This course deals with: Measurement of distance and distance corrections, the use of surveying instruments, area computations, balancing the traverse, elevation determination, and leveling. Stadia surveying, topographic surveying, triangulation and trilateration, missing data, irregular boundaries, and global positioning system.
Proper handling and
utilization of surveying instrument will be taken. Students will learn how to
perform measurement of distance and apply distance corrections, use and proper
handling of surveying instruments, and perform calculations related to area
computations, latitude and departure computations, 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, reversed curve, spiral curve and mass
diagramming.
This course is designed for undergraduate engineering students with emphasis on problem solving related to societal issues that engineers and scientist are called upon to solve. It introduces different methods of data collection and the suitability of using particular method of a given situation.
The relationship of probability to statistics is also discussed providing students with the tools they need to understand how "chances" plays a role in statistical analysis.
