INS 252 - Surveying

Course Objectives

1.
To
improve
the
skills
about,
land
survey,
topographic
measurements
and
applications.
2.
To
improve
the
skills
about
map
use,
cartometric
evaluation
on
maps,
3.
To
improve
the
skills
about
producing
topographic
maps

Course Description

Introduction.
Measurement
Units
and
Scale.
Sources
of
Measurement
Errors,
Distance
Measurement.
Survey
Instruments.
Simple
Angle
Measurements
and
Traversing.
Basic
Homeworks,
Bearing.
Open
and
Closed
Traverse,
Coordinate
Computation.
Height
Measurements,
Geometric
Levelling.
Vertical
Angles,
Trigonometric
Levelling.
Profiles
and
Cross
Sections,
Surface Levelling.
Tacheometry.
Characteristics
of
Contour,
Map
Drawing.
Area
and
Volume
Computation.
Fieldwork.