SVY2105 Survey Computations B
|Semester 2, 2012 On-campus Toowoomba|
|Faculty or Section :||Faculty of Engineering & Surveying|
|School or Department :||Surveying & Spatial Science|
|Version produced :||30 December 2013|
Examiner: Xiaoye Liu
Moderator: Albert Kon-Fook Chong
Pre-requisite: SVY2106 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCNS or GCST or GDNS or GDST or MSST or MENS
This course provides students with the necessary skills to collect, analyse and adjust survey measurement data for a variety of applications. The Least Squares technique is normally used to calculate adjusted values and precision indicators, with the results presented in one or more coordinate systems.
An overview of statistical theory is followed by its application to the analysis and adjustment of survey observations using the Least Squares method. Both manual methods, using hand held programmable calculators, and computer software packages are used to process the data from a variety of practical problems. Students are taught to analyse and understand the results of adjustments. The course examines the adjustment of terrestrial and GPS observations and coordinate transformations.
The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- apply statistical concepts and techniques to the adjustment and analysis of survey data;
- mathematically adjust survey networks by the method of least squares, using both manual methods and computer software packages;
- analyse the stochastic model to determine the degree of precision of a survey.
|1.||REVIEW OF RELEVANT STATISTICAL CONCEPTS Precision and accuracy, theory of errors, normal distribution, confidence limits, rejection criteria, T-Test, Fishers F-Test, Chi Square Test.||10.00|
|2.||INTRODUCTION TO LEAST SQUARES ADJUSTMENT Functional Models, linear and non linear, Stochastic Model, Concept of Weights, the Law of Propagation of Variances, Least Square description, curve fitting Linear Regression, Redundant Observations, Parametric Method of Least Squares, Limitations of Method.||15.00|
|3.||LEAST SQUARES APPLICATION 1-Dimensional network (Levelling); 2-D network (traverse, EDM calibration); 3-D network (GPS) networks). Coordinate Transformations||55.00|
|4.||ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONS Variance - Covariance matrices, "a priori" and "a posteriori" variance factors, correlation, error ellipses.||15.00|
|5.||OPTIMISATION OF NETWORKS Analysis of different results from different computer softwares.||5.00|
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
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1980, Eton Statistical and Math Tables, 4th edn, Heinemann Publishers NZ Ltd.
Ghilani, CD & Wolf, PR 2006, Adjustment Computations – Spatial data Analysis, 4th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
Harvey, BR 1991, Practical Least Squares and Statistics for Surveyors, School of Surveying University of NSW.
Leick, A 1994, GPS Satellite Surveying, 2nd edn, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Mikhail, EM & Gracie, G 1981, Analysis and Adjustment of Survey Measurements, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
(ISBN 0-442- 25369-9.)
Student workload requirements
|Description||Marks out of||Wtg (%)||Due Date||Notes|
|ASSIGNMENT 1||100||10||20 Aug 2012|
|ASSIGNMENT 2||200||20||01 Oct 2012|
|2 HOUR OPEN EXAMINATION||700||70||End S2||(see note 1)|
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