Geodesy is very simple. Introduction to the specialty. Tutorial

The book, first of all, is intended for young people who are at a crossroads of choosing a profession. It is for them that in a simple, affordable and popular form, the basics of the knowledge system called geodesy are telling. At the same time, this book is not for "dummies", which is important to quickly and episodically grab a fragment of some kind of information. She is focused on a serious reader who is interested in discovering a new engineering discipline.
With all the contact, democratism and ease of presentation of the beginning of the beginning of geodesy, the author did not violate the scientific and engineering principles of interpretation of the data included in the plot of this book. At the same time, the main attention was paid to the clarification of the main component of the subject of geodesy - the methodology of creating a topographic map.
3rd edition, corrected and supplemented