fundamentals of surveying

lecture and laboratory

course introduction (lecture)

This course deals with measurement of distance and distance corrections, the use of surveying instruments, area computations, balancing the traverse, elevation determination, leveling, stadia surveying, topographic surveying, triangulation, missing data, irregular boundaries and global positioning system.

course learning outcomes (lecture)

At the end of the course, you should be able to:1. Apply the basic surveying concepts, principles and theories on distance, angular measurements and area computation.2. Solve for distances, elevations and areas from a provided set of survey data.3. Apply the basic surveying concepts, principles and theories on determining horizontal and vertical distances using stadia.4. Compute for the missing data from an incomplete traverse data.5. Solve for the elements of horizontal or vertical curves in highway or railway.6. Determine and use the appropriate methodology in calculating earthworks in various engineering constructions.

course introduction (laboratory)

This course deals with proper handling and utilization of surveying instrument. Students will learn how to perform measurement of distance and apply distance corrections, use and proper handling of surveying instruments, and perform calculations, DMD and DPD methods of land area determination, balancing the traverse, elevation determination, and leveling, perform stadia surveying, topographic surveying, triangulation and trilateralization, missing data computation, and subdivision of lots, laying out of horizontal curves, compound curve, reserved curve, spiral curve and mass diagramming.

course learning outcomes (laboratory)

At the end of the course, you should be able to:1. Define the importance of various team members’ roles and cite examples of team behaviors that are helpful in the implementation of the fieldwork exercise.2. Conduct fieldwork exercises to measure distances and angles/direction leading towards the determination of areas and elevations and report the results in an organized manner.3. Apply the basic surveying concepts, principles and theories on stadia and topographic surveying as well as subdivision of lots.4. Utilize modern surveying equipment such as the total station and handheld GPS in obtaining vertical and horizontal distances, angles and coordinates.5. Conduct fieldwork exercises in laying out horizontal curves and report results in an organized manner.6. Utilize modern surveying equipment and software in calculating earthworks.

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