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Education for surveyors'—A vision for the 21st century
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Williamson, Ian Leahy, F. J. Hunter, Gary J. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Abstract | Abstract The history of surveying in Australia over the last two hundred years has shown the surveyor to have played many roles besides that of solely measuring features on the earths surface. These include those of engineer, planner, land manager, land valuer, environmental manager and land developer. What has given the Australian surveyor a competitive edge over other more narrowly defined professions, is the fact that surveyors have always possessed a balance of fundamental skills in measurement science and land management It should be noted however, that surveying education has taken many different directions in the same period, often being more influenced by overseas trends and models rather than the needs of the practising Australian surveyor—even though the role of the surveyor in the broader community in Australia has not changed to a great extent over the last two hundred years. This paper discusses the historical perspective of surveying education in Australia and draws distinctions between loca... |
| Starting Page | 22 |
| Ending Page | 28 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/00050326.1994.10441649 |
| Volume Number | 39 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/34013/66373_Education%20for%20surveyors.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00050326.1994.10441649 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
