Penn State Surveying Program

SUR 111
Plane Surveying

 
 Catalog Data 111 PLANE SURVEYING (3) Plane surveying principles; basic measurement statistics; use and care of equipment; traversing, area and coordinate computations; differential leveling. Prerequisite: Math 026.
Textbook Wolf, Paul R. and Charles D. Ghilani. 2006. Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics, 11th Ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
Coordinator Charles Ghilani, Professor of Engineering, Surveying Engineering Program
Goals To introduce the student to measurement theory, measurement types, measurement errors, traverse computations and the use of modern field equipment.
Prerequisites by Topic Two units of high school algebra, one unit of high school trigonometry, and one unit of high school geometry.
Topics
  1. Measurement theory, errors and significant figures
  2. Vertical distance measurement by leveling
  3. Horizontal distance measurement
  4. Horizontal angles and directions
  5. Traverse computations
  6. Introduction to GPS
  7. Exams
  1. 5 hours
  2. 4 hours
  3. 5 hours
  4. 7 hours
  5. 5 hours
  6. 2 hours
  7. 2 hours
Laboratories
  1. Orientation, pace calibration, and reference ties
  2. Horizontal distance by taping
  3. Distances by total station
  4. Differential leveling
  5. Horizontal angles by total station
  6. Traversing with the total station and data collector
  7. Coordinates by GPS
  8. Weather days
  1. 2 labs
  2. 1 lab
  3. 2 labs
  4. 2 labs
  5. 2 labs
  6. 3 labs
  7. 1 lab
  8. 2 labs
Computer Usage Students are required to use commercial spreadsheet software to replicate hand-calculated traverse computations. The software package WOLFPACK is also used to confirm the results of the traverse computations. WOLFPACK is provided with the solutions manual to the textbook.


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