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The Third Edition of A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys has been expanded with thirty percent new material and is fully updated to reflect the latest practice guidelines and technology, including the use of GPS and GIS in land boundary re-establishment. Also included is important new material on how technology should be interpreted in assessing the quality and accuracy of a land survey.

Completely revised and updated, this third edition reflects the increased importance of GPS in the everyday practice of surveyors and mappers. Providing an accessible yet rigorous introduction to the subject, the book offers a practical guide to the techniques used in real GPS surveying. It explores the latest advances in the field, covering new topics such as block IIF and control segment modernization. From the design of a GPS survey to observation and post-processing, this book presents an overview of GPS modernization and explains the fundamentals of new GPS codes such as TRANSIT. The text also features an in-depth discussion of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS).

Land Trust GIS is a joint project of GreenInfo Network in partnership with the Land Trust Alliance. Begun in 2004, the project emerged out of extensive involvement in land trusts and their use of GIS by all of the sponsor organizations.