Geodesy detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geoinformatics) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geoinformatics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Geoinformatics Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geoinformatics 4th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of geodesy is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Fundamentals
Definitions- Classifications, Applications, Problem and purpose of Geodesy – Historical development and Organization of Geodesy. Reference Surfaces and their relationship. Engineering, Lunar, Planetary and interferometric Synthetic aperture radar Geodesy – Local and International Spheroid.
Unit II
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Unit III
Physical Geodesy
Basics – INGN -the significance of gravity measurements, Gravity field of earth, Concept of equipotential, Geopotential and Spheropotential Surface – Normal gravity and its computations, Methods of measuring Absolute and Relative gravity- Gravimeters-Reduction of gravity measurements, terrain and Isostasy corrections. Gravity networks. Gravity anomaly and Gravity disturbance-Fundamental equation of Physical Geodesy. Gravimetric determination of Geoid and Deflection of Vertical.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Geodetic Astronomy
Celestial Sphere – Astronomical triangle – celestial coordinates systems and its relationship with Cartesian Co-ordinates and Transformation between them -Special star positions, Major constellations- Time systems (sidereal, Universal , atomic and standard ) rising and setting of Stars with respect to Declination, hour angle and Azimuth, Culmination, Prime Vertical Crossing and Elongation. Determination of Astronomical Azimuth- stars altitude and hour angle methods, astronomical latitude and longitude determination
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Wolfgang Torge, Geodesy, Walter De Gruyter Inc., Berlin, 4th Edition, 2014.
- Guy Bomford||Geodesy|| Nabu Press,2010,ISBN 1172029091
References:
- Petr Vanicek and Edward J. Krakiwsky, Geodesy: The concepts, North-Holland Publications Co., Amsterdam, 1991.
- Tom Herring, “Geodesy = Elsevier,2009,ISBN : 0444534601
- Schwarze, V.S. Geodesy: The challenge of the 3rd millennium, Springer verlag, and 1st Edition,2002.
- James R.Smith, Introduction to Geodesy, John wiley and Sons Inc. 1997.
- George l. Hosmer, Geodesy, Kessinger publishing 2007.
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