This course is designed:

• This course will introduce the fundamentals of surveying measurements to provide a broad overview of the surveying instrumentation (Total Station, Digital Level, etc.), procedures, measurement corrections and reductions, survey datum’s, and computations that are required to produce a topographical map or a site plan for engineering and design projects.
• To expose the student to the principles of measurements of distances, elevations, and angles. It also includes basic error theory in measurement and calculations, traverse calculations, and basic principles of surveying and map-making.
• Basic concepts on space-based positioning include GPS components and measurements and Remote Sensing technologies for surveying.
• Geographic Information System (GIS) database design and data integration are introduced for a perspective on a useful tool for rapid geospatial mapping and data queries.
• To prepare the student to be able to measure: