Surveying is the science and art of making all essential measurements to determine the relative position of points or physical and cultural details above, on, or beneath the surface of the Earth, and to depict them in a usable form, or to establish the position of points or details.
In this lab, students will cover the following:
1. Introduction to principle of surveying
2. Introduction to tape surveying and their components, types of tapes, errors in tape surveying, corrections for tape surveying, principles and procedures.
3. Introduction to plane table surveying and their components, types of plane tables.
4. Introduction to leveling instruments and their components, types of leveling instruments, correction for curvature and refraction.
5. Introduction to plot longitudinal section and cross section.
