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10286 (v.4) WASM Control Surveying and Adjustments 242


 

Area:

WASM Mine Surveying Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

10416 (v.2) Survey Computations 185 or any previous version
AND
10457 (v.4) Engineering and Control Surveying 281 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Standards and specifications for control surveys. Vertical control. Engineering, precise levelling and trigonometric levelling and GPS. Errors and precision of angular measurements. Bubble calibration. Target design. Standard error predictions for surveytechniques and survey specifications. Precision alignment, deformation surveys and slope monitoring. Optical tooling. Adjustments of 2D and 3D survey networks - accuracy planning. Check surveys. Control networks for terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry.
 

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Understood procedures and specifications involved in a control survey. Determined and analysed survey errors . Understood and applied adjustment methods.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

Unit References:

No prescribed references.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

This is by Grade/Mark Assessment.

Field of Education:

 31100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Informational  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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