SURV4110
10 units
4000 level
Course handbook
Description
Presents applications of surveying field, office and management principles and practices to the specific environment encountered in mining surveys and other industrial surveys.
Availability
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2018
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Understand the peculiarities of the demands and options in industrial and mining surveying
2. Apply surveying field skills to industrial and mining surveying.
3. Identify and discuss special equipment typically used in mining and industrial surveys.
4. Apply surveying office computing and data reduction skills to industrial and mining surveying.
5. Apply surveying data and information analysis skills to industrial and mining surveying.
6. Apply surveying management skills to industrial and mining surveying.
Content
- Characteristics of industrial and mining surveying.
- Aspects of theodolite design, usage and errors in precise surveys.
- Optical intersection techniques.
- Special instruments encountered in industrial and mining surveying.
- Statistical analysis in precise surveys.
- Photogrammetric methods for precise surveys.
Assumed knowledge
Content covered in courses SURV1110 Surveying 1, SURV1120 Surveying 2, SURV2130 Surveying 3, SURV2340 Survey Computing, SURV3350 Analysis of Observations.
Assessment items
Report: Report
Project: Project
Quiz: Quiz
Contact hours
Callaghan
Practical
Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial
Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term