Overview
Lecturer
Silvia Alexandra Dreghici
Seminar tutor
Silvia Alexandra Dreghici
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Geodetic engineering
Field of study
Earth and cadastral measurements
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, computational software
Entry requirements
Measurement adjustment, Mathematical Analysis
Aims
Establish the shape and dimensions of the Earth
Design of the spatial geodetic networks
Spatial geodetic determinations
Course contents
• Introduction. The geoid and the ellipsoid
• Reference ellipsoid parameters
• Main curves on the reference ellipsoid
• Meridian and parallel arch length
• Normal sections. The geodetic line
• Solving geodetic triangles on the reference ellipsoid
• Fundamental geodetic problems
Learning outcomes
• Determination of the shape and dimensions of the Earth
• Designing and solving spatial geodetic networks
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%
Recommended reading
Geodezie şi gravimetrie geodezică
Ghiţău, D.
Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti, Bucureşti, 1983
Geodezie. Noţiuni de geodezie fizică şi elipsoidală, poziţionare
Moldoveanu, C.
Editura Matrix Rom, Bucureşti, 2002
Geodezie. Indrumator de laborator
Popa, A.
Seria Didactica, Alba Iulia, 2009