SUR 3501 SPATIAL MEASUREMENTS SYSTEMS

Spring 2007

Schedule of Classes and Projects

These dates may change due to weather and other unpredictable factors

DATE (week)

Monday  4th Period

Tuesday 8 – 10 Periods

Wednesday 4th Period

Useful Info

Jan 8-12

Jan 8:   Intro and Overview

Project 1: Distance Measurement – taping, pacing and total station

Jan 10: Intro to Project 2

User Manual –Leica 300 Total Station Series

Jan 15-19

Holiday – MLK Day

Project 2: EDM Calibration

 

Jan 17: GPS

 

 

Jan 22-26

Jan 22: Intro to Project 3

Project 3: GPS Point Positioning

*Hand in Project Report A*

Jan 24: Project 3 (computations)

Pointing Errors

Jan 29 - Feb 2

Jan 29:  Intro to Project 4

Project 4: OPUS Processing

Jan 31: Intro to Project 5

Reed Roof Coordinates

Feb 5 - 9

Feb 5:  Calculations/Fieldwork

Project 5: Dual Frequency Static GPS

Feb 7: DEMO of Leica post-processing software 

 

Feb 12 - 16

Feb 12: Analysis

 

GPS Analysis

Feb 14: Class will meet

 

Feb 19 - 23

Feb 19: Intro to Project 6

Project 6: Map Accuracy Assessment

 

Feb 21:  Quiz 1

*Hand in Project Report B*

·        AutoCad file of GNV East Quad Sheet (UTM, NAD27)

·        GNV East file image file

·        About Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)

·        About Digital Line Graphs (DLG)

 

Feb 26 - Mar 2

Feb 26: Review Quiz 1

Project 6: Intro to Project 7

Feb 28:  LIDAR Lecture

(Dr. Mohamed)

*Homework Challenge*

 

** QUIZ 1 KEY **

Mar 5 - 9

Mar 5: Riegl Lecture

*Hand in Project Report C*

Project 7(a): LIDAR demo

Mar 7:  Monitoring Survey

 

Mar 12 - 16

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

 

Mar 19 - 23

Mar 19: Intro to Project 7(b)

 

Project 8:  Monitoring Survey (Lidar)

Mar 21:  Lidar Analysis

Trig Levels

Horizontal Calcs

Mar 26 - 30

Mar 26: Survey of Wall Control Points

Project 7(d):  Monitoring Survey( wall control)

Mar 28:  I want to meet individually with each group in the class to discuss computations – LAST DAY TO HAND IN COMPUTATIONS

 

Apr 2 - 6

Apr 2;  Review of methodology for computing wall control coords

 

Project 7(d), 7 (e):  Monitoring Survey( wall control and GPS)

Apr 4: Project 7

 

Apr 9 - 13

Apr 9: Review of computation issues

 

Project 7 (e): Continue with Computations

Apr 11:   Continue with computations – no class meeting (I still have not received the Scanner data)

 

April 16 - 20

Apr 16:  Final Project description

Project 7 (f):  Analysis of Scanner data and wall distortions

Apr 18: I will meet with individual groups

Computations

Apr 23 - 27

Apr 23:  Review

Presentations (Groups) of  Project 7

Apr 25:  Quiz 2

*Hand in Project Report D*

Group Self-Evaluation

Presentation Peer Evaluation