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FC 11544 Land Surveying Practical - I

Synopsis

In this course, the students are introduced to the practical aspects of conventional land surveying. This includes the application of chain surveying, plane table surveying and compass surveying techniques in surveying of a small block and preparation of a survey plan. Additionally, they are exposed to sprit levelling, including the adjustments of a level instrument & computation of reduced level. Apart from that, various precautions for the errors and computations of corrections for error sources and adjustments procedures of the obtained miss-closure are also included.

 

Practical Tasks

  • Chain Surveying
  • Plane Table Surveying
  • Compass Surveying
  • Adjustment of a Level
  • Levelling

 

Course Outline

Course

:  FC 11544 –  Land Surveying Practical-I

Core/Specialization

:  Core

Programme

:  Bachelor of Science in Surveying Sciences

Department

:  Surveying & Geodesy

Faculty

:  Faculty of Geomatics

Contact Hours

:  250

Year

:  I

Semester

:  I

Coordinator

: Dr. MDEK Gunathilaka

Room No.

: SF 12

Telephone No.

:  0453453071

E-mail

: erandakan@sab.ac.lk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

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Course Learning Outcome

Programme Outcome

Assessment Methods

1.

Apply the principles of surveying in  conventional land surveying  applications

P02

Field inspection, Report, Viva

2.

Apply conventional surveying techniques in block survey.

P02

Field inspection, Report, Viva

3.

Apply spirit levelling techniques to determine the height of an unknown point.

P02

Field inspection, Report, Computations, Viva

4.

Compute corrections for various error sources in  conventional surveying techniques

P02

Field inspection, Report, Computations/Plan work, Viva

5.

Preparation of a survey plan of a block

P03

Computations, Plan work, Report, Viva

6.

Critical thinking and problem solving

P05

Field inspection, Viva

7.

Leadership skill

P06

Field inspection, Viva

8.

Effective communication

P07

Field inspection, Viva

9.

Work independently and collaboration with others

P10

Field inspection

10.

Care of instrument

P11

Field inspection

11.

Intellectual integrity

P12

Field inspection, Report, Computations/Plan work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Learning Time (SLT)

Teaching and Learning Activities

Student Learning Time (hours)

Directed Learning

Lecturer-Centered Learning

  1. Demonstration

50

Student-Centered Learning (SCL)

  1. Field practical (individual & group)
  2. Office based (individual & group)

 

30

Independent Learning

Learn by peer observations (supporting other students in their field work as a group member)

100

Report preparation

50

Revision

19

Assessment

  1. Presentations/Viva

01

TOTAL (SLT)

250

 

Teaching Methodology

Demonstrations

Field practical (individual and group)

Office based computations, plan work and reports (individual and group)

Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

  • Land surveying field practical task cards LDSP 1-5, Department of SUGEO
  • A textbook of surveying and leveling; A. Agor, 1996
  • Surveying, Theory and Practice, Anderson& James M., 1998
  • Surveying Vol. 1, K.R. Arora, 2010
  • Surveying and Levelling, Basak N.N., 2000
  • The surveying Hand book, Brinker, Russell C, 1999
  • Principles and Use of Surveying Instruments, Clendinning J., 1970
  • Surveying theory and practice, Davis, Raymond e., 1981
  • Surveying Instruments and Their Operational, Fialovszky& Laios,1991
  • A guide to understanding land surveying, Estopinal& Stephen V., 1993
  • Surveying and Levelling-Part-I, Kanetkar, T. P., 1996
  • Surveying : principles and applications; Kavanagh, B. F.,  2003
  • BimManima 1 : DamwelManuma; Wickramasinghe S.D, 2011
  • Class lessons in surveying and leveling (Part I); Shahani P.B., 1982
  • Schaum's outline of Theory and Problems of Introductory Surveying;  Wirshing& James R., 1985
  • A Text Book of Surveying; ZamirAlvi, 1999

 

Grading

Field inspection

40%

Computations/Plans

30%

Reports

10%

Viva

20%

Total

100%