Geomatics Engineering

This field focuses directly on the various aspects of data collection, information generation and management related to the Earth including the surface, subsurface, water and atmosphere. The main objective of the field is to capture the precise geometric position and attributes related to all features that comprise the terrestrial system of the Earth and, also, extraterrestrial bodies in recent years. The main disciplines in the field include mapping, surveying, geospatial information management, global positioning systems, photogrammetry, remote sensing and cadastral studies. The field deals with applications and applied research in acquisition, management, analysis, modeling, visualization, dissemination and application of geo-referenced data. This results in commonly known derivatives such as topographic maps, geospatial information systems such as MapQuest and Google Earth, on-board vehicle navigation systems, weather maps and disaster management systems.




GEOMATICS ENGINEERING TEXT LIST - 2004

04-Geom-A1 - Surveying
Prime Texts:
Anderson, M.J., and E.M. Mikhail, Surveying: Theory and Practice. McGraw Hill, (7th
Edition), 1998.
Wolf, P.R., and C.D. Ghilani, Elementary Surveying. An Introduction to Geomatics. Prentice
Hall, New Jersey (10th Edition), 2002.
Supplementary Texts:
Moffitt, F.H. and H. Bouchard, Surveying. 9th edition. Harper & Row Publishers, 1992. ISBN
0065000595.
Brinker, R.C. and P. Wolf, Elementary Surveying. 9th edition. Harper-Row, 1984.
ISBN 0065003993.
Kissam, P., Surveying for Civil Engineers. 2nd edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., 1981.
ISBN 0070348820.
Kavanagh, B.F., Surveying Principles and Applications. Prentice Hall, New Jersey (6th
Edition), 2003.

04-Geom-A2 – Adjustment of Observations and Data Analysis
Prime Texts:
Mikhail, E.M., Observations and Least-squares. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1976.
Mikhail, E.D., and G. Gracie, Analysis & Adjustment of Survey Measurements. Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1981.
Wolf, P.R., and C.D. Ghilani, Adjustment Computations. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997,
ISBN 0-471-16833-5.
Supplementary Text:
Krakiwsky, E.J. (Ed.), Papers for the CISM Adjustment and Analysis Seminars. 2nd edition.
Canadian Institute of Geomatics, Ottawa, 1987.

04-Geom-A3 – Geodesy and Positioning
Prime Text:
Vanicek, P. and E.J. Krakiwsky, Geodesy: The Concepts, (Parts IV and V). E.J. North
Holland Publishing Co., 1986. ISBN 0444877770.
Supplementary Texts:
Heiskanen W.A., and H. Moritz, Physical Geodesy. Technical University, Gratz (reprint),
1979.

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Moritz, H., Advanced Physical Geodesy. Abacus Press, Tunbridge Wells, U.K, 1980.
Torge, W., Geodesy. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin (3rd Edition), 2001.

04-Geom-A4 - Photogrammetry
Prime Texts:
Mikhail E., J. Bethel, and J.C. McGlone, Introduction to modern photogrammetry. Wiley,
2001.
McGlone C. (Ed.), E. Mikhail & J. Bethel (Associate Editors), Manual of Photogrammetry.
5th Edition, Published by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
2004.
Supplementary Texts:
Schenk T., Digital photogrammetry. TerraScience, 1999.
Konecny G., Geoinformation: remote sensing, photogrammetry and geographic information
systems. Taylor & Francis, 2003.
Ghosh S.K., Analytical Photogrammetry. 2nd ed, Pergamon Press, 1988.
Wolf P.R, and B.A. Dewitt, Elements of photogrammetry : with applications in GIS. 3rd ed,
McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Kraus K., Photogrammetry, Vol 1 and 2. 4th rev. ed, Ferd. Dümmlers Verlag, 1993.
Ghosh S.K., Phototriangulation. Lexington Books, 1975.

04-Geom-A5 – Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
Prime Texts:
Lillesand T.M., and R.W. Kiefer, Remote sensing and image interpretation. 4th ed, John
Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Ryerson R.A., (ed.), Manual of remote sensing. 3rd ed, Wiley, 1996.
Supplementary Texts:
Avery T.E., and G.L. Berlin, Fundamentals of remote sensing and airphoto interpretation. 5th
ed, Maxwell Macmillan International, 1991.
Jensen J.R., Introductory digital image processing: a remote sensing perspective. 2nd ed
Prentice Hall, 1996.
Richards J.A., and X. Jia, Remote sensing digital image analysis: an introduction. 3rd ed
Springer, 1999.
Mather P.M., Computer processing of remotely-sensed images: an introduction. Wiley, 1988.

Schowengerdt R.A., Remote sensing - models and methods for image processing. 2nd ed,
Academic Press, 1997.
Leberl F.W., Radargrammetric image processing. Artech House, 1989.
French Textbooks:
Bonn & Rochon, Précis de télédétection, volume 1: Principes et méthodes. Presses de
l'Université du Québec, 1992.
Caloz & Collet, Précis de télédétection, volume 3: Traitements numériques d'images de
télédétection. Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2001.
Girard & Girard, Traitement des données de télédétection. DUNOD, Paris, 1999.
Henri Maitre, Le traitement des images. Hermès Sciences, Paris, 2002.

04-Geom-A6 - Cadastral Studies
Teskey, W.F., T.C. Swanby, W.D. Usher, and A. Hittel, Cadastral Studies Lecture Notes. A
Division of Surveying Engineering, University of Calgary, 1983.
Survey Law in Canada (Note: Now out of print, but approved photocopies may be obtained
through the offices of the Canadian Council of Land Surveyors in Ottawa)

04-Geom-A7 – Geospatial Information Systems
Prime Texts:
Longley, P.A., M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, and D.W. Rhind, Geographic Information
Systems and Science. Wiley Ed. ISBN 0-471-89275-0, 2001.
Date, C.J., Introduction to Database Systems. 8th edition. Addison-Wesley, Reading Mass.,
2003. ISBN: 0321197844.
Groot R. and J. McLaughlin, (eds) Geospatial data infrastructure: concepts, cases, and good
practice. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Supplementary Texts
Monmonier, M.S., Computer Assisted Cartography: Principles and Prospects. Prentice Hall,
1982.
Keates J.S., Cartographic Design and Production. 2nd edition. Halsted Press, 1989.
Robinson, A.H. et al., Elements of Cartography. 6th edition. John Wiley and Sons, 1995.
ISBN 0471555797.
Maling, D.H., Coordinate Systems and Map Projections. 2nd edition. George Philip and Son
Ltd., London, 1992. ISBN 0080372341.

Molenaar M., An introduction to the theory of spatial object modelling for GIS. Taylor &
Francis, 1998.
Burrough P.A. and R.A. McDonnell, Principles of geographical information systems.
University Press, 1997.
Kraak M.-J. and F. Ferjan Ormeling, Cartography : visualization of spatial data. Longman,
1996.
Green D. and T. Bossomaier, Online GIS and spatial metadata. Taylor & Francis, 2002.
Aronoff S., Geographic information systems: a management perspective. WDL Publications,
1989.
Goodchild M. and R. Jeansoulin (eds) Data quality in geographic information: from error to
uncertainty. Hermès, 1998.

04-Geom-B1 – Digital Terrain Modelling
Prime Texts:
Petrie, G. and T. J. M. Kennie (edit). Terrain modelling in surveying and civil engineering.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1991.
Maune, D.F. (Editor). Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications, the DEM
Users Manual. Published by the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing,
2001.
Supplementary Texts
McGlone C. (Editor), E. Mikhail & J. Bethel (Associate Editors), Manual of Photogrammetry.
5th Edition, Published by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
2004.
Greve C. (Editor). An Addendum to the Manual of Photogrammetry. Published by the
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1996.
Leberl F.W., Radargrammetric image processing. Artech House, 1989.
Davis, John C., Statistics and data analysis in geology. New York, Wiley, 2nd ed , 1986.
Lodwick G.D., Digital Terrain Modelling. University of Calgary, Publication No. 10007,
1983.

04-Geom-B2 – Satellite Navigation
Prime Text:
Wells et. al., Guide to GPS Positioning. Canadian GPS Associates, Fredericton, N.B., 1986.
Supplementary Texts:

Torge, W., Geodesy. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin (3rd Edition), 2001.
Vanicek P. and E. Krakiwsky, Geodesy: The Concepts. North Holland, Amsterdam (2nd
Edition). (Chapters 15 and 16), 1986.
Leick, A., GPS Satellite Surveying. 2nd edition. Wiley, 1995. ISBN 0471306266.
El-Rabbany, A., Introduction to GPS, the Global Positioning System. Artech House, Boston,
2002.

04-Geom-B3 – Networks and Precise Engineering Surveys
Prime Texts:
Anderson, M.J., and E.M. Mikhail, Surveying: Theory and Practice. McGraw-Hill, (7th
Edition). 1998.
Kuang, S., Geodetic Network Analysis and Optimal Design: Concepts and Applications. Ann
Arbor Press, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan, 1998.
Caspary, W.F., Concepts of Network and Deformation Analysis. Monograph 11, School of
Surveying, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia, 183 pp,
1988.
Supplementary Texts:
Teskey, W.F. (editor), Proceedings of 7th International FIG Symposium on Deformation
Measurements and 6th Canadian Symposium on Mining Surveying. Canadian Institute of
Geomatics, Ottawa, 1993.
Wolf, P.R. and C.D. Ghilani, Adjustment Computations. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997,
ISBN 0-471-16833-5.

04-Geom-B4 - Hydrography
Prime Text:
Ingham, A.E. Hydrography for the Surveyor and Engineer. 3rd edition. Wiley, 1994. ISBN
0632029439.
Supplementary Texts:
Bowditch, N., American Practical Navigator, Volumes I and II. Topographic Centre, United
States Defence Mapping Agency, 1976. ISBN 0403089948.
de Jong, C.D., G. Lachapelle, S. Skone, and I. Elema, Hydrography. Delft University Press,
2002.
Appleyard, S.F. et al., Marine Electronic Navigation, 2nd edition. Routledge & Kegan Paul,
1988.

Forrester, W. D., Canadian Tidal Manual. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canadian
Hydrographic Service, 1983. ISBN 0660113414.

04-Geom-B5 – Survey Law
Ziff, Bruce, Principle of Property Law, 3rd edition, CARSWELL, 2000.
Survey Law in Canada (Note: Now out of print, but approved photocopies may be obtained
through the offices of the Canadian Council of Land Surveyors in Ottawa)


04-Geom-B6 – Land Use Planning and Environmental Management
Prime Texts:
Chapin, F.S. and E.J. Kaiser, Urban Land Use Planning. 4th edition. University of Illinois
Press, 1995. ISBN 0252021010.
Ratcliffe, J. An Introduction to Town and Country Planning. 2nd edition. Longwood
Publication Group, 1984.
Supplementary Texts:
Lynch, Site Planning, 3rd edition. M.I.T. Press, 1984. ISBN 0262121069.
So, F.S. et al. (editors), The Practice of Local Government Planning, 2nd edition. Planners
Press, 1988. (International City Management Association in cooperation with APA. ISBN
0873260775.
Updated: January 2006

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