Area: | Department of Spatial Sciences |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Co Requisite(s): | 10418 (v.2) Plane and Construction Surveying 181
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Syllabus: | Significant figures, precision and accuracy. Plane triangle solutions. Radiation, intersection and resection on the plane. Traverse computations and the Bowditch adjustment. Areas of rectilinear figures. Basic survey computations using plane coordinates:forward and reverse geodetic problems on the plane. Missing elements. Road intersections. Simple subdivision calculations. Curves - simple, compound and reverse. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Developed the ability to use trigonometric principles to solve basic Surveying problems and the ability to carry out the necessary calculations associated with basic surveying procedures of mapping and positioning points on the Earth's surface. |
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 texts. |
Unit Texts: | Department of Spatial Sciences, Survey Computations 185, Curtin University of Technology. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Final exam 50%, Mid term exam 15%, Tutorials 35%. This is by grade/mark assessment |
Field of Education: | 31100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
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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