Definition of Surveying

The Science, art, and technology of determining the relative positions of points above, on, or beneath the Earth's surface.







Difference b/w geodetic and plane surveying

•Geodetic surveying takes into account the curvature of the earth

•Plane surveying assumes the earth is flat







Types of Measurements (5)

•Horizontal angles

•Horizontal distances

•Vertical (zenith) angles

•Vertical distances

•Slope distances







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