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Surveying and Mapping for Field Scientists W. Ritchie

Surveying and Mapping for Field Scientists By W. Ritchie

Surveying and Mapping for Field Scientists by W. Ritchie


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A comprehensive and practical guide for field scientists, which addresses the problems of surveying, mapping and cartographic communication by a variety of techniques.

Surveying and Mapping for Field Scientists Summary

Surveying and Mapping for Field Scientists by W. Ritchie

This is a comprehensive and practical guide for field scientists, which addresses the problems of surveying, mapping and cartographic communication by a variety of techniques. The authors provide a basic grounding in survey work, by ground, air and satellite methods, and in cartographic presentation of the data. The text is complemented by more than 200 illustrations, including 4 pages of full-colour plates, showing satellite images and aerial photography. The work is intended for undergraduate students in geography, geology, environmental and ecological sciences. It also offers supplementary reading for those in surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing and cartography.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The problem and how to approach a solution: main factors affecting choice of technique; sources of maps and aerial photographs. Part 2 Ground surveying techniques: introduction to ground surveying; how to obtain planimetric information; how to obtain slope and height values; how to obtain plan and height in one operation; surveying underwater features; how to construct a control framework. Part 3 Aerial surveying techniques: image formation and evaluation; photo interpretation; aerial cameras; stereo-viewing equipment; photographic emulsions; planimetric mapping by aerial photography; how to obtain height values from aerial survey; mapping height and plan in one operation. Part 4 Remote sensing techniques: introduction; thermal infrared sensing; imaging with microwave radar; spectral signature; multispectral sensing; imaging the earth's surface from satellites; satellite remote sensing - a scenario for the late 1980s. Part 5 Cartographic presentation: preliminary considerations; technical aspects of map production; map design and construction. Appendix 1: Examples of Ordnance Survey information. Appendix 2: Sources of aerial photography and earth satellite imagery.

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GOR012369022
9780582300866
B007Z04NWY
Surveying and Mapping for Field Scientists by W. Ritchie
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
19881215
192
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