Surveying Fundamentals
What surveying fundamentals means
Understand the basic principles and instruments used in land surveying.
Worked example
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Surveying is chiefly concerned with determining the:
- Colour of soil
- Relative positions of points on or near the Earth
- Age of rocks
- Weather patterns
Working: Surveying measures distances, angles and elevations to fix the relative positions of points.
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Related skills
Other Measurement & Mapping skills in Surveying & Geomatics, at the same point in the course.
Other Surveying & Geomatics topics
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