Surveying
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The official GTU curriculum for Surveying (subject code BE04006011) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 50 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE04006011)Unit 1 Plane Table Survey
- setting up the plane table
- methods of plane tabling
- advantages and disadvantages
- sources of errors
Unit 2 Theodolite Traversing
- Methods of traversing
- closed and open traverse
- closing error
- computation of latitudes and departures
- Omitted measurements
- balancing of traverse
- Gale’s table
- Traverse area
Unit 3 Tachometric Surveying
- principle and methods of tacheometry
- stadia constants
- anallactic lens
- field work in tacheometry
- contour maps using tacheometry
- Subtense bar, Tangential method
- Trigonometric levelling: Indirect levelling
- heights and distances Geodetic Surveying: Introduction
- principle of triangulation
- triangulation stations
- base line and its site selection
- well-conditioned triangles
- strength of figure
- inter-visibility of triangulation stations
Unit 4 Curves
- designation of curve
- classification of curves
- Elements of a simple circular
- methods of setting out a simple circular curve
- elements of a compound and reverse curves
- transition curve
- types of transition curves
- types of vertical curves
- setting out of combined curve
Unit 5 Areas and Volumes
- computation of area using different methods
- Use of Planimeter
- computations of volume using different methods
- determination of capacity of reservoir
Unit 6 Theory of Errors
- types of errors
- laws of accidental errors
- laws of weights Hydrographic Surveying: Introduction
- Methods of Locating soundings Total Station Surveying: Introduction
- horizontal & vertical angle measurements
- setting up the total station
- various field applications of total station surveying
- data transfer mechanism and further process
- GPS observables and data processing
- Precision analysis and high precision GPS, Applications of GPS
- Drone survey
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