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10466 (v.2) Applied Geodetic Surveying 482
Area: | Department of Spatial Sciences |
Contact Hours: | 150.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 4 x 2 Hours Yearly |
Fieldwork: | 2 x 2 Weeks Yearly |
Prerequisite(s): | 10464 (v.2) Physical Geodesy 481
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Other Requisite(s): | First Aid Certificate: Students undertaking this unit are required to have completed an Approved First Aid Course prior to enrolment.
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A field camp under as-realistic-as-possible conditions involving teamwork and organisational skills development in order to complete three-dimensional geodetic surveys to a prescribed precision, and a hypothetical rural subdivision according to Western Australian legislation. The field surveys include, but are not limited to - reconnaissance, triangulation, triliteration, traversing, GPS, EDM, astronomical observations, spirit leveling, datum transformations, map projections, and least squares network 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. This unitcomprises of lectures of two hours, twice per semester and two weeks per semester. |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | 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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