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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Geodesy

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 544-0004/10
Abbreviation G
Course title Geodesy
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator Ing. Rostislav Dandoš, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1st Geodetic CR - position and height
2nd Basics of cartography and cartographic display
3rd Coordinate and height systems in the CR
4th Basic theory of errors and adjustment
5th Basic calculations in the grid, intersection ahead - resection
6th Traverse - types, methods of compensation
7th Transformation of coordinates (linear space)
8th Cartographic work - the definition of the map features maps, maps by sorting criteria
9th Cartographic interpretation - mark (point, line, areal), cartograms, cartographs, isolines
10th Cartographic generalization - the nature, factors, methods
11th Topographic map content - the basic elements of planimetry, planimetric representation
12th Interpretation of relief - surface topography, elevation representation method
13th Description of maps - the standardization of geographic nomenclature, graphical page description
14th Cartographic - measuring distances, angles, areas and determine coordinates on maps
15th Modern geodetic instrumentation

Exercise:
1st Working with the map - of map sheets
2nd Applications with the database and trigonometric leveling points
3rd The basic task of balancing theory and error
4th Coordinate calculation - calculating the length and signposts
5th Coordinate calculations - the calculation of the intersection ahead
6th Coordinate calculations - the calculation of the Traverse
7th Coordinate transformation
8th Classification of features Map
9th Cartographic generalization
10th Cartographic - basic tasks on the maps
11th Problem solving on maps - longitudinal profile of the terrain
12th Cartographs processing, processing of the cartogram

Literature

SZENTESI, A.: Surveying Measurements, Hungarian Optical Works, L: H-1525 Budapest, 1978
WHYTE, W.; PAUL R.: Basic Surveying, 4 th. edition, Butterworth - Heinemann, Oxford, 1997
ROY, S.K.: Fundamentals of Surveying, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2004
GHILANI, D.CH.,: Adjustment Computations: Spatial Data Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 2010

Advised literature

JAMES A. ELITHORP, JR. a DENNIS D. FINDORFF. Geodesy for Geomatics and GIS Professionals. 2nd. Nevada: XanEdu Publishing Inc; Second edition, 2003, 260 pages. ISBN 978-1581526585 .
LINDER, Wilfried. Digital photogrammetry: a practical course. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, c2006, xiii, 214 p. ISBN 35-402-9152-0 .
SCHOFIELD, W. Engineering surveying: theory and examination problems for students. 5th ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. ISBN 07-506-4987-9.
BRINKER, R.CH.; MINNICK, R.: The Surveying Handbook, Springer, 1995