CE 3500 Chapter : Surveying Essay
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Surveying: grids and datums of canada, russia, and the united kingdom. Surveying dates back almost 4700 years to when the ancient egyptians created the great pyramids using a rope system along with basic geometry. Surveying has become extremely prevalent in today"s society and affects almost all aspects of our every day lives. For my report, i have chosen to compare surveying methods of the uk, russia, and. These countries all have similarities in their surveying methods. Canada originally based its surveying tactics on the bessel 1841 ellipsoid, which originated from parts of geodetic networks of russia. It then adopted the u. s. system of surveying, but sometime between 1927 and 1932 changed to the international system now called wgs84; one that the united kingdom, russsia, and many other countries also use. Each of these countries industrialized surveying as an efficient way to separate land for the use of private properties.
