SUR 354
Advanced Surveying – Spring 2000
New Mexico
State University – Las Cruces, NM
Instructor: Earl
F. Burkholder Phone
646-6067 Dept Office 646-5375
Office/Hours: EC
III MW; 10:30-1130 a.m. Wed
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Fri;
9:30-10:30 a.m. Thu 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Class Lecture: MW 11:30
a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Schedule: Lab: Thu 2:30 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.
Description: Total
station technology, electronic data collection, solar and polaris observations,
route surveys, traverse, and network adjustments. SUR 354 is for non-surveying majors. Prerequisite SUR 222.
This is a 3 credit class.
Texts: Surveying – Tenth Edition by
Moffitt/Bossler
2000 SOKKIA Celestial Observation
Handbook and Ephemeris
Objectives: All surveying and civil
engineering students take the common beginning surveying course, SUR 222, and
complete only a portion of the text.
The objective for his course (for non-surveying majors) is to finish the
book. Topics are covered in overview
fashion, but comprehensive understanding
of fundamental concepts is stressed.
Topics: Following
a review of introductory material covered in SUR 222, this course highlights
modern concepts related to spatial data--coordinate systems, geometrical
computations, data collection, and applications in engineering, photogrammetric
mapping, and geographic information systems (GIS). See outline next page.
Professional Component: Students taking this class
gain an understanding of funda-mental concepts related to collection,
manipulation, storage, and use of survey data.
Relation to Program Objectives: This
course is not available to surveying engineering majors, but is a service course for other majors who desire
an overview of modern surveying and spatial data concepts and operations.
Grading: Grades for this course will be assigned by overall
percentages; A is 90-100, B is 80-89, C is 70-79, D is 60-69, and F is below 60
percent. Overall percentages will be based upon the following
categories/weights.
Homework: 20% Graded
assignments will show points earned/possible.
Quizzes: 20% Graded
quizzes will show points earned/possible.
Midterm: 20% Points
earned out of 100 total points possible.
Final Exam: 40% Points earned
out of 200 total points possible.
Disabilities: If you have, or suspect that you
have, a disability that may affect your per-formance as a student in this
class, you are encouraged to discuss this on a confidential basis with the
instructor or Services for Students with Disabilities (646-6840).
Prepared by Earl F. Burkholder – February 2000
Date Forecast Lecture Topic Assigned Reading Lab Exercise
Jan 12 Introduction and review Ch 9 1-Micrometer
Jan 17 Martin Luther King Holiday
Jan 19 Control surveys Horizontal/Level Dist. 2-Reconnoiter
Jan 24 Field Measurements
Jan 26 Reductions & traverse adjustments COGO Handout 3-Distances
Jan 31 Coordinate Systems
Feb 2 3D & Coordinate Geometry Ch 10 4-COGO
Feb 7 Introduction to GPS
Feb 9 Using GPS data Ch 11 5-GPS
Feb 14 State Plane Coordinate Systems
Feb 16 Lambert/Transverse Mercator 6-Conversions
Feb 21 No class
Feb 23 SPC Computations 7-SPC comps
Feb 28 Applications
Mar 2 UTM Ch 12 8-SPC Traverse
Mar 6 Midterm Exam
Mar 8 Astronomy - concepts (Mar 9 Last day to withdraw with “W”) 9-Area & Adjust
Mar 13 Solar Reductions Ch 13
Mar 15 Polaris Computations 10. Solar Comp.
Mar 20 Astronomic/Geodetic/3D Directions
Mar 22 Horizontal stationing/curves Ch 14 11-Polaris Comp.
Mar 27 – 31 Spring Break
April 3 Vertical Curves Spiral Handout
April 5 Spirals Ch 15 12 Hor & Vert
April 10 Mapping Ch 16
April 12 Photogrammetry 13-Spiral
April 17 Spatial Data Concepts Ch 17
April 19 Earthwork/Volumes Ch 18 14-Maps/Photos
April 24 U.S. Public Land Survey System Ch 19
April 26 Property Surveying 15-3D Comps
May 1 Municipal & Subdivision Surveys Ch 20
May 3 Geographic Information Systems Review
May 8-12 Final Exam – Monday May 8, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.