Course Description

The course will introduce surveying principles & point location. The course will cover the following topics:  Branches of surveying,  Linear Surveying, managing  errors due to incorrect tape length, gradient, miss-alignment, temperature, sag and tension.  Leveling and managing curvature & refraction errors, reciprocal leveling, topographic survey, longitudinal sections & cross sections,  Traverse, converting angles to bearings and converting bearings to coordinates,  curve ranging & Horizontal alignment, Offshore surveying, earthwork quantities, setting out survey & Introduction to remote sensing.

Course ID: ENG 361

Credit hours Theory Practical Laboratory Lecture Studio Contact hours Pre-requisite
3 5 5 ENG 222
Published on: 30 March 2015
Last update on: 26 September 2023
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