Advance Survey E book

                                             Syllabus

Unit – I -Plane Table Surveying

• Principles of plane table survey.
• Accessories of plane table and their use, Telescopic alidade.
• Setting of plane table; Orientation of plane table - Back sighting and Magnetic meridian method, True Meridian Method.
• Methods of plane table surveys- Radiation, Intersection, Traversing and resection (Two point and Three-point methods).
• Merits and demerits of plane table survey

   Unit– II Theodolite Surveying

• Types and uses of Theodolite, Components of transit Theodolite and their functions, Reading the Vernier of transit Theodolite.
• Technical terms- Swinging, Transiting, Face left, Face right.
• Fundamental axes of transit Theodolite and their relationship
• Temporary adjustment of transit Theodolite.
• Measurement of horizontal angle- Direct and Repetition method and reiteration methods.
• Measurement of magnetic bearing of a line, Prolonging and ranging a line, deflection angle. • Measurement of vertical Angle.
• Theodolite traversing by Included angle method and Deflection angle method.
• Checks for open and closed traverse, Calculations of bearing from angles. • Traverse computation-Latitude, Departure, Consecutive coordinates, Independent coordinates, balancing the traverse by Bowditch’s rule and Transit rule, Gale’s Traverse table computation.
• Errors and Precautions in theodolite surveying.

Unit– III Tacheometric surveying and Curve setting

• Principles of Tacheometry, Tacheometer and its component parts, Anallactic lens.
• Tacheometric formula for horizontal distance with telescope horizontal and staff vertical.
• Field method for determining constants of tacheometer, Determining horizontal and vertical distances with tacheometer by fixed hair method and staff held vertical, Limitations of tacheometry.
• Simple circular curve: Basic definitions, Designation of curves, Types of curves used in roads and railway alignments.
• Transition curves: Definition and requirement.
• Setting simple circular curve by offsets from long chord, Tangent and Rankine’s method of deflection angles.
• Introduction of vertical circular curve.

Unit– IV Advanced surveying equipments

• Principle of Electronic Distance Meter (EDM), its component parts and their Functions, use of EDM.
• Use of micro optic Theodolite and Electronic Digital Theodolite.
• Use of Total Station, Use of function keys.
• Measurements of Horizontal angles, vertical angles, distances and coordinates using Total Station, Traversing, Profile Survey and Contouring with Total Station.

Unit– V Remote sensing, GPS and GIS  

• Remote Sensing – Overview, Remote sensing system, Applications of remote sensing in Civil engineering, land use / Land cover, mapping, disaster management.
• Use of Global Positioning System (G.P.S.) instruments.
• Geographic Information System (GIS): Overview, Components, Applications, Software for GIS.
• Introduction to Drone Surveying.