Short description An update to a classic in the field of surveying, this is one of the few books that deals with the important issue of error in spatial data. Originally written for surveyors, it has expanded over the years to encompass the needs of new spatial technologies as they've been introduced (GPS, GIS) and new analytical techniques as they find acceptance. This Fifth Edition offers new screenshots to guide students through the exercises, more problems, more worked solutions in the solutions manual, as well as PowerPoint slides from the author's lectures.
From the contents PREFACE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
1 Introduction.
2 Observations and Their Analysis.
3 Random Error Theory.
4 Confidence Intervals.
5 Statistical Testing.
6 Propagation of Random Errors in Indirectly Measured Quantities.
7 Error Propagation in Angle and Distance Observations.
8 Error Propagation in Traverse Surveys.
9 Error Propagation in Elevation Determination.
10 Weights of Observations.
11 Principles of Least Squares.
12 Adjustment of Level Nets.
13 Precisions of Indirectly Determined Quantities.
14 Adjustment of Horizontal Surveys: Trilateration.
15 Adjustment of Horizontal Surveys: Triangulation.
16 Adjustment of Horizontal Surveys: Traverses and Horizontal Networks.
17 Adjustment of GNSS Networks.
18 Coordinate Transformations.
19 Error Ellipse.
20 Constraint Equations.
21 Blunder Detection in Horizontal Networks.
22 General Least Squares Method and Its Application to Curve Fitting and Coordinate Transformations.
23 Three-Dimensional Geodetic Network Adjustment.
24 Combining GPS and Terrestrial Observations.
25 Analysis of Adjustments.
26 Computer Optimization.
Appendix A Introduction to Matrices.
Appendix B Solution of Equations by Matrix Methods.
Appendix C Nonlinear Equations and Taylor's Theorem.
Appendix D Normal Error Distribution Curve and Other Statistical Tables.
