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Levelling is the name given to the process of measuring the difference in elevation between two or more points. In engineering surveying, levelling has many applications and is used at all stages in construction projects from the initial site survey through to the final setting out. In practice, it is possible to measure heights to better than a few millimetres when levelling and this precision is more than adequate for height measurement on the majority of civil engineering projects.
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© 1994 J. Uren and W.F. Price
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Uren, J., Price, W.F. (1994). Levelling. In: Surveying for Engineers. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12950-8_2
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