Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics, 16th Edition

Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics presents basic concepts and practical material in each of the areas fundamental to modern surveying (geomatics) practice.

While introductory, its depth and breadth also make it ideal for self-study and preparation for licensing examinations. The 16th Edition includes more than 400 figures and illustrations to help clarify discussions and rewritten worked example problems to illustrate computational procedures. It is updated throughout to provide a state-of-the-art presentation of surveying equipment and procedures, including new discussions of GNSS Precise Point Positioning; small unmanned aerial systems; metadata; new gravimetric- and geometric-based datums for the United States in 2022; and the computational changes to the state plane coordinate systems in 2022.Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics 16th Edition is written by Charles D. Ghilani and published by Pearson. ISBNs for Elementary Surveying are 9780136822912, 0136822916 and the print ISBNs are 9780136822806, 0136822800. Additional ISBNs include 9780137395606, 9780137395590.