Adjustment computations : spatial data analysis

The definitive guide to bringing accuracy to measurement, updated and supplemented Adjustment Computations is the classic textbook for spatial information analysis and adjustment computations, providing clear, easy-to-understand instruction backed by real-world practicality. From the basic terms and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Ghilani, Charles D. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2018]
EditionSixth edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781119390312
1119390311
9781119390664
1119390664
9781119390619
1119390613
1119385989
9781119385981
9781523123384
1523123389
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 695 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Observations and their analysis
  • Random error theory
  • Confidence intervals
  • Statistical testing
  • Propagation of random errors in indirectly measured quantities
  • Error propagation in angle and distance observations
  • Error propagation in traverse surveys
  • Error propagation in elevation determination
  • Weights of observations
  • Principles of least squares
  • Adjustment of level nets
  • Precisions of indirectly determined quantities
  • Adjustment of horizontal surveys : trilateration
  • Adjustment of horizontal surveys : triangulation
  • Adjustment of horizontal surveys : traverses and horizontal networks
  • Adjustment of GNSS networks
  • Coordinate transformations
  • Error ellipse
  • Constraint equations
  • Blunder detection in horizontal networks
  • The general least squares method and its application to curve fitting and coordinate transformations
  • Three-dimensional geodetic network adjustment
  • Combining GNSS and terrestrial observations
  • Analysis of adjustments
  • Computer optimization.