Courses Handbook 2008

309651 (v.1) Applied Geodetic Surveying 682


Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 79.0
** 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: 2 x 2 Hours Yearly
Fieldwork: 1 x 2 Weeks Yearly
Syllabus: Predominantly a field camp under as realistic as possible conditions, involving teamwork and organisational skills development in order to complete three-dimensional geodetic surveys to national geodetic surveying standards and specifications, and a hypothetical rural subdivision according to Western Australian legislation. The field surveys include but are not limited to: reconnaissance, triangulation, triliteration, traversing, Global Positioning System (GPS), electronic distance measurement (EDM), astronomical observations, spirit levelling, closure checks, and least squares adjustment and analysis. Auxiliary yet important activities include, but are not limited to: equipment calibration, project cost estimation, logistical planning, and professional report presentation to 'clients' in a production type environment.
** 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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