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Geodesy

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Course Unit Code544-0004/10
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
STA73prof. Ing. Hana Staňková, Ph.D.
KAP74doc. Ing. Roman Kapica, Ph.D.
DAN155Ing. Rostislav Dandoš, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject inquire geodetic minor controls, positional and altitude measurement, laying - out fundamentals and another survey activities in Civil Engineering.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Fundamental knowledgege of geodesy and geodetic measurements
Course Contents
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
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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
SZENTESI, A.: Surveying Measurements, Hungarian Optical Works, L: H-1525 Budapest, 1978
RATIBORSKÝ, J.: Geodézie,skripta ČVUT, Praha 1995
VITÁSEK, J. NEVOSÁD, Z.: Geodézie I., skripta VUT Brno 1999
HAUF, M. a kol. : Geodézie ( technický průvodce ), SNTL Praha 1989
Recommended Reading:
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
HÁNEK, Pavel. Stavební geodézie. Praha: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007, 133 s. ISBN 978-80-01-03707-2.
ŠVÁBENSKÝ, Otakar, Josef WEIGEL a Jan FIXEL. Základy GPS a jeho praktické aplikace. Brno: CERM, 1995, 123 s. ISBN 80-214-0620-8.
VITÁSEK, Josef a Josef PAŽOUREK. Vybrané kapitoly z geodézie. Brno: CERM, 1993, 135 s. Učební texty vysokých škol. ISBN 80-900-5907-4.
BLAŽEK, R. a Z. SKOŘEPA. Geodézie 30. Výškopis. Praha: ČVUT, 1997, 93 s. ISBN 80-010-1598-X.
Rüeger Jean M. Electronic Distance Measurement: An Introduction. 3rd totally rev. ed. Berlin: Springer, 1990. ISBN 978-3-642-97196-9.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit33 (33)17
                ProjectProject33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)34
                Written examinationWritten examination33 17
                OralOral examination34 17