Surveying for Environmental Engineering
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Surveying for Environmental Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Surveying for Environmental Engineering (subject code 4341304) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 31 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 (4341304)Unit 1 Introduction to Surveying
- 1.1. Definitions, Objective and uses of surveying,Classification of Survey, Principles of Survey
- 1.2. Types of Scale and selection of scale,Construction of diagonal scale
Unit 2 Linear Measurement
- 2.1. Methods & Accessories of Linear Measurement, Principle of Chain Surveying, Method of Chaining on Level Ground
- 2.2. Errors and Mistakes in Chaining and precautions against it, Chain and Tape Corrections, Ranging, 2.3Well-Conditioned and Ill-Conditioned Triangles, Selection of Survey Stations , Equipments for Chain Survey 2.4Procedure of Field Work, Conventional Symbols , Procedure & Equipments for Plotting
- 2.5. Computation of Area from Plotted Plan using Planimeter
- 2.6. Computation of Area by The Mid- Ordinate Rule, The Average-Ordinate Rue, The TrapezoidalRule and Simpson's Rule, Computation of Volume using Prismoidal Rule and Trapezoidal Rule
Unit 3 Traverse by Compass
- 3.1. Introduction, Purpose, Definitions & Principle of Compass Surveying, Traversing , Methods of Traversing , Types of Compass , Temporary Adjustment of Prismatic Compass
- 3.2. Field Procedure of Observing Bearing, Problems on Whole Circle Bearing and Quadrantal Bearing
- 3.3. Problems on Fore and Back Bearings,Problems on Magnetic Declination
- 3.4. Problems on Included Angle, Problems onLocal Attraction,
- 3.5. Field Procedure of Compass Traversing, Plotting of Compass Traverse , Adjustment of Closing Error , Sources of Error in Compass , Precautions to be Taken in Compass Surveying Surveying for Environmental Engineering Course Code:4341304
Unit 4 Leveling & Contouring 4.a Explain procedure for leveling using instruments and levelling staff and record reading in level book page.
- 4.1. Introduction Basic terminology related withLeveling
- 4.2. Types of Level: Dumpy Level, Tilting Level
- 4.3. Auto Level, Digital Level
- 4.4. Components of Dumpy Level with neat Sketch, Types of Levelling Staffs
- 4.5. Temporary adjustment of Level, Classificationof Levelling
- 4.6. Finding out the R. L. in Level Book by H.I. Methods with necessary check with examples
- 4.7. Finding out the R. L. in Level Book by Rise & Fall Method with necessary check with examples
- 4.8. Correction for Curvature and refraction andrelated examples, Errors in Levelling Contour, its uses of & Characteristics
- 4.9. Methods of Contouring, Interpolation of contours 4.10Preparing drawing & estimation of gradients Surveying for Environmental Engineering Course Code:4341304
Unit 5 Basics of Remote Sensing and GIS and their application
- 5.1. History of Remote sensing, advantages and disadvantages
- 5.2. Passive and active remote sensing
- 5.3. Characteristics of ideal and real remote sensing system
- 5.4. Various applications of remote sensing in areas of agriculture, forest mapping, land cover mapping
- 5.5. Need for GIS, benefit of GIS
- 5.6. Rater form and vector form
- 5.7. Various applications of GIS in areas like Environmental Impact Analysis, Disaster management, surveying, irrigation water management, energy use tracking and planning, site suitability for waste treatment plant, environmental monitoring
Unit 6 Electronic distance measurement, Total station and GPS
- 6.1. Introduction Principles of EDM
- 6.2. Methods of measurement like Pulse
- 6.3. Introduction to total station its advantages and disadvantages and various parts of total station with applications of total station
- 6.4. Application of GPS, advantages and disadvantages and various applications Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.