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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091229122957/http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/wgbis_info/trigonometrical_survey.htm "The Trigonometrical Survey"] by FC Danvers (a transcript of an article, possibly that in ''Quarterly Journal of Science VII 1870'' pages 448-458) ces.iisc.ernet.in (archive.org link)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140125140842/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b5b_22.pdf "The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in a Historical Perspective"] by Rana Deb Roy ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' 21(1):22-32 (1986)
*[http://www.rics.org Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - RICS], with headquarters in London has a Library enquiry service for Family History and will search the archives for a fee, for biographical details of chartered surveyors. For the relevant website page, select Knowledge/Enquires & library/Library services/Library enquiry service.
===Historical books online===
*[http://pahar.in Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset] includes a category 'Survey Of India' located under Books. Many books to download as pdfs. Includes a further category 'Lists of Officers (1872-1945)' consisting of ''Lists of Officers in the Survey Departments 1872-1890'' and ''List of Officers in the Survey of India Department 1890- 1945'' (broken range).
*[https://archive.org/details/majorjamesrennel00markuoft ''Major James Rennell and the rise of modern English geography''] by Clements R Markham 1895 Archive.org. Rennell arrived in India with the Royal Navy in 1760, transferred to the East India Company in 1763, and in 1764 was appointed Surveyor-General of Bengal, and also was commissioned as a ensign in the Bengal Engineers, aged 21. He remained in India until 1777. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rennell James Rennell] Wikipedia. Also see [[Gazetteers]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eDNcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Memoir of Lieut.-Col. John Macdonald''] 1831 Google Books. He became a cadet of the Bombay Army in 1780, first in the infantry , then the Engineers. In 1782 he joined the Bengal Engineers and was sent to Bencoolen and mainly performed survey work in this area until 1796. (Note, an unrelated book follows the ''Memoir'')
