2017 Practice in Surveying

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Instructor(s)
Sasaki Eiichi  Horikoshi Kazuki  Nakamura Takuro 
Class Format
    
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
-
Course number
CVE.M230
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

In the elementary practice, this course reviews fundamentals which have been learned in the lecture "Surveying", and gives instruction of techniques of surveying using basic equipments. In the camp, this course introduces advanced equipments. Through the practicing surveying with them, students will learn characteristics difference with the basic equipments. This course also shows most-advanced equipments that are supported by computers and GPS (global positioning system). This course develops communication skills as well as the surveying skills.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Treat errors by appropriate method.
2. Conduct levelling, traverse survey, topographical survey, and detail mapping with other people.
3. Describe difference between characteristics of basic surveying equipments and ones of advanced surveying equipments.

Keywords

levelling, traverse survey, topographical survey, detail mapping, total station

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students must attend guidance of which date will be notified by the notice board of department of civil and environmental engineering. The guidance will give overall instructions and information about the training camp. After class 1, the course will be held in field. The training camp will be performed in cooperation with a surveying company. Students performs practice of surveying in groups. Team work and communication skills are essential elements to acquire good achievement.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Guidance Understand the procedure and evaluation criterion of this class.
Class 2 Lecture on fundamentals of surveying. Practice of surveying using basic equipments Levelling and angle measurement
Class 3 Practice of surveying using advanced equipments 1 Levelling
Class 4 Practice of surveying using advanced equipments 2 Traverse survey and topographical survey
Class 5 Practice of surveying using advanced equipments 3 Topographical survey and detail mapping
Class 6 Seminar: Frontier of surveying equipments Understand function of most-advanced equipments

Textbook(s)

We will lend a text book "Report on surveying and its equipment, Sokkia-topcon corporation, 2011" during training camp.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

"Introduction of practice of survey" are provided during class.

Assessment criteria and methods

Students will be assessed on their attendance, precision of surveying, and considerations in reports. The precision of surveying will be evaluated in respective groups. The considerations in reports are evaluated in every student.

Related courses

  • CVE.M203 : Surveying

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

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