The California Civil Surveying Reference Manual is the most comprehensive textbook for the California Civil: Engineering Surveying Exam. This book's time-tested organization and clear explanations start with the basics to help you get up to speed on common surveying concepts. Together, the 28 chapters provide an in-depth review of the topics listed in the California Civil: Engineering Surveying Exam specifications. Exam-like practice problems help you prepare for the kinds of questions you will see on the exam, and examples and extra problems to give you further practice applying the concepts taught in each chapter. The extensive index contains more than 1000 entries, with multiple entries included for each topic, so you can easily find the codes and concepts you will need during the exam. This book features: practice problems to build your problem-solving skills clarifying examples hundreds of equations, figures, and tables industry-standard terminology and nomenclature equal support of U.S. customary and SI units After you pass your exam, the California Civil Surveying Reference Manual will continue to serve as an invaluable reference throughout your career.

Topics Covered Analytical Geometry Area of a Traverse Basic Geometry Construction Surveying Directions Earthwork Electronic Positioning Engineering Surveying Law Geographic Information Systems Horizontal Curves Hydrographic Surveying Land Descriptions Leveling Map Projects and Plane Coordinate Systems Plan and Profile Sheets Rectangular Coordinate Systems Statistics of Measurements Subdivisions Taping Topographic Surveying and Mapping Traverses Trigonometry Vertical Curves.