California Civil Surveying Reference Manual
Available in Print or eTextbook
The Reference Manual for the California Civil Surveying Exam!
- 30 chapters provide an in-depth review of California Civil: Engineering Surveying FS exam topics
- 2 NEW chapters on Accuracy Standards and Aerial Mapping*
- Exam-like practice problems to help the examinee prepare for the kinds of questions they will see on the exam, and the examples and the extra problems will give them further practice in applying the concepts taught in each chapter
- Over 220 practice problems to build the reader’s problem-solving skills, hundreds of equations, figures, and tables, industry-standard terminology and nomenclature, and equal support of U.S. customary and SI units
- Extensive index contains multiple entries for each topic, so the examinee can easily find the codes and concepts they will need during the exam
Topics Include:
- Mathematics Basics
- Field Data Acquisition
- Plane Survey Calculations
- Land Planning and Development
- One year of access
- Ability to download the entire eTextbook to multiple devices, so you can study even without internet access
- An auto sync feature across all your devices for a seamless experience on or offline
- Unique study tools such as highlighting in six different colors to tailor your study experience
- Features like read aloud for complete hands-free review
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