School of Forest Resources and Conservation

UF / IFAS

 

 

 

UF GEOMATICS

 

SUR 3641 – Surveying Computations

 

 

Instructor: David W. Gibson, Ph.D. (Dr. Dave)

Office: 303 Reed Lab

Phone: 352-392-4995

Email: dgibs@ufl.edu

 

Syllabus: here

Course Objectives:  Following this course, the student should be able to

1.   Compute coordinates of survey points by applying angles, distances, bearings, azimuths.

2.   Perform algebra and trigonometry operations on equations to "solve" for unknown quantities.

3.   Compute survey coordinates by standard "COGO" operations called "traversing", "inversing", "bearing-bearing intersection", "bearing-distance intersection", "distance-distance intersection", and "resection".

4.   Calculate survey data by applying basic theory without software using a hand-held calculator similar to those approved for the board exams.

5.   Calculate survey data by applying basic theory in Microsoft "Excel" spreadsheet software.

6.   Calculate quantities of figures such as perimeters, areas, volumes. 

7.   Solve survey calculations such as "pre-determined areas", "missing traverse parts", "compound and reverse curves", and "radius calculations."

 

Lectures:

Lecture 1: Algebra Review and Assessment

 

Lecture 2: Intro to Excel, Trig Review

 

Lecture 3: Triangle Trig Review  -- Right and Oblique Triangles

 

Lecture 4: Traverse Angles, Bearings, Azimuths – interior, exterior, deflection, clockwise, bearings, azimuths, reverse bearings, reverse azimuths, traverse angle closure, angle balancing.

 

Lecture 5: Closed Traverse Computations (new one)  –latitudes, departures, coordinates, balance by compass rule, balanced lengths and azimuths (also used in my "Route" class)       Closed Traverse Computations (old one)

 

Lecture 6: Geometry Formulas – trig formulas and identities, perimeters, areas, volumes.

 

Lecture 7: Units of Measure and Significant Figures – measurement, lineal, area, English, metric, conversions, significant figures in computations.

 

Lecture 8: Introduction to COGO (also used in the basic surveying class) – history of COGO, COGO languages, seven prominent COGO functions: STORE POINT, TRAVERSE, INVERSE, AREA, BEARING-BEARING INT, DISTANCE-DISTANCE INT, BEARING DISTANCE INT.

Note: This is a "REAL MEDIA" video file. You must have "REAL PLAYER" on your computer.  www.realplayer.com

 

Lecture 9: COGO Program Demonstration – all functions have been reduced to "icons" – to "automate" the process.  However, after this demonstration, we will be "doing it by hand".     Old COGO program *.exe file.

Note: This is a "REAL MEDIA" video file. You must have "REAL PLAYER" on your computer. 

 

Lecture 10: Store Point and Traversing -- developing an "Excel" COGO calculator", loci, angle conversions (COGO1)

 

Lecture 11: Inversing and Bearing-Bearing Formula  -- theory of inversing and bearing-bearing intersection by formula (COGO2)     ALSO a 10 minute session on ATAN2 – a useful Excel function for inversing.

 

Lecture 12: Bearing-Bearing by Oblique Triangles, Distance-Distance by Oblique Triangles – theory of bearing-bearing and distance-distance intersection by oblique triangles. (COGO3)

 

Lecture 13: Bearing-Distance by Oblique Triangles, Traverse Area – theory of  bearing-distance intersection, area computation (COGO4)

 

Lecture 14: Foot of Perpendicular, Horizontal Curve Calculations – finding the "foot of perpendicular" from a point, theory of horizontal curves and the calculation of curve quantities. (COGO5)

 

Lecture 15: Pre-determined Areas – calculate figures where the area must be a certain value, line shift, line rotate. (COGO6)

 

Lecture 16: Resection – Determining the location of a "free point" by the measurement of angles only, resection. (COGO7)

 

Lecture 17: Compound and Reverse Curves – tangent circular curves, reversed curves, compound curves.(COGO8)

 

Lecture 18: Traverse Areas with Curves, Missing Traverse Parts (missing B/B, missing B/D, missing D/D, missing D known area, missing B known area.)

 

Lecture 19: Circle Calculations I – calculating curves to fit special situations, thru 3 points, thru two points tangent to a line (COGO9)

 

Lecture 20: Circle Calculations II – tangent to two lines through a point, tangent to three lines, tangent to two lines tangent to a circle (COGO11)

 

Lecture 21: Circle Calculations III -- thru two points tangent to a circle, thru one point tangent to two circles, thru a point tangent to a line tangent to a circle (COGO12)

 

Lecture 22: Circle Calculations IV --  tangent to a line tangent to two circles, tangent to three circles (Apollonian Problem)  (COGO13)

 

Lecture 23: Analytic Geometry Solving Equations – one equation one unknown, quadratic equation, two linear equations, two unknowns, higher power equations, two equations two unknowns 

 

Lecture 24: Analytic Geometry Line Circle Intersections – equation of a line, equation of a circle, line-line intersection (BB), line-circle intersection (BD), circle-circle intersection (DD).

 

Lecture 25: DMD, Cross Multiply, Criss-Cross – calculate areas by DMD, derive the cross multiply method, study the criss-cross method.

 

Lecture 26: Coordinate System Transformations – scaling, translation, rotation.

 

Lecture 27: Intro to Matrix Methods of Computation – matrix addition, subtraction, multiplication, inversion, determinates. 

 

Lecture 28: Application of Matrix Methods to Survey Computations – Bearing-Bearing Intersection, Coordinate Transformations.

 

Lecture 29: Review of COGO functions in AutoCAD and Land Desktop – comparison of this "pre programmed" software with our course materials. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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