Civil Drafting Technology Seventh Edition covers it all-basic and advanced topics-and everything in between, equipping readers to convert engineering sketches or instructions into actual formal drawings and gain a working knowledge of mapping. Using a "knowledge building" format where one concept is mastered before the next is introduced, Civil Drafting Technology includes:

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• Basic Drafting Topics
• • Maps: fundamentals, types of maps, scales, symbols
  • CADD: use, standards, applications
• Intermediate/Advanced Topics
• • Measuring distance and elevation, Surveying, Location & Direction, Legal Descriptions and Plot Plans, Contour Lines, Horizontal Alignment Layout, GIS
• Career Development
• • Schooling, Employment, Workplace Ethics, Professional Organizations
• CADD Applications
• Content-related Tests
• Real-world drafting and design problems

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