Technology Studies
Surveying
Course Outline
Upon completion of this course you will be able to solve problems encountered in various aspects of surveying. This course covers essential knowledge that is used daily, on the job by students of surveying and employees of city planning departments and surveying companies. This is a single stream course.
Topics of study covered within this course include the following:
• Measurement of Horizontal Distances
• Leveling
• The Measurement of Angles
• Random Errors
• Field Operations with the Transit or Theodolite
• The Direction of a Line
• Traverse Surveys and Computations
• Horizontal Control Networks
• The Global Positioning System
• State Plane Coordinate and Universal Transverse
• Mercator Systems
• Practical Astronomy
• Horizontal and Vertical Curves
• Tacheometry
• Topographic Surveys
• Photogrammetry
• Earthwork
• United States Public Land Surveys
• Municipal and Subdivision Surveys
• Geographic Information Systems
• Adjustment of Elementary Surveying
• Measurements by the Method of Least Squares
• The Adjustment of Instruments
Duration
Approximately 20 hours
Text Books
The text book required for this course is outlined below and can be purchased through any online book supplier.
ISBN#:0-673-99752-9
Prerequisites
None
Cost
$699.00