Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors, Second Edition

by Clement A. Ogaja, Nashon J Adero, Derrick Koome

Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors, Second Edition, continues to focus on the key components and aspects of project design for geomatics and land surveying projects with the goal of helping readers navigate the priority issues when planning new projects. The second edition includes new materials on surveying and UAV, and it is thoroughly updated to keep current with the recent technology and terminology. The two new chapters capture new developments in the rapidly emerging use of remote sensing and GIS in aerial surveys, mapping, and imaging for small-to-medium scale projects, as well as modern practices and experiences in engineering surveying.

1. Provides a simple guide for geomatics engineering projects using recent and advanced technologies. 2. Includes new content on spatial data collection using GIS, drones, and 3D digital modeling. 3. Covers professional standards, professional and ethical responsibilities, and policy, social, and environmental issues related. 4. Discusses project planning including scheduling and budgeting. 5. Features practical examples with solutions and explains new methods for planning, implementing, and monitoring engineering and mining surveying projects.

Undergraduate and graduate students, professors, practicing professionals and surveyors will find this new edition useful, as well as geospatial/geomatics engineers, civil engineers, mining engineers, GIS professionals, planners, land developers, and project managers.

Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2023

About the author

Clement A. Ogaja has worked in various capacities as a professor, researcher and geodesist in the United States, Australia, and Kenya. He received a BSc. in Surveying from the University of Nairobi in 1997 and a PhD. in Geomatics Engineering from UNSW Sydney, Australia, in 2002. In addition to his six books, A Framework in Support of Structural Monitoring by Real Time Kinematic GPS and Multisensor Data (PhD thesis, UNSW Sydney), Geomatics Engineering: A Practical Guide to Project Design (CRC Press), Applied GPS for Engineers and Project Managers (ASCE Press), Introduction to GNSS Geodesy: Foundations of Precise Positioning Using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (Springer), Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors (CRC Press), and AI Contexting: Making Use of Artificial Intelligence, he is also the author and co-author of several research papers published in international scientific journals and conference proceedings. His extensive experiences in education, research and private industry include having worked for Geoscience Australia, California State University, Topcon Positioning Systems, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and as a land surveyor with Aerophoto Systems Engineering Company in Kenya.