Total Station and GPS Surveying for B.Tech 6th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Total Station and GPS Surveying B.Tech (R13) sixthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
- To understand the working of Total Station equipment and solve the surveying problems.
UNIT I : FUNDAMENTALS OF TOTAL STATION AND GPS [9 hours]
Methods of Measuring Distance, Basic Principles of Total Station, Historical Development, Classifications, applications and comparison with conventional surveying. Basic concepts of GPS – Historical perspective and development – applications – Geoid and Ellipsoid- satellite orbital motion – Keplerian motion – Kepler‟s Law – Perturbing forces – Geodetic satellite – Doppler effect – Positioning concept – GNSS
UNIT II : ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES [9 hours]
Classification – applications of Electromagnetic waves, Propagation properties, wave propagation at lower and higher frequencies- Refractive index (RI) – factors affecting RI Computation of group for light and near infrared waves at standard and ambient conditions Computation of RI for microwaves at ambient condition – Reference refractive index- Real time application of first velocity correction. Measurement of atmospheric parameters- Mean refractive index- Second velocity correction -Total atmospheric correction- Use of temperature – pressure transducers.
UNIT III : ELECTRO OPTICAL AND MICRO WAVE SYSTEM [9 hours]
Electro-optical system: Measuring principle, Working principle, Sources of Error, Infrared and Laser Total Station instruments. Microwave system: Measuring principle, working principle, Sources of Error, Microwave Total Station instruments. Comparison between Electro- optical and Microwave system. Care and maintenance of Total Station instruments. Modern positioning systems – Traversing and Trilateration.
[TOTAL : 45 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES: At the end of the course the student will be able to understand
- Working principles of total station and GPS instruments
- Propagation of EMR through atmosphere and corrections for its effects
- The functioning various types total station and GPS equipments and their applications
- Various techniques available for surveying and mapping with total station and GPS
TEXTBOOKS:
- Rueger, J.M. “Electronic Distance Measurement”, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990.
- Satheesh Gopi, rasathishkumar, madhu N., “Advanced Surveying, Total Station GPS and Remote Sensing” Pearson education, 2007
REFERENCES :
- Laurila, S.H. “Electronic Surveying in Practice”, John Wiley and Sons Inc, 1993.
- Guocheng Xu, ” GPS Theory, Algorithms and Applications”, Springer – Berlin,2003.
- Alfred Leick, “GPS satellite surveying”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 3rd Edition, 2004.
- Seeber G, “Satellite Geodesy”, Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, 1998
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