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Surveying is defined in the 1978 ASCE Manual No. 34: Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms prepared by a joint committee of the ASCE and ACSM as “(1) The science and art of making all essential measurements in space to determine the relative positions and points and/or physical and cultural details above, on, or beneath the earth’s surface and to depict them in usable form, or to establish the position of points and/or details. Also, the actual making of a survey and recording and/or delineation of dimensions and details for subsequent use. (2) The acquiring and/or accumulation of qualitative information and quantitative data by observing, counting, classifying, and recording according to need.”1 Examples are traffic surveying and soil surveying.
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Brinker, R. C., and P. R. Wolf. 1984. Elementary surveying. 7th ed. New York: Harper & Row.
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Brinker, R.C. (1987). Surveying Field Notes, Data Collectors. In: Brinker, R.C., Minnick, R. (eds) The Surveying Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1188-2_1
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