Hi there! My name is Alex Bruton and this website is meant to help my students and others who might be interested in the areas of spatial, geomatics, geospatial, and surveying engineering. It’s a project of passion that work on outside of my regular job. In today’s day where access to education is limited for so many and where $180 textbooks are not unheard of, one of the main goals is to experiment with getting high quality learning materials into as many learners’ hands as cost effectively as possible.

I hope the site is helpful to you and, in return, I require that you stay familiar with and agree to the Terms of Use found below.

Acceptance of the terms

By using, visiting, or browsing this website, you accept to be bound by these Terms of Use and to the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you not permitted to use this website.

Creative Commons license

Content on this website is being made available to people completely for free under a BY-NC-ND 4.0 Creative Commons license. The full terms of that license are summarized here:

and an easier-to-read summary is provided here:

What all of this boils down to is that you may use and make personal copies of (and even redistribute) the material as long as:

  • You do not do so for any commercial purpose (including the commercial purposes of others, such as websites that share or distribute lecture notes and exam solutions);
  • You do not redistribute any modifications you might make to the material;
  • You give appropriate credit to Dr. Alex Bruton any time you do share with others, and provide a link to the page where you found the material, and provide a link to the license (this link);
  • You do not share it in any way that suggests that I endorse you or your use; and
  • You do not apply new legal terms or technological measures to legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

At a time when $180 textbooks are still not at all unheard of, what I’m trying to do with this license is make the material available to as many people as possible for free for their personal benefit while still protecting my opportunity to keep doing so.

What I’m asking for in return if you want to share what you find here with others is that you point people to my website. And, that if you do want to share a copy of something on my site yourself, you give me credit and link people back to where you found it.

If you’re a student or educator, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for bundled access aimed at increasing the efficiency with which you can access the content.

Copyright

Your use of the website does not provide you with ownership rights to any intellectual property viewed through the website nor does it waive any of my rights in such information and materials.

Any unauthorized use of any material found on this website may violate copyright laws, trade-mark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. I disclaim any and all liability that may result from any and all unauthorized reproduction or use of the information on this website.

Termination

I reserve the right to terminate your access to the website or any of its services without prior notice to you if you: do not comply with these Terms of Use; provide false, inaccurate, or incomplete information during any process related to your use of the website; engage in any conduct that would otherwise harm any of my rights or interests in the website, services, or other property; or for any or no reason whatsoever.

Sharing

I reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, as may be required of me.

Disclaimer of warranty

The materials contained on this website are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. I assume no liability or responsibility for errors or omissions in the content of the website, that defects will be corrected, or than I or the servers that make such materials available for free are free or viruses or other harmful components.

Limitation of liability

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall I be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, loss of use, data, or profit, on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the website or any materials on the website.

Choice of law

You agree that any issue or dispute arising out of or in connection with your use of this website, intellectual property, the Terms of Use or any matter concerning me shall be governed by the laws of Alberta, Canada. You agree that any such issue or dispute shall be brought exclusively in the provincial courts of Alberta, Canada. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use which shall remain in full force and effect.

I reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, as may be required of me.

Changes

I reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Use and any other terms of use that extend this one. Should I make such changes, the date at the bottom of this page will be updated. You are bound by such changes and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then-current Terms of Use to which you are bound. You can review the most current version at any time by clicking on the “Terms of Use” hyperlink located on the sign in areas of the website.

By using the website, you signify your acceptance of this. Your use of the website after changes are made signifies your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use as they exist at that time.

Last updated: 2020-09-27 (addition of the “Creative Commons license” when I implemented globally free access)

Updated: 2020-09-18 (update to the first paragraph)

Published: 2020-09-07