Course aims:

Establish the shape and dimensions of the Earth
Design of the spatial geodetic networks
Spatial geodetic determinations

Course Entry Requirements:

Measurement adjustment, Mathematical Analysis

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

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification, computational software

Learning outcomes:

• Determination of the shape and dimensions of the Earth • Designing and solving spatial geodetic networks

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%

Recommended reading:

Ghiţău, D., Geodezie şi gravimetrie geodezică, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti, Bucureşti, 1983,
Moldoveanu, C., Geodezie. Noţiuni de geodezie fizică şi elipsoidală, poziţionare, Editura Matrix Rom, Bucureşti, 2002,
Popa, A., Geodezie. Indrumator de laborator, Seria Didactica, Alba Iulia, 2009,