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{{InfoboxBook2
|name      = Grand Survey
|alsosee   = 
|author    = Joe Fugate
|available = TBD
|canon     = Yes
|caption   = Exploring and Detailing Worlds
|contents  = 
|edition   = 1st
|footnote  = TBD
|format    = Book (Softback)
|image     = Grandsurvey.jpg
|language  = English
|pages     = 48
|publisher = Digest Group Publications
|version   = Classic Traveller
|year      = 1986
}}
[[Grand Survey (book)]] is a [[Digest Group Publications]] product.
* It is a source book written for [[Classic Traveller]]. 
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
In the years [[420]] and [[1065]], the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] published the [[First Survey|First]] and [[Second Survey|Second]] Grand Surveys. Some of their methods, and some of the results of their surveys, have been published before. But now, with the brand-new, state-of-the-art material in this book, you can have all the detail you ever wanted. 

If you already use ''[[Scouts (book) |Scouts]]'', ''Grand Survey'' continues  where '''Scouts''' left off. And if you don't use ''Scouts'', you can still use ''Grand Survey'' to learn more about a world. Starting with the basic Traveller [[UWP|UPP]] for the world, ''Grand Survey'' leads you step-by-step to detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world.

Whether you're a Traveller player or a referee, ''Grand Survey'' tells you what you want to know when you arrive at a new world.

Chapters include:
* ''World Design'': Extensive rules, charts, and tables to tell you everything about the physical characteristics of a world: details of atmosphere, volcanic activity, tectonic plates, mapping, minerals and other resources, climate and temperature, population demographics, starport locations, ice caps, deserts, and more. Complete with examples.
* ''World Profile Form'': The new Imperial Scout Form 20, to record all the physical details of a world. Also includes a full size world hex grid for precise mapping.
* ''Imperial Scout Survey Procedures'': How a survey of a world takes place, including new skills for Scout characters.
* ''High-tech Survey Equipment'': New equipment for Traveller, including remote sensor probes, self-precessing gyrocompass, and the multi-chronometer.
* ''Starship Sensors'': Detailed information on all the data gathering devices used during a survey, including handheld versions, and information for using sensors in starship combat.
* ''[[Donosev class Survey Scout]] Vessel'': Complete plans of the ship that was the backbone of the Second Survey.
* ''[[Vacc Suit]]s'': Detailed data, with illustrations, of vacc suits from tech level 9 to tech level 15.
* ''Using World Data'': Now that you have the [[world]], all you need is the adventure. Guidelines and examples for turning world details into exciting situations for characters.
* ''Index'': Not only is everything you want in ''Grand Survey'', but you can find it fast.

=== Table of Contents ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="2"|''Grand Survey''
|-
! Section
! Page/s
|-
| Introduction 
| 1
|-
| Surveying a World
| 3
|-
| Detailing a World
| 26
|-
| Index
| 48
|-
|}
 
=== World-building & Colonization ===
{{Ludography cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=}}(1977) created the [[UWP]], which was later expanded with "Extended [[UWP]] Statistics", and was continued with the following products:
* [[World Displays]] (1981), by [[Ad Astra Products]], which provided subsector and world record forms. 
* [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] (1986), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] and the  [[Grand Survey]]s, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] called the [[UWP]], the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile.
** [[TD10| Issue 10]] of [[Travellers' Digest (meta)|Travellers' Digest]] contained some additions and clarifications for [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]].
* [[Grand Census]] (1987), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed world cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government institutions, languages, and technology of the [[UWP]].
* [[World Builder's Handbook]] (1989), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed how [[IISS|Imperial Scouts]] survey and explore new worlds including colonization and world mapping techniques. 
* [[World Tamer's Handbook]] (1994), by {{GDW}}, which brought even more detail to the survey and colonization processes.
* [[Traveller 5th]] (2013), by [[Far Future Enterprises]], which further continues the [[UWP]] legacy with many new features.

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[TBD]]

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
{{LibraryEntries}}

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
It is a comprehensive guide to surveying and detailing an individual [[world]].

=== World-building & Colonization Series ===
{{Ludography cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=}}(1977) created the [[UWP]], which was later expanded with "Extended [[UWP]] Statistics", and was continued with the following products:
* [[World Displays]] (1981), by [[Ad Astra Products]], which provided subsector and world record forms. 
* [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] (1986), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] and the  [[Grand Survey]]s, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] called the [[UWP]], the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile.
** [[TD10| Issue 10]] of [[Travellers' Digest (meta)|Travellers' Digest]] contained some additions and clarifications for [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]].
* [[Grand Census]] (1987), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed world cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government institutions, languages, and technology of the [[UWP]].
* [[World Builder's Handbook]] (1989), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed how [[IISS|Imperial Scouts]] survey and explore new worlds including colonization and world mapping techniques. 
* [[World Tamer's Handbook]] (1994), by {{GDW}}, which brought even more detail to the survey and colonization processes.
* [[Traveller 5th]] (2013), by [[Far Future Enterprises]], which further continues the [[UWP]] legacy with many new features.

=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources)
|-
! Credit
! [[Author]]s & Contributors
|-
| Surveying a world
| [[Joe Fugate]], [[Robert Parker]], [[Gary L. Thomas]]
|-
| Detailing a world
| [[J. Andrew Keith]], [[Joe Fugate]]
|-
| Additional Design
| [[Gary L. Thomas]], [[Nancy Parker]]
|-
| Examples
| [[Gary L. Thomas]], [[Robert Parker]]
|-
| Cover
| [[Joe Fugate]]
|-
|}

=== External Link/s ===
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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