150TH ANNIVERSARY PAPER
Jul 15, 2002
Surveying and Mapping: History, Current Status, and Future Projections
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 3
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Since the founding of ASCE in 1852, remarkable changes have occurred in all areas of civil engineering practice, including surveying and mapping. Instruments employed in surveying and mapping in the United States have evolved from compass and chain, through a period of transits and tapes, into another era of optical-reading theodolites, electronic distance measuring equipment, aerial photogrammetry, and finally into the current stage of high-speed computers, the global positioning system, robotic total station instruments, digital photogrammetry, and satellite remote sensing systems. This paper includes three parts: (1) a discussion of the history of surveying and mapping; (2) a description of the current state of the art of surveying and mapping; and (3) some projections on how surveying and mapping may evolve in the future.
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 6, 2002
Accepted: Mar 6, 2002
Published online: Jul 15, 2002
Published in print: Aug 2002
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Paul R. Wolf, M.ASCE
Deceased March 6, 2002; formerly, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.
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