Surveying and Geospatial Concepts: 1 semester hour

Catalog description

Introduction to plane surveying: leveling, horizontal distance and measurements, vertical and horizontal angles, azimuths and bearings, traverse calculations, earthwork and volume computations, stadia, topographical surveys, construction boundaries, coordinate systems; trigonometry applications in civil engineering and pertinent computer software. The Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are introduced. Prerequisites: ( MATH 2413 or MATH 1124) and ( CVEG 2304 or CVEG 2073).