Course content

• Calibration of total station;
• Lan surveying methods (traverse, construction and building measurements);
• Surveying data processing (orthogonal method, traverse, corrections between terrain and map plans);
• Theory of accuracy/statistics (least-squares method, weighting/instrument parameters, time-correlation in RTK(GNSS);
• Software (general use, data import and export, processing, assessment of quality regarding to Norwegian standards);
• Applications (road sticking, transformation, calibration);
• Programming.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

• knowledge of standards in land surveying field;
• know the surveyor's tasks on construction site;
• know the surveyor's tasks on building site;
• verify correction of measured distances and directions;
• verify correction of measured distances and directions between terrain and map plane;
• verify least-squares method;
• use statistics to assess the quality of surveying calculations;
• assess whether data series contains gross or systematic errors and assess whether the quality of measurements satisfies;
• verify weighting of measured data.

Skills:

• perform intrument control of total station;
• establish ground network using total station measurements;
• use softwares to analyze and interpret surveying data according to standards;
• master the use of instrument parameters in softwares;
• planning, calculating and assessing quality.

General competence:

• verify accurate and precise work on surveying instruments and softwares;
• understand the importance of documented work performed according to standards.

Learning methods and activities

• Lectures
• Project work - Supervision
• The course has work requirements that must be completed at the campus NTNU in Gjøvik Time of completion is given at the start of the semester
• The course can be given as a guided self-study if less than 6 students are registered

Compulsory assignments

• Mandatory assignments

Specific conditions

Course materials

• Skogseth, T. (2014). Grunnleggende landmåling. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (ISBN: 978-82-05-44943-3)