University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
GeoSpatial Information Engineering

CEE251 ENGINEERING SPATIAL MEASUREMENTS       FALL 2005

Instructor: Dan Rodman  dcrodman@wisc.edu Rm 1203 Engr. Hall  #262-1262

Teaching Assistant: Mon-Ju Wu  monju@cae.wisc.edu  Rm 1249A Engr.Hall (thru Rm. 1241) #265-3228

Office Hours: Dan: Mon 11am – 2pm, Tue 7:30 – 8:30am

                        Mon-Ju: Wed 11am – 2pm, Thurs 1 – 2pm

 

Prerequisites: Math 221 (calculus) and ME 170 (mechanical drawing), or consent of instructor

Optional text (not required): Elementary Surveying, 10th or 11th edition, Wolf & Brinker, Harper Collins College Publishers.  The text is also on 2-hour reserve at Wendt Library.

Equipment: a scientific calculator (with trigonometric functions) for laboratory work

CEE251 Course Homepage: http://courses.engr.wisc.edu/ecow/get/cee/251/rodman/

Homework: Homework will be assigned in lecture each week. Assignments will also be posted on the Course Homepage (see internet address above). Homework will normally be due in one week, at the beginning of the lecture period, unless a different date/time is specified

Late Homework: All homework submitted after the due date/time will be penalized, except when a delay is due to an excused absence or another legitimate reason acceptable to the instructor. Late homework will be penalized 10% of the total possible grade for each business day (or part of a day) late, up to the day when the homework solutions are posted. Homework submitted after the solutions are posted will receive a maximum of 50% credit. Normally, solutions will be posted on the course homepage within a few days after the assigned due date. Example: original grade = 83%, 1 day late = (83% - 1*10%) = 73%.

Labs: Participation is mandatory. Absences must be pre-approved to allow for coordination, since field work is performed in groups. Lab assignments will be handed out in the lab period, with an assigned due date.

Late Labs: The late homework policy applies to labs, except with a penalty of 5% per business day.

Grading Scheme:

Component

Weight

 

Percent Grade

Letter Grade

Homework

10%

 

93-100%

A

Lab Work

25%

 

89-92%

AB

Quiz

10-20%

 

83-88%

B

Mid-Term Exam

20-30%

 

78-82%

BC

Final Exam

20-30%

 

70-77%

C

Weighted Total

100%

 

60-69%

D

 

SYLLABUS - FALL 2005

 

Week

Date

Lecture Topics

Labs (UPDATED 9/26)

1

9/6

Introduction; Coordinate Systems; Types of Geospatial Measurements; Units; Significant Figures

Differential Leveling Circuit

 

2

9/13

Measurement Errors; Random Error Propagation; Differential Leveling Errors, Adjustments & Accuracy Standards

Profile Leveling

 

3

9/20

Total Stations: Trigonometric Leveling, Angle & Distance Measurement

Control Traverse with Total Station (rain: COGO)

4

9/27

Azimuth & Bearing; Coordinate Geometry (COGO) Computations;

Finish traverse / Construction stakeout (rain: COGO)

5

10/4

QUIZ IN CLASS (on weeks 1-4)
Closed Polygon Traverse & Adjustment

COGO (or traverse / stakeout if rained out last week)

6

10/11

Traverse continued; Contours & Digital Terrain Models

Traverse computations

7

10/18

Contours (continued)

 

Topographic Map Compilation

8

10/25

Topographic Surveys & Construction Stakeout

Topographic Map Compilation

8

10/27

MID-TERM EXAM Thurs 10/27, 7:15-9:15pm

Rm 2255 & 2305 Engr Hall

9

11/1

Horizontal Circular Curves

Circular Curves & Transportation Routes

10

11/8

Property Descriptions; U.S. Public Land Survey System; Area Computation

 

Polygon Closure & Area Computation

11

11/15

Geodetic Datums

Datum Transformation Software

12

11/22

QUIZ IN CLASS (on weeks 9-11);

Map Projection Coordinate Systems

(Thanksgiving break starts Thursday 11/24)

13

11/29

Map Projection Coordinate Systems (continued); Global Positioning System (GPS)

Map projection coordinates & PLS corners

14

12/6

Global Positioning System (GPS) continued

Property Descriptions & Computations

15

12/13

Photogrammetric Mapping; Land & Geographic Information Systems (LIS/GIS);   Review

(Completion Lab)

Final

12/22

MID-TERM EXAM Thurs 12/22, 12:25 PM

Location TBA

 

 

SUGGESTED READING ASSIGNMENTS - FALL 2005

 

Text:   Wolf, Paul and Charles Ghilani. Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics. 10th or 11th edition.  Prentice Hall

 

Reading assignments (Chapter & Section) are the same in the 10th and 11th editions.

 

Week

Date

Lecture Topics

Reading

1

9/6

Introduction; Coordinate Systems; Types of Geospatial Measurements; Units; Significant Figures

Chapter 1 (sections 1,2,4)
Ch2 (1-5)

2

9/13

Measurement Errors; Random Error Propagation; Differential Leveling Errors, Adjustments & Accuracy Standards

Ch3 (1-17)

Ch4 (1-5.2)

Ch5 (1-6,12)

 

3

9/20

Total Stations: Trigonometric Leveling, Angle & Distance Measurement

Ch4 (5.4)

Ch6 (1-2,17-24)

Ch8 (1-9,13,20-22)

4

9/27

Azimuth & Bearing; Coordinate Geometry (COGO) Computations;

Ch7 (1-9)

5

10/4

QUIZ IN CLASS (on weeks 1-4)
Closed Polygon Traverse & Adjustment

Ch9, (1-7)

Ch10 (1-8,10-11,16-17)

6

10/11

Traverse continued; Contours & Digital Terrain Models

Ch16, (5-8)

Ch17 (10,14-17)

7

10/18

Contours (continued)

 

(see above)

8

10/25

Topographic Surveys & Construction Stakeout

Ch16,(1-10, 13-14)

Ch23 (1-3,6,9-12)

9

11/1

Horizontal Circular Curves

Ch24 (1-7,12-13)

10

11/8

Property Descriptions; U.S. Public Land Survey System; Area Computation

 

Ch12 (1-5,7)

Ch21 (1-10)

Ch22 (skim)

11

11/15

Geodetic Datums

Ch19 (1-11)

12

11/22

QUIZ IN CLASS (on weeks 9-11);

Map Projection Coordinate Systems

Ch20 (1-5,8,10-13)

13

11/29

Map Projection Coordinate Systems (continued); Global Positioning System (GPS)

Ch13 (1-3,5-7,11)

Ch14 (1-3.2)

14

12/6

Global Positioning System (GPS) continued

(see above)

15

12/13

Photogrammetric Mapping; Land & Geographic Information Systems (LIS/GIS);   Review

Ch27 (1-2,4-6, 15)

Ch28 (1,2,9,10)