Basic principles of surveying, use and interpretation of survey maps and plans, scales, enlargement and reduction of plans, an appreciation of current land surveying practices, chain surveying-equipment, procedures, plotting, negotiating obstacles, measurement of existing structures and buildings, setting out for embankment, cuttings drains, leveling-equipment, procedures, reducing and plotting, theodolite and its uses – principles of electronics distance measurements, production of survey drawings and plans. Introduction to remote sensing and aerial photography – basic principles and methods, application to land use analysis, physical planning and resource development.
