Part I Surveying Principles – Surveying Fundamentals – Surveying Defined – Surveying: General Background – Control Surveys – Preliminary Surveys – Surveying Instruments – Construction Surveys – Distance Measurement – Angle Measurement – Position Measurement – Units Of Measurement – Stationing – Types Of Construction Projects – Random And Systematic Errors – Accuracy And Precision – Mistakes – Field Notes – Review Questions – Leveling – General Background – Theory Of Differential Leveling – C Types Of Surveying Levels – Leveling Rods – Definitions For Differential Leveling – Techniques Of Leveling – Benchmark Leveling (Vertical Control Surveys) – Profile And Cross-Section Leveling – Reciprocal Leveling – Peg Test – Three-Wire Leveling – Trigonometric Leveling – Level Loop Adjustments – Suggestions For Rod Work – Suggestions For Instrument Work – Mistakes In Leveling – Problems – Distance Measurement – Methods Of Linear Measurement – Gunter’s Chain – Tapes .
