Field Data Collection | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

CES2104

Course Credit Units:

2

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Diploma In Civil Engineering and Surveying

College:

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

School:

School of Engineering

Department:

civil engineering

Course Discipline:

computer studies

Course Description & Objectives:

This course moves on to the study of survey equipment, including instruments, particularly of the theodolite type, such as the tachometer and total station, and methods of measurement concerned with coordinated positions and how to plot them to scale on a grid. It has a decided bias towards bearing and distances measurements and positioning by coordinates. Objectives:

The purpose of this course is still to present Surveying in its measurement and positioning aspect, but particularly in regard to plannimetric positioning.
The more in depth methods of measurement and the help given by different instruments are expounded.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion the student will:

Be totally familiar with instruments of the theodolite and EDM types
Be able to ascertain whether the instrument is faulty, and if so, what can be done about it
Know what action to take in the field if stuck with a faulty instrument
Be able to traverse to a sufficiently high degree of accuracy for the Engineer’s proposal
Know when to use triangulation, trilateration and resection, and use them reliably