Surveying Computations B - GMAT2550
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course Outline: course profile
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MATH1231, Corequisite: GMAT2500
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
Least Squares measurement adjustment principles and concepts, with particular reference to surveying observations of distance, height difference, angular directions, GPS solutions. Determining input into, and analysing output from, typical Least Squares adjustment software. Inside Least Squares: Modelling observations, observation equations, parametric method, condition and combined methods, linearisation of equations, derivation of Least Squares algorithm, methods of forming normal equations. Variance-covariance matrices, measurement uncertainty, and error ellipses, and in particular the application of statistics and error analysis in surveying. Worked examples and case studies from various areas of cadastral and engineering surveys. Calibration of EDM instruments.