- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
This course builds on the foundations from first-year field surveying courses and emphasizes the use of various total stations that work together with a range of industry-standard data-collection systems. Topics will include the collection and analysis of the measurements and procedures to minimize field (systematic) and computational errors, analysis of electronic field data, and the presentation of results in graphic and non-graphic forms. Measurements using industry-grade Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) equipment for rapid static and real- time methods will be introduced. Labs will be based on relevant industry challenges, which will include a design or planning component, a field measurement/data acquisition component, and a processing/computation/drafting component.
Credits
6.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Properly care for and maintain surveying equipment.
- Implement damage-reduction procedures for operating survey equipment.
- Demonstrate competency in the setup and operation of levels and total stations.
- Apply corrections to measurement using calibration components.
- Lay out stations and offset lines, run levels, and prepare cut sheets using spreadsheets.
- Use various total stations to measure distance and angle data in both IR (infrared) and RL (reflectorless) distance modes.
- Evaluate reflectorless distance measurements on different surfaces.
- Prepare field notes to accurately depict the measurements and procedures taken.
- Solve for positions of points measured by traverse or resection and detect the effect of observational errors on the result.
- Collect data using both onboard and handheld data-recording systems and apply necessary corrections.
- Reduce and display the data in a professional manner using industry-standard CAD packages, transfer programs and/or spreadsheets.
- Use GNSS equipment for static and real-time data collection, and perform office reductions, adjustments and presentations.
- Compare and evaluate measurements and positions from various sources to detect errors and blunders.
- Use the Helmert’s method to evaluate the quality of redundant data as applied to directions, elevations or positions.
- Apply coordinate geometry (COGO) to determine solutions with field measurements.
- Apply transformation parameters to rotate, scale and shift coordinates.
- Interpret and parse the contents of digital survey field files.
- Evaluate methods of surveying as they apply to the qualities obtained by those surveys
- Evaluate the precision of geodetic survey instruments and their ancillary equipment using methods outlined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Effective as of Fall 2024
Related Programs
Field Surveying 3 (GEOM 3010) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs with a co-op option.
School of Construction and the Environment
- Geomatics Engineering Technology
Diploma Full-time
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.