Thoroughly presents all the general surveying principles and techniques students need:   NEW! Updated throughout to reflect new tools, techniques, and technologies, and their implications for surveyors working on construction or engineering projects–preparing students to succeed in any surveying role, from summer intern to field engineer, project engineer, or assistant superintendent  NEW! Intuitive, user-friendly math review chapter–ensuring that students have the algebra, geometry, and trigonometry knowledge they need to compute construction layouts  NEW! Complete coverage of the latest technological advances in GPS/GNSS and geomatics for capturing, processing, and mapping data on earth surface features–helping students understand the field's most advanced technologies, and how to apply them in real-world projects  Covers all the fundamentals of distance measurement, both traditional and electronic–teaching the principles students need to accurately measure distance using any tool or technique  Fully introduces theodolites, total stations, total station operations, and their applications–helping students quickly master many of today's most important surveying tools  Introduces key concepts of traverse surveying and computation, including bearings/azimuths, analysis of closed surveys, precision determination, and error balancing–helping students understand and work with total stations more effectively  Explains horizontal and vertical control, both at national and project levels–teaching students how to prepare map coordinate systems and baselines for field surveying  Links principles and techniques to contemporary applications in the construction of most civil projects:   NEW! Includes revised, up-to-the-minute coverage of machine guidance and control–helping students apply the latest advances in creating 3D files that streamline large-scale projects such as highway and airport construction  Covers a full range of applications, including highway curves, highway and street construction, pipelines, tunnels, culverts, bridges, and buildings–preparing students to participate as surveyors in virtually any construction or civil engineering project  Includes a full chapter on quantity and final surveys–enabling students to prepare essential computations and records for the processing of interim and final payments to the contractor  Provides extensive hands-on practice, strong pedagogy, and valuable professional reference resources:  NEW! Includes an extensive set of relevant, up-to-date laboratory exercises–helping students practice all the modern measurement techniques they are learning, hands-on  NEW! Includes updated reference appendices, including a revised glossary, typical field projects, steel tape corrections, early surveying topics, a colored insert demonstrating machine control and guidance, and examples of land/water areas surveyed by conventional ground surveys, aerial imaging, and satellites–giving students valuable information they can use throughout their first years on the job  Contains illustrative worked problems and figures–guiding students step-by-step through the processes and techniques they need to learn  Provides illustrative field book entries for each measurement technique– assisting students in properly setting up field books to record their survey data   Promotes learning through clear, concise int