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Fundamental Surveying

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This chapter introduces the basics of surveying that will be covered in the book. The aim of the chapter is such that once a civil or mine engineering student has covered it and undertaken the necessary workshop.

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Walker, J., Awange, J.L. (2018). Fundamental Surveying. In: Surveying for Civil and Mine Engineers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53129-8_1

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