CE2254 SURVEYING II SYLLABUS 3 0 0 3
At the end of the course the student will posses knowledge about Tachometric surveying, Control
surveying, Survey adjustments, Astronomical surveying and Photogrametry.
1. TACHEOMETRIC SURVEYING 6
Tacheometric systems - Tangential, stadia and subtense methods - Stadia systems - Horizontal
and inclined sights - Vertical and normal staffing - Fixed and movable hairs - Stadia constants -
Anallactic lens - Subtense bar.
2. CONTROL SURVEYING 8
Working from whole to part - Horizontal and vertical control methods - Triangulation - Signals -
Base line - Instruments and accessores - Corrections - Satellite station - Reduction to centre -
Trignometric levelling - Single and reciprocal observations - Modern trends – Bench marking
3. SURVEY ADJUSTMENTS 8
Errors - Sources, precautions and corrections - Classification of errors - True and most probable
values - weighted observations - Method of equal shifts - Principle of least squares - Normal
equation - Correlates - Level nets - Adjustment of simple triangulation networks.
4. ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYING 11
Celestial sphere - Astronomical terms and definitions - Motion of sun and stars - Apparent altitude
and corrections - Celestial co-ordinate systems - Different time systems - use of Nautical almanac
- Star constellations - calculations for azimuth of a line.
5. HYDROGRAPHIC AND ADVANCE SURVEYING 12
Hydrographic Surveying - Tides - MSL - Sounding methods - Location of soundings and methods
- Three point problem - Strength of fix - Sextants and station pointer - River surveys -
Measurement of current and discharge - Photogrammetry - Introduction – Basic concepts of
Terrestial and aerial Photographs - Stereoscopy – Definition of Parallax. Electromagnetic
distance measurement – Basic principles - Instruments – Trilateration. Basic concepts of
Cartography and Cadastral surveying.
TOTAL : 45
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John Wiley and Sons, New York, Fifth Edition, 1984.
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