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Electronic Distance Measurement

An Introduction

  • Textbook
  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. J. M. Rüeger

    1. School of Surveying, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. History

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    Pages 1-2

  3. Physical Laws and Units Related to EDM

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    Pages 3-10

  4. Principles and Applications of EDM

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    Pages 11-30

  5. Basic Working Principles of Electronic Distance Meters

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    Pages 31-47

  6. Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves Through the Atmosphere

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    Pages 48-72

  7. Velocity Corrections to Measured Distances

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    Pages 73-83

  8. Geometrical Corrections

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    Pages 84-100

  9. Miscellaneous Corrections, Computations and Numerical Examples

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    Pages 101-122

  10. Electro-Optical Distance Meters

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    Pages 123-147

  11. Reflectors

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    Pages 148-164

  12. Batteries and Other Power Sources

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    Pages 165-173

  13. Errors of Electro-Optical Distance Meters

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    Pages 174-185

  14. Calibration of Electro-Optical Distance Meters

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    Pages 186-221

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 222-266
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About this book

The book has evolved from the author's continuing teaching of the subject and from two editions of a text of the same title. The first edition was published in 1978 by the School of Surveying, Universi­ ty of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Like its predecessors, this totally revised third edition is designed to make the subject matter more readily available to students proceeding to degrees in Survey­ ing and related fields. At the same time, it is a comprehensive refer­ ence book for all surveyors as well as for other professionals and scientists who use electronic distance measurement as a measuring tool. Great emphasis is placed on the understanding of measure­ ment principles and on proper reduction and calibration pro­ cedures. It comprises an extensive collection of essential formulae, useful tables and numerous literature references. After a review of the history of EDM instruments in Chapter 1, some fundamental laws of physics and units relevant to EDM are revised in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 discusses the principles and applica­ tions of the pulse method, the phase difference method, the Doppler technique and includes an expanded section on interferometers. The basic working principles of electro-optical and microwave distance meters are presented in Chapter 4, with special emphasis on modu­ lation/demodulation techniques and phase measurement systems. Important properties of infrared emitting and lasing diodes are discussed.

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  • School of Surveying, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

    J. M. Rüeger

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