part PART A: DEVELOPMENTS IN FIELD INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES -- chapter 1 Electronic angle and distance measurement -- chapter 2 Laser-based surveying instrumentation and methods -- chapter 3 North-seeking instruments and inertial systems -- chapter 4 Satellite position-fixing systems for land and offshore engineering surveying -- chapter 5 Analysis of control networks and their application to deformation monitoring -- part PART B: DEVELOPMENTS IN REMOTE SENSING AND PHOTOGRAMMETRIC TECHNOLOGY -- chapter 6 Remote sensing for topographic and thematic mapping -- chapter 7 Analogue, analytical and digital photogrammetric systems applied to aerial mapping -- chapter 8 Close-range photogrammetry -- part PART C: DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTER BASED MAPPING, TERRAIN MODELLING AND LAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- chapter 9 Digital mapping technology: proceduresand applications -- chapter 10 Digital terrain modelling -- chapter 11 Land information databases.