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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

10510 (v.3) Photogrammetric Mapping 582

Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Characteristics of photographic systems. Camera types and calibration certificates. Stereoscopic viewing and parallax. Transformation of single photo coordinates. Tilted photography and rectification. Stereomodel orientation and the application of stereodigitising equipment. Orthophotos and orthomosaics. Map revision. Planning aerial photography and control. Strip triangulation. Involvement of photogrammetry in Western Australian standard and project mapping. Mono and stereo photographic interpretation. Digital elevation models (DEM). Triangulation of irregular networks.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 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