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Linear Measurements

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Surveyors are fundamentally concerned with the measurement of horizontal and vertical distances and angles and, more recently, with direct positioning. These, then, are used in various combinations in traversing, triangulation, trilateration, mixed-mode operations, mapping, layout staking, leveling, etc.

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  1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA

    Russell C. Brinker P.E. (Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering) (Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering)

  2. Tidelands and Waterways, First American Title Company, Santa Ana, CA, USA

    Roy Minnick L.S., R.L.S.

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Curtis, K.S. (1995). Linear Measurements. In: Brinker, R.C., Minnick, R. (eds) The Surveying Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2067-2_4

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