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May 1971
Channel Rectification Engineering Survey Program
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Accurate surveys and adequate maps are essential for planning, design, and construction of channel rectification and other works for a major river project; to insure the complete project it is necessary to safety perform functions intended in design and purpose. A complete analysis of the approach to the project survey and mapping requirements is necessary. What accuracies, methods, instruments, scales, and contour intervals are needed to provide the data required? Priorities for areas or data must be established. Effective plans must be made for such items as aerial photographic scales, flight direction, type of camera, location, refinement and density of ground surveys, map scales and contour intervals, logistics, and numerous other items. After these decisions are made, effective plans are accomplished for the preliminary survey and mapping for engineering and design, construction survey, and post-construction survey. Without proper planning for all phases of a project, including the use of modern techniques and high accuracy standards in surveying and mapping, costly delays are likely to occur.
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Journal of the Surveying and Mapping Division
Volume 97 • Issue 1 • May 1971
Pages: 61 - 68
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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John M. Shields, M.ASCE
Chf., Surveys Section, Service Branch, Engrg. Div., Little Rock Dist., Corps of Engrs., Little Rock, Ark.
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