WRE 103

Course Number: WRE 103

Course Title: Surveying

Credit/Contact Hours: 3.0 (3.0 Hours/ Week)

Level and Term: Level-1, Term-2

Course Content:  Reconnaissance survey; linear measurements; traverse survey; triangulation, datum, leveling and contouring; calculation of areas and volumes; problems on heights and distances; curves and curve ranging, transition curve, vertical curves; total station and real time kinematic (RTK): introduction, principles and techniques; introduction to geographic information system (GIS), coordinate system and global positioning system (GPS); introduction to remote sensing (aerial photography, UAV-drone, LiDAR, radar based survey techniques); hydrographic Surveying.

Lecture 1: Calculation of Area 

Lecture 2: Measurement of Volume 

Lecture 3: Leveling & Contouring 

Lecture 4: Height and Distance Problem 

Lecture 5: Curves and Curve Settings