Description
The course is an entry level course to mapping and surveying sciences, considering a planar Earth surface as a reference for surveying measurements and computations. The development and advances of surveying sciences are reviewed and related to current civil engineering practices. The concepts and practices of using surveying measurements to produce large scale maps are explained. The use of plane surveying methods for mapping and setting-out; and large scale maps in setting-out, in relation to engineering project phases is highlighted. Linear and angular surveying measurements (optical and electronic measurements), are explained and practiced, through hands-on contact with popular surveying equipment; e.g. tapes, levels, EDM and theodolites. Methods for determining areas, height differences survey leveling, profiling, contour generation, and calculating horizontal coordinates from traverse computations, using standard surveying field practices and computation forms are explained and applied in the field, along with an introduction to theory of errors in plane surveying.