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Surveying (1)

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with ability to: • Demonstrate knowledge and Understanding of historical background, definitions, and branches of surveying science. • Recognize methods of calculating height differences. • Recognize methods of extracting object coordinates using Photogrammetry. • Recognize the main concept of generating contour lines. • Recognize the main concept of earth works volume computations.
  • Course Goals
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

PHM111

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction to surveying science: Historical background, definitions and branches of surveying science. Introduction to national and international mapping system, linear measurements, electronic distance measurements, angular measurements, computation of coordinates, traverse (measurements, calculations, adjustments and drawing), coordinate calculations, two dimensional coordinate transformation, area calculations (regular and irregular parcel shapes) by using analytical, mechanical and graphical methods, parcel division techniques, kinds and types of errors in surveying measurement, introduction to theory of errors.
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction to surveying science: Historical background, definitions and branches of surveying science. Introduction to national and international mapping system, linear measurements, electronic distance measurements, angular measurements, computation of coordinates, traverse (measurements, calculations, adjustments and drawing), coordinate calculations, two dimensional coordinate transformation, area calculations (regular and irregular parcel shapes) by using analytical, mechanical and graphical methods, parcel division techniques, kinds and types of errors in surveying measurement, introduction to theory of errors.
  • Department
    Public Works
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (20 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 12.5% , tr.Seminar 12.5% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (15) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 1
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • - Wolf, P.R., and Brinker, R.C. “Elementary Surveying" Harper Collins Publisher, New York, 1994.
  • - William Irvine, F. “Surveying for Construction” The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2018.
  • - Anderson M. James and Mikhail M. Edward "Surveying theory and practices", The McGraw-Hill Companies, 1998.
  • - https://www.ekb.eg/en/web/researchers/home. - Wolf, P.R., and Brinker, R.C. Elementary Surveying Harper Collins Publisher, New York, 1994.