Courses Handbook 2008

10424 (v.2) Coordinate and Mapping Systems 282


Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 305639 (v.1) Mathematics 135 or any previous version
OR
12166 (v.2) Mathematics 134 or any previous version
OR
12165 (v.2) Mathematics 133 or any previous version
Syllabus: Elementary geodesy. Coordinate systems and transformations. Computations on the spheroid. The geoid. Geocentric Datum of Australia and GDA94. Other Australian datums and map projections. Mercator's projections: UTM and local grids. Computations on the map grid of Australia. Traverse computations. The Australian height datum and orthometric heights. Introduction to the Global Positioning System (GPS). 3D coordinate transformations.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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