Overview
Aims
- knowing, understanding and a correct using of fundamental ideas, concepts specific to geodetic leveling network
- knowing how to design a geodetic leveling network
- knowing how to solve a geodetic leveling network
Course contents
1. Geodetic leveling. Generalities
2. Level surfaces. Fundamental zero point
3. Altitudes Systems. Dynamic system altitudes. Orthometric altitudes system
4. Geometric geodetic leveling. Generalities
5. The design of a geometric geodetic leveling network
6. Specific tools used in geometric geodetic leveling
7. The compensation of geometric geodetic leveling network. Generalities
8. The compensation of geometric geodetic leveling network. Conditioned measurement method
9. The compensation of geometric geodetic leveling network. Indirect measurement method
10. Geodetic trigonometric leveling. Generalities
11. The design of a trigonometric geodetic leveling network
12. The compensation of trigonometric geodetic leveling network. The intersections method
13. The compensation of trigonometric geodetic leveling network. The route method
14. The compensation of trigonometric geodetic leveling network. The polygons method
Learning outcomes
- to accustom students with terminology, methods, equipment and instruments specific of this discipline; - to give students the basics concepts needed to design and compensate a geodetic leveling network; - understanding of issues they will encounter in their future profession.
Assessment
Written exam – 60%; Portfolio of practical work – 40%.