CE 201

SURVEYING

3-0-0-6

 

Syllabus:

Introduction to surveying; Linear measurements: Angle and direction measurements Accuracy, precision and errors; Combined distance and angular measurements; Resection and Intersection; Leveling; Contouring, Trigonometrical surveying; Triangulation; Advanced survey instruments: Electronic distance measurement, Total station and Global Positioning System; Application of surveying (eg. curves etc.); Introduction to photogrammetry and remote sensing

Texts:

1.     W. Schofield and M. Breach, Engineering Surveying, 6th Edition, CRC Press, 2007

2.     C.D. Ghilani and P.R. Wolf, Elementary Surveying, Prentice Hall, 2014

3.     E.M. Mikhail and J.M. Anderson, Surveying: Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill, 2013

4.     T.P. Kanetkar and S. V. Kulkarni, Surveying and Levelling, Vol-I and Vol-II, Pune Vidyarthi Griha Prakshan, 1972

5.     B.C. Punmia, A.K. Jain and A.K. Jain, Surveying, Vol-I and Vol-II, Laxmi Publication Pvt., 1996

6.     T.M. Lillesand, and R.W. Kiefer, Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons, 1994

 

Reference books:

1.     J.V. Sickle, GPS for Land Surveyors, CRC Press, 2008

2.     G. Joseph, Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, Universities Press, 2003

3.     R.C. Brinker and R. Minnick, The Surveying Handbook, Springer Science+ Business Media, B.V., 1995

4.     D. Clark, Plane and Geodetic Surveying for Engineers, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, CBS, 2004