Tools & Equipments
Faculty of Geomatics was grated several GNSS Equipment through the project
Through the LBS2ITS project to enrich the LBS education in geomatics and transport services, SUSL was granted two geodetic grade GNSS receivers, four GIS mapping receivers and smart mobile devices.
The GNSS and mapping receivers are maintained in the faculty’s equipment store by the technical staff. The granted GNSS receivers, along with the four already existing survey grade GNSS receivers in the faculty, make a great combination for the research students. These receivers are being utilized for teaching activities and research studies of undergraduate students to solve existing knowledge gaps and problems in the positioning sector of Sri Lanka, such as understanding the GAGAN accuracy over the Sri Lankan region, deformation analysis of Samanelawewa dam, etc. Additionally, students are trained to utilize the GIS mapping receivers as potential planning and educational mapping tools for land use, mapping and management systems.
This grant of a variety of geodetic and mapping grade GNSS receivers and mobile phones with different potentials such as (i) tracking capability of a different combination of satellite systems, (ii) tracking capability of Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and (iii) capability of incorporating CORS corrections etc. provide and excellent opportunity for students to experience these varieties of GNSS technologies in the real world.
Smart classroom Equipment granted through the project
The faculty of Geomatics of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka was also granted several smart classroom equipment, high performance comuputers along with recording and live streaming equipment. They are fixed in the main auditorium of the Faculty of Geomatics and lecture rooms, where the wide-reaching events and online lectures of the faculty take place. Smart podiums, Motion sensor cameras, wireless microphones are facilitated in the auditorium, making the teacher-student and presenter-student interaction better during the large gatherings of lectures and events such as student industrial training day events, research colloquiums and, research presentations, GEOWEEK events, etc. Further, these devices make it possible to organize hybrid (on-sight and online) lectures and events, which has been a great advantage for the lecturers and students.
The granted equipment through the project has enhanced the methods of teaching and eased learning of spatial sciences with great field experiences and experiments.
