EM 277 Surveying
Provides techniques of chaining horizontal distances directly by breaking chain and slope measurements, or indirectly by trigonometric calculations; procedure and field time to obtain elevations by differential leveling; methods of computing bearings and azimuths; techniques of traversing, balancing angles, balancing distances, error of closure, accuracy obtained and required; procedure for calculating the meridian, latitude and longitude with respect to the state plane coordinate system; procedure for performing boundary surveys including property research.