Adjustment Computations: Spatial Data Analysis, Fourth Edition

The complete guide to adjusting for measurement error--expanded and updated
No measurement is ever exact. Adjustment Computations updates a classic, definitive text on surveying with the latest methodologies and tools for analyzing and adjusting errors with a focus on least squares adjustments, the most rigorous methodology available and the one on which accuracy standards for surveys are based.
Extensively updated, this Fourth Edition covers basic terms and fundamentals of errors and methods of analyzing them and progresses to specific adjustment computations and spatial information analysis. Each chapter includes practical examples, illustrations, and sample practice problems. Current and comprehensive, the book features:
* Easy-to-understand language and an emphasis on real-world applications
* Extensive coverage of the treatment of GPS-acquired data
* New chapters on analyzing data in three dimensions, confidence intervals, statistical testing, and more
* Extensively updated STATS, ADJUST, and MATRIX software packages
* A new companion CD & web site with a 150-page solutions manual (for instructor's only), software, MathCAD worksheets, and view graphs
* The latest information on advanced topics such as blunder detection and the method of general least squares
Adjustment Computations, Fourth Edition is an invaluable reference and self-study resource for working surveyors, photogrammetrists, and professionals who use GPS and GIS for data collection and analysis, including oceanographers, urban planners, foresters, geographers, and transportation planners. It's also an indispensable resource for students preparing for licensing exams and the ideal textbook for courses in surveying, civil engineering, forestry, cartography, and geology.

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–11):
Chapter 2 Observations and Their Analysis (pages 12–32):
Chapter 3 Random Error Theory (pages 33–49):
Chapter 4 Confidence Intervals (pages 50–67):
Chapter 5 Statistical Testing (pages 68–83):
Chapter 6 Propagation of Random Errors in Indirectly Measured Quantities (pages 84–98):
Chapter 7 Error Propagation in Angle and Distance Observations (pages 99–126):
Chapter 8 Error Propagation in Traverse Surveys (pages 127–143):
Chapter 9 Error Propagation in Elevation Determination (pages 144–158):
Chapter 10 Weights of Observations (pages 159–172):
Chapter 11 Principles of Least Squares (pages 173–204):
Chapter 12 Adjustment of Level Nets (pages 205–220):
Chapter 13 Precision of Indirectly Determined Quantities (pages 221–232):
Chapter 14 Adjustment of Horizontal Surveys: Trilateration (pages 233–254):
Chapter 15 Adjustment of Horizontal Surveys: Triangulation (pages 255–282):
Chapter 16 Adjustment of Horizontal Surveys: Traverses and Networks (pages 283–309):
Chapter 17 Adjustment of GPS Networks (pages 310–344):
Chapter 18 Coordinate Transformations (pages 345–368):
Chapter 19 Error Ellipse (pages 369–387):
Chapter 20 Constraint Equations (pages 388–408):
Chapter 21 Blunder Detection in Horizontal Networks (pages 409–436):
Chapter 22 General Least Squares Method and its Application to Curve Fitting and Coordinate Transformations (pages 437–453):
Chapter 23 Three?Dimensional Geodetic Network Adjustment (pages 454–477):
Chapter 24 Combining GPS and Terrestrial Observations (pages 478–491):
Chapter 25 Analysis of Adjustments (pages 492–503):
Chapter 26 Computer Optimization (pages 504–519):