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Civil Engineering - CIEN 310

Elementary Surveying

  • Classification surveying – plane surveying, geodetic surveying
  • Control surveying
  • Topographic surveying
  • Route surveying
  • Bathometric surveying 
  • Distance measurement
  • Pacing
  • Measurement by steel tape – errors and correction of measured distance
  • Measurement of distance by EDM (Electric Distance Meter)
  • Measurement distance by stadia method
  • Leveling
  • Differential leveling and establishing vertical controls (Bench Marks) 
  • Profile leveling
  • Tangential leveling 
  • Three point problem
  • Reciprocal leveling
  • Correction for curvature and refraction 
  • Measurement of Angles
  • Transit
  • Theodolite
  • Direction of lines – bearing and azimuths
  • Compass and local attraction
  • Latitude and departure
  • Closed traverse measurement 
  • Adjustment of closed traverse
  • Contours
  • Computations of areas and volumes
  • Earth work calculations – balancing cuts and fills
  • Mass diagram
  • Declination
  • Cartesian coordinates
  • Length and direction calculations using coordinates
  • Area calculations by coordinates
  • Total station
  • Establishment of horizontal and vertical control by Total station
  • Topographic surveying by Total Station
  • Drawing topographic map
  • Global Positioning System
  • Latitude, Longitude, and altitude
  • Local and state coordinates
  • Static method of GPS
  • RTK (Real Time Kinematic) method of GPS
  • Theory of Errors
  • Basics of Boundary Surveying

Prepared by Dr. Janardanan Uppot