307424 (v.1) Coordinate and Mapping Systems 582

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Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: Admission in a graduate course within the Department of Spatial Sciences
Syllabus:	Elementry geodesy. Coordinate systems and transformations. Computations on the spheroid. The geoid. Geocentric Datum of Australia, GDA94. Other Australian datums and map projections. Mecator's projections - UTM, local grids. Computations on the map gridof Australia. Traverse computations. The Australian height datum and orthmetric heights. Introduction to the Global Positioning System, GPS. Three dimensional coordinate transformations.
Unit Outcomes:	Upon completion of this unit the student will have - Developed knowledge of the fundamental concepts of coordinate systems, datums and map projections, including Australia's new datum and map grid, applied two and three dimensional coordinate transformations to terrestrial coordinate data, performed transfer of control calculations on the map plane and ellipsoid, developed knowledge of the role of the Earth's gravity field in height determination and of the principles of satellite positioning systems.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Iliffe, J.C. (2000), Datums and Map Projections, pp150. Whittles Publishing, Caithness. Maling, D.H.(1992), Coordinate Systems and Map Projections, pp 476. Pergamon Press.
Unit Texts:	Lecture notes, Coordinate and Mapping Systems 282. Curtin University Bookshop ($11.95). Geocentric Datum of Australia, Technical Manual, Version 2.2, Last updated 11 February 2002, (http://www.anzlic.org.au/icsm/gdatm/index.html).
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Assignment 15%. Exam 60%. Test (Mid semester) 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y