becoming a professional surveyor (P.S..
5. Surveying in Early America: The Point of Beginning, An Illustrated History
Author: by Dan Patterson
CLIPS
English
155 pages
Living history is one of the most popular, and accessible ways for people of all ages to step back in time. From Colonial Williamsburg, to Mount Vernon, to signs along roadways identifying George Washington stopping points, living history continues to be an accessible way to learn about cultural, historical and political practice in early America.
In Surveying Early America: The Point of Beginning, An Illustrated History, award-winning photographer Dan Patterson and American historian Clinton Terry vividly and succinctly unpack the profession of surveying during the eighteenth century. Over 100 full color photographs exclusively shot for the book depict authentic and historically accurate reproductions of techniques and tools through the use of American reenactors from the Department of Geographer, which provide an interpretive look at surveying as a primary means to building the American nation.
Through the lens of Patterson’s camera and Terry’s narrative, readers see what Washington saw as he learned his trade, explored the vast American wilderness, and occasionally laid personal claim to great expanses of land. Readers are visually and intellectually immersed in the historically accurate details of the surveying practices of George Washington, Virginia’s first surveyor and his team.
6. PPI California Civil Surveying Reference Manual, 2nd Edition – A Complete Reference Manual for the NCEES California Civil Surveying Exam
Author: by George M Cole
PPI, a Kaplan Company
English
314 pages
A Complete Reference Manual for the NCEES California Civil Surveying Exam Updated to the latest exam specs, the California Civil Surveying Reference Manual offers complete review for the NCEES California Civil Surveying Exam. The book’s organization and clear explanations start with the basics to help you get up to speed on common surveying concepts.
Together, the 30 chapters provide an in-depth review of all of the topics listed in the California Civil Surveying Exam specifications. Pair this reference manual with Solved Problems for a comprehensive review, and the Practice Exam to maximize your problem-solving efficiency and build exam-day readiness.
This manual is included in California Civil Engineering Surveying Complete Exam Bundle. After the exam, California Civil Surveying Reference Manual, Second Edition (CSRM2) will serve as an invaluable reference throughout your California Civil Surveying career. Topics CoveredField Data AcquisitionLand Planning and DevelopmentMathematics BasicsPlane Survey CalculationsKey FeaturesOver 220 practice problems, hundreds of equations, figures, and tables, industry-standard terminology and nomenclature, and equal support of U.S.
7. Estimator's Piping Man-Hour Manual (Estimator's Man-Hour Library)
Author: by John S.
English
264 pages
0884152596
This reference provides reliable piping estimating data including installation of pneumatic mechanical instrumentation used in monitoring various process systems. This new edition has been expanded and updated to include installation of pneumatic mechanical instrumentation, which is used in monitoring various process systems.
8. Programming Notes and Hints for the HP 35s Scientific Calculator
Author: by Frederick Ruland
English
96 pages
1548763373
This little book is an attempt to supplement the HP 35s User’s Guide for those things this author had trouble understanding or discovered only after trial and error. It concentrates on topics such as programming, using memory, using Reverse Polish Notation (RPN), using stack registers, program construction, and working with equations (the equation solver).
The book is a general programming guide, rather than a how-to guide for specific specialty areas. It does not discuss integration, mathematical transformations, logical operations, or conversion factors. It assumes RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) throughout. Although the HP 35s lacks a computer interface and a graphics display, it is reasonably priced (about $50 in June 2017), and has other desirable features.
Its greatest strength is perhaps its capacity to store custom programs and equations specific to an individual’s needs. This book does not cover every aspect of the HP 35s. Therefore it is important to have the HP 35s User’s Guide which is available free online.
9. Measuring America: How the United States Was Shaped By the Greatest Land Sale in History
Author: by Andro Linklater
Plume
English
320 pages
In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation’s greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped.
And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of the morass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in daily life. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary Systemthe last traditional system in the worldand how one man’s surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
10. PPI California Civil Surveying Practice Exams, 4th Edition – Two 55-Problem, Multiple-Choice Exams Consistent with the California Civil Engineering Surveying Exam
Author: by Peter R. Boniface Ph.D. PLS
PPI, a Kaplan Company
English
58 pages
Realistic Practice for the California Civil Surveying ExamCalifornia Civil Surveying Practice Exams contains two 55-problem, multiple-choice exams consistent with the California Civil Engineering Surveying exam’s format and specifications. Like the actual exam, the problems in this book require an average of three minutes to solve.
Comprehensive step-by-step solutions demonstrate accurate and efficient problem-solving approaches. Author commentary is provided in the solutions, explaining common pitfalls and suggesting time-saving shortcuts. Taking each exam in California Civil Surveying Practice Exams within the same 2. 5-hour time limit as the actual exam will simulate exam conditions, enhance your time-management skills, and help you identify which references you’ll need most on exam day.
Topics CoveredAccuracy and Error AnalysisConstruction SurveysPreparation of Reports and MapsTopographic SurveysKey FeaturesConsistent with the exam scope and formatLearn accurate and efficient problem-solving approachesConnect relevant theory to exam-like problemsSolve problems under exam-like timed conditionsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: PPI, A Kaplan Company
11. Schaum's Outline of Introductory Surveying (Schaum's)
Author: by Roy Wirshing
McGraw-Hill Education
English
384 pages
With 375 problems fully solved step by step, and clear, well-illustrated coverage of the practices and applications of surveying, this powerful study guide can help you master your course with less study time. Perfect for independent study, it gives you full coverage of the entire subject, from trigonometry for surveyors through drawing maps.
With Schaum’s, you know you’re getting a quality product, and this study guide for beginning courses in surveying is the best there is.
12. Land Surveying Simplified: Second Edition
Author: by Paul L. Gay
B08WZ4P2QT
English
169 pages
This is a book about boundary surveying. It is written for anyone who is interested in learning about how boundary surveys are performed. The book will provide the reader with a background on basic boundary surveying techniques and some of the common legal issues encountered during boundary surveying.
This is the second edition of the book which substantially enlarges upon the first edition. A chapter on easements has been added. There is more detail on Global Navigational Systems (GNSS or GPS). Lower cost survey grade GNSS receivers are now widely available so surveyors are now able to take advantage of this technology.
GNSS can save considerable time and cost while increasing the reliability and permanence of surveys. Nevertheless, use of GNSS has certain limitations which cannot be ignored, and this book discusses some of these issues. The second edition also goes into more detail on state plane coordinate systems which are an integral part of GNSS surveying.
Prior to the widespread use of GNSS connecting a survey to state plane was often cost prohibitive but now that GNS is commonly used it is easy and commonplace to have surveys tied to state plane. The second edition discusses the state plane coordinate system and the benefits of using it.
13. Surveying Fundamentals and Practices (What's New in Trades & Technology)
Author: by Jerry Nathanson
Pearson
English
368 pages
Surveying Fundamentals and Practices, 7/e, covers up-to-date surveying technology without losing perspective of the need to provide students with a strong foundation in traditional surveying fundamentals. An entire chapter provides a review of the mathematics essential for beginning technology students to understand plane surveying problem-solving methods and applications.
Through clear explanations and applied examples, the text presents the methods of measuring and computing distances, angles, and directions. It provides students with a firm grasp of modern equipment and office and field procedures related to horizontal control surveys, property surveys, topographic surveys, roadway curve calculations, and construction layout surveys.
The Seventh Edition expands upon the surveying applications in today’s world with a section on forensic surveying, updated information on national and industry standards for surveys, and a new section on spiral curve computations.
14. Surveying: Theory and Practice
Author: by James Anderson
McGraw-Hill Education
English
1200 pages
This updated edition contains the same breadth and depth as previous editions with pertinent chapter topics divided into two parts. Part A covers elementary topics and Part B covers advanced topics. This innovative design, coupled with the most recent developments in technology, complements first- and second-level courses in surveying without losing its value as a reference textbook.
15. Elon Musk (SPANISH EDITION)
Author: by Vance
Planeta Publishing
Spanish
460 pages
SPANISH EDITION*New York Times and International Bestseller Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and AmazonMore than 1 million copies sold In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs-a real-life Tony Stark-and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion.
Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius’s life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk’s story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition?
16. Finding My Boundaries: Interesting People I've Met While Surveying
Author: by Eric B. Gladhill PLS
B096TJQNCQ
English
240 pages
The title is a double-entendre, because the main role of a land surveyor is to find the boundaries of property, but the author also describes how his life and morals were somewhat unbounded when he started into his career, but as he met more and more influential people, he began to find the moral and professional boundaries that helped form him into the surveyor he eventually became.
It seems that surveying attracts some of the most fascinating characters. Most of the people I’ve worked with were good, competent professionals; but for some reason, the position of rodman/chainmanthe entry-level position on the survey crewalways attracted the lazy, happy-go-lucky types who were usually some kind of social misfit.
I know the surveying profession has come a long way since the ’70s, and I applaud the efforts of the surveying community, societies, and licensing boards to clean up the image of the surveyor and increase the public’s appreciation of the profession.
I still think we have a long way to go to get this point across and be fully recognized as true professionals. We must realize, too, that some of these goofballs eventually decided to grow up and become responsible licensed surveyorsI’m one of those!
