SURV 330 - Surveying III

Description
Introduction to control surveys concepts, definitions and implementation in Geomatics applications. Horizontal and vertical control networks, control networks specifications, reference systems and datums. Techniques for establishing horizontal control networks. Reconnaissance and pre-analysis of Geomatics control networks. Application of error propagation in horizontal and vertical control. Blunder detection in horizontal control measurements. Azimuth determination by observation on Polaris and the Sun. Control monuments and markers, specifications and sources of data. Precise levels and, geodetic levelling, triangulation, resection and trigonometric levelling. Calibration of precise levels. Grid coordinates, grid convergence, ground and grid distances, elevation factor, projection factor and combined grid scale factor.

3 Credits

Prerequisites

SURV 248
SURV 263