Every once in a while, someone that has just heard or read one of my "Cave surveyors should read Survey literature" diatribes comes by and ask me where they can read more.
Here is a somewhat dated list. (I'll update it as I have time.)
What is your local survey course using this year? They probably have a good reason for using their text, you might ask them. The text popular here is: [Moffitt and Bouchard, 1975]
"Surveying" by Francis H. Moffitt and Harry Bouchard 1975 Harper and Row
I also like: [partly because I like Mikhail's writing]
"Surveying, Theory and Practice", Seventh Edition by James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail. 1998 McGraw-Hill
This is an intermediate book
"Analysis and Adjustment of Survey Measurements" by Edward M. Mikhail, Ph. D., and Gordon Gracie, Ph. D. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981
A general introduction to surveying. A broad but complete overview.
This book is intermediate to advanced
Adjustment Computations, Statistics and Least Squares in Surveying and GIS by Paul R. Wolf and Charles D. Ghilani. 1997, Wiley
This is an advanced book.
"Observations and Least Squares" by Edward M. Mikhail University Press of America, 1976
This is a practical book, giving many of the numerical considerations in practical solutions.
This book covers many practical aspects
"Solving Least Squares Problems" by Lawson, Charles, and Hanson, Richard 1974 Prentice Hall
Theory
"Matrix Analysis" by Horn and Johnson Cambridge Press, 1985
"Matrix Computations" by Golub, Gene H. and Van Loan, Charles F. Matrix Computations 1989 The Johns Hopkins University Press
A mathematical look at matrix computations, including inverses. A must for anybody handling large matrix problems on a computer.
"Computer Solution of Large Sparse Positive Definite Systems" Alan George and Joseph W-H Liu. 1981 Prentice Hall, Inc.
The definitive book in the field. Survey adjustment problems just happen to be Large, Sparse, and Positive Definite. And I really hope people are using computers to solve them.
This book has explicit ForTran code for each of the methods discussed.
"Matrix Theory; Basic Results and Techniques" by Fuzhen Zhang 1999 Springer Verlang
Good introduction for those with a high math tolerance.
"First Course in Numerical Analysis" By Anthony A Ralston 1978 McGraw Hill
Error analysis of computations. Good explanation of round off error and related issues.
"Block Reflectors: Theory and Computation" by Robert S. Schreiber and Beresford N. Parlett in the SIAM journal of Numerical Analysis Volume 25, Number 1, 1988.
"Computational Geometry" by Franco P. Preparata and Michael Ian Shamos 1985 Springer-Veralg
Introduction to handling geometry on the computer. How to handle many standard problems that come up when manipulating survey data.
"The Art of Computer Programming" Volume 1 by Donald E. Knuth 1968 Addison Wesley
Graphs, Trees, and other useful data structures for dealing with surveys. With assembly language style code for those that want "cookbook" answers.
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