UNSW Handbook Course - Principles of Surveying

Principles of Surveying - GMAT1100


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 5
	Offered: Session One
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Induction to Surveying and Spatial Information Systems: to gain exposure to the range of topics covered in Surveying and Spatial Information Systems, hands-on experience with the School's facilities and laboratories, and to develop teamwork amongst the students. Horizontal reference frames and positions. Tubular bubbles, surveying telescopes. Theodolites; direction measurement. Distance measurement with steel tapes, bands and electronic tacheometers. Total stations. GPS positioning. Detail surveys. Levelling, level runs, instrument errors and tests. Field techniques and data recording. Use of minor survey equipment. Reconnaissance surveys: field sketches and planning. Recovery sketches.

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