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Part II:
Sample Introductory Course
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Sample Syllabus
15-Week, 3 Credit, Semester Course
Lecture Schedule
Week
Lecture
No.
Subject
Reading
Homework
1
1
Class policies, Introduction
Chapter 1
–
2
Introduction
Chapter 1
–
2
3
Units Significant Figures
2.1 to 5
2.1, 3, 5, 10, 14
4
Field Notes
2.6 to 15
–
3
5
Errors - mean, standard deviation, probable
error
3.1 to 16
3.3, 6, 11, 16
6
Error propagation
3.17 to 21
3.19, 21, 27, 30(a)
4
7
Leveling - Theory and Methods
Chapter 4, Part 1
4.1, 4, 13, 16, 18
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Leveling - Equipment
Chapter 4, Part 2
4.19, 20, 24, 28
5
–
Exam 1
–
–
5,6
9–10
Leveling - Field Procedures
Chapter 5
5.1, 3, 9, 13, 23
6
11
Taping
Chapter 6,Part 1
6.6, 9, 11, 19, 22
7
12
EDM
Chapter 6, Part 2
6.25, 28(b), 33, 38, 43
13
Angles, Azimuths, and Bearings
7.1 to 9
7.3, 6, 11, 24, 39
8
14
The Compass and Magnetic Declination
7.10 to 16
7.31, 37
15
Total Station Instruments
Chapter 8, Part 1
–
9
16
Angle Measurements
Chapter 8, Part 2
8.2, 4, 12, 21, 35
17
Traversing
Chapter 9
9.5, 10, 12, 13, 24
10
–
Exam 2
18
Traverse Computations
Chapter 10
11
19–20
Traverse Computations
Chapter 10
10.12, 13, 14, 15, 24, 25
12
21–22
COGO – Intersections
11.1 to 6
11.4, 10, 12, 16, 17
13
23–24
COGO – Resection and Coordinate
Transformations
11.7 to 11
11.20, 22, 23, 24, 27
14
25
Area by Simple Figures
12. 1 to 12.4
–
–
Exam 3
–
–
15
26–27
Area by Coordinates
12.4 to 11
12.2, 4, 13, 24, 26
Article Reviews
A short review of journal articles will be due in the following weeks of the course. Possible sources
for articles are listed at the end of each chapter in the book. Papers will be graded on completeness
of thought, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. All reviews should be word processed and contain
the following items.
Week
Subject
2
Problems 1.20 or 21
7
Write an article review on one of articles listed in the bibliography for
Chapter 4.
12
Write an article review on one of articles listed in the bibliography for
Chapter 8.
Practical Exercises (Refer to the list of Sample Practical Exercises on the following pages.)
Week
Practical Exercise
1 – 2
A
3
B
4
D
5 – 6
E
7
F
8
G
9 – 10
H
11
I
12
J, Problem 11.18
13
J, Problem 11.37
14
K
15
Review for final
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Sample Practical Exercises
To fully understand and appreciate the theory discussed in Elementary Surveying, a student should be
exposed to a series of practical, hands-on exercises. This section covers a sample set of exercises for
your consideration. Some exercises assume that the instructor has assigned a set of traverse stations to
the students for leveling, distance and angle observations.
Chapter
Number
Exercise
2
A
Students should read the manual for their survey controller and determine the proper
procedure for setting up a project.
3
B
Outdoor lab: Develop a pacing lab. In this lab layout a 100-yard, -meter, line on a level
section of ground. Have students pace the line 10 times estimating the length of the
last pace. Following this, have the students pace the traverse that will be assigned to
them for distance measurement in Chapter 6.
Students should develop a report giving the length of their pace and the standard
deviation. They should compute the length of the lines of the traverse in feet or
meters along with the estimated error in the length.
pace
E E n
where n is the number of paces.
3
C
Inside lab: Hang a plumb bob from the ceiling of your room. Have the students
measure the length of the string from support to the tip of mass center of the bob.
Now measure the period of the plumb bob using a stopwatch. Repeat this procedure
ten times.
Student should develop a report providing the average period (T) of the pendulum,
and its standard deviation. They should then compute the “approximate” value for
gravity using the formula
2
2
2
18
h
gT
where l is the length of the string, h is the height the pendulum falls during a half
oscillation. Note the pendulum string is not weightless, nor the pivot frictionless, so do
not assume this to be an accurate value for gravity.
4
D
Have the students perform a collimation test of their automatic/digital level following
the method discussed in Section 4.15.5. Have the student report on the collimation
error in their instrument and discuss how this error will be removed when using the
instrument for differential leveling. They should also compute the maximum allowable
difference in plus and minus sight distances if this error is to be kept under on-half of
their reading. For example 0.005 ft if the minimum reported elevation is to 0.01 ft.
5
E
Using a nearby bench mark as control, the students should run a leveling loop from
the bench mark, over their stations, and back to the bench mark meeting Third Order
leveling specifications.
The report should contain a listing of the final adjusted elevations for each station,
discuss any problems encountered in the field, include a copy of the final field notes,
and provide the misclosure in the loop. If the exercise for Chapter 4 was performed,
then collimation error should be removed from each elevation.
6
F
Using a tape, measure the length of each course in the assigned traverse. The line
should be measured twice and a precision computed.
The report should contain a copy of the field notes, and discuss any problems
encountered.
6
G
Using a EDM, determine the horizontal length of each course in a line. The line
should be measured from two stations.
The report should contain a copy of the field notes, the average length for each line,
and discuss any problems that may have occurred in the field.
8
H
Using a theodolite or total station, the students should close the angular horizon
about each of their stations turning each angle two times with each face of the
instrument (2DR). Using this information, the students should determine the horizon
misclosure, adjust the angles at each station, and then adjust the interior angles of
the traverse.
The report should contain the original field notes, list the horizon misclosure at each
station, adjusted angles, traverse misclosure, and the correct geometric sum of each
angle. Students should make sure that all angles are geometrically closed.
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I
Using the distances observed in Chapter 8 and the angles observed in Chapter 8, and
an assigned or assumed azimuth for one course of their traverse, students should
perform a compass rule adjustment of the traverse. Using starting coordinates of
(1000.000, 5000.00), the report should contain the linear precision, relative
precision, the adjusted latitudes and departures, coordinates for each station, and
adjusted observations.
11
J
Do problem 11.18, 11.37, 11.38, or 11.39.
12
K
Compute the area of the traverse from the exercise for Chapter 10.
13
L
Do Problem 13.35 and 13.36.
14
M
Do Problem 14.40.
14
N
Perform a rapid static survey of your traverse. Adjust the baselines and the network.
Report on the adjusted baseline vector components, the loop closures as discussed in
Section 14.5.4.
15
O
Have students perform an kinematic mapping surveying of a local area.
16
P
Do one of the problems from 16.41 to 16.45.
17
Q
Have students collect radial data to map an assigned area around their traverse. If a
controller is available, the students should use the codes discussed in Section 17.11
that are appropriate for your software.
18
R
Have students create a map of the data collected in exercise Q.
19
S
Have students create the program for Problem 19.43 or 19.44.
20
T
Have students create the program for Problem 20.47 or 20.48.
21
U
Research the deeds for you school or an assigned parcel and perform a boundary
survey. In the report, note the survey procedures used, their closures, found
monuments in agreement with the deed, monuments that do not agree, and
monuments not found.
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V
Layout a township at a 1/10th scale following the procedures discussed in Chapter
22.
23
W
Perform a profile level courses for the traverse from Chapter 10 using 25-ft
stationing.
24
X
Compute the stakeout notes for a horizontal curve with an intersection angle of 60°
and length of 300 ft or 100 m. If you are using English units, use 25-ft stationing. If
you are using metric units, use 10-m stationing. Stake the curve in the field using the
incremental chord method.
If you have a data collector, use WOLFPACK to compute coordinates for the given
horizontal curve and stake it out using the controller’s stake out functions.
25
Y
After profile-leveling the horizontal curve staked out in the previous exercise,
compute a vertical alignment that minimizes excavation.
26
Z
Do Problem 26.31 or 26.32.
27
AA
Have students do either Problem 27.38, 27.39, 27.40, or 27.41.
28
BB
Using a GIS software package and the shape files provided by the NGS at
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/datasheet.prl develop a GIS that allows the user to
find NGS control stations in your county and sort by type and quality.
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Sample Quizzes
Quiz 1
1. One acre equal _____________ square feet and ____________ square Gunter’s chains.
2. Give the answer of the following problems rounded to the correct number of significant
Quiz 2
1. For the following ten repeated EDM observations what are
325.686, 325.685, 325.687, 325.681, 325.691, 325.686, 325.681, 325.686, 325.690, and 325.689
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Quiz 3
1. For the following sequential minus (FS) and plus (BS) sights observed on a closed level
circuit, set up the left-side of a standard set of level notes and give an adjusted elevation for
BM A.
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Quiz 4
1. A 100-ft tape is calibrated at 68° F, fully supported with 15 lbs of tension and found to be
99.987 ft long. Is this tape is used fully supported with 15 lbs of tension at 86° F to measure a
distance that is recorded as 136.48 ft, what is the corrected length of the line?
_____________
2. If a certain EDM has a centering error of 3 mm and a scalar error of 3 ppm, what is the
uncertainty in a observed distance of 1380.25 ft?
_____________
Quiz 5
1. In 1895 when the magnetic declination was 6°45′ East, line AB had a magnetic bearing of S
7 30 E.
a. What is the magnetic bearing of AB today if the current magnetic declinations is 2 30
W?
_____________
b. What are the true bearing and true azimuth of this line?
_____________
Quiz 6
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1. If the slope of a line is 0.3258, what is the azimuth of the line? _____________
2. What is the area in square units of a polygon with coordinates at its vertices of
(103.45, 214.87), (250.34, 567.98), and (185.02, 386.94) _____________
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Sample Exams
Exam 1
(1 point each)
True – False [Fill in the circle indicating whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).]
○ T ○ F
1.
The current definition of the meter is 39.37 inches is equivalent to one meter.
○ T ○ F
2.
The length of 1429.75 m is equivalent to 4690.72 survey feet to the correct number of
significant figures.
○ T ○ F
3.
Random errors may be mathematically computed and removed from observations.
○ T ○ F
4.
The number 1.0020 has five significant figures.
○ T ○ F
5.
A set of precise observations is always accurate.
○ T ○ F
6.
National representation of surveying interest is the principal interest of the American
Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
○ T ○ F
7.
One acre is 43, 560 square feet.
○ T ○ F
8.
A Gunter’s chain is 100 ft long.
○ T ○ F
9.
The correctly round sum of 46.328 + 1.03 + 375.1 is 422.4.
○ T ○ F
10.
The National Geodetic Survey is responsible for establishing a network of survey control
monuments.
○ T ○ F
11.
The arrangement of a field book is a matter of personal preference.
○ T ○ F
12.
It is best to only enter a minimum amount of data into a field book.
○ T ○ F
13.
A new page should be started in the field book for each new day of work.
○ T ○ F
14.
The geoid is an equipotential surface.
○ T ○ F
15.
Earth curvature always causes rod readings to be too high.
○ T ○ F
16.
Parallax exists when the focal point of the objective lens does not coincide with the focal
point of the eyepiece lens.
○ T ○ F
17.
The NAVD 88 datum is based on the average elevation of 26 tide gage stations.
○ T ○ F
18.
A page check in differential leveling only provides an arithmetic check of the notes.
○ T ○ F
19.
Automatic levels guarantee a horizontal line of sight at each setup.
○ T ○ F
20.
The statistical term used to express the precision of a data set is called standard deviation.
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Problems/Short answers
(5 points)
A. Discuss why the term geomatics is being used to identify the profession of surveying.
(10 points)
B. State the number of significant figures in each of the following values.
(5 points)
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