Land Surveyor Reference Manual

I bought this book to use as a reference for the surveying portion of the civil PE exam that California requires. I thought it was very well organized and contained all the information that I needed for our test. I also used some of the practice problems in the back of each chapter to help refresh my memory and prepare for the exam. I know that it is not comprehensive for people taking the LS or LSIT, but it is better than the surveying textbook I was required to purchase when I was in college.

I have the unique experience that the person who write the book was the visitor profesor in our University in Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus. I decide to buy this books for many reason he gave a good review of that exam using this book and the courses that I take I use it too. He really have a very experience man in that topics for that I believe that is a good reference to any surveyor will need it.

I purchased this book to use to study for my Fundementals of Surveying exam. This book covers most topics needed for the exam. I studied it along with the Sample Exam, and passed my test. It falls short on information about GIS. It would be helpful to use this book in conjunction with another study aid. It doesn't go into great detail on any topic but its a excellant overveiw. A basic idea on what your studying would be helpful because this book it not the best at teaching you something your not familar with. I gave it four stars because I passed, and this was my main study guide. However I highly recommend additional study material.

Good review material. Although the section on Astronimical Observations contains misleading and un-needed anti-catholic comments.

This was the only book I used to study for the LSIT. I am not a surveyor by trade but a civil engineer. This book did a good job covering and explaining subjects that I had not been exposed to or hadn't worked with since college. Using this book to study with I passed the LSIT exam on the first try. Some of the exam questions seemed like they were taken directly out of the text of this book.