Intended for use as an aid to geodetic surveying by first- and second-year students of agricultural colleges specializing in land management. The book is an introduction which should enable a student independently to perform all the major types of field survey work on a limited area involving : the construction of a geodetic network; preparation of profiles; and the determination of areas of land holdings and other agricultural features.

Revised English version of : Goedezija, published : Moskow : Nedra, 1980. Includes index.

Introduction to geodesy --Theodolite survey -- To work up theodolite traverses -- Plotting the plan -- Calculation of areas -- Direct levelling -- Plane-table surveying -- Tacheometric surveying -- Theory of errors of measurements -- General introduction to the geodetic net for surveying large land holdings -- Gauss conformal projection and gaussian rectangular coordinates. Reference of sheets of topographic maps -- Measurement of horizontal angles in geodetic densification nets -- Instruments for linear measurements in geodetic densification nets -- Mathematical treatment of second-class densification nets and surveying nets obtained by triangulation -- Location of subsidiary stations -- Adjustment of the system of traverses of a survey network.