GI3201 SURVEYING I SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY BE GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING 3RD SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2008 2011-2012

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GI3201 SURVEYING I SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY BE GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING 3RD SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2008 2011-2012 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY THIRD SEMESTER BE GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011-2012 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI,TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2008 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009

GI3201 SURVEYING I L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of this course is to introduce the rudiments of Land Survey
methods and principles to Geoinformatics Engineers. This is the correct term and it falls
under the general title of Land Surveying.
UNIT I FUNDAMNETALS OF SURVEYING 4
Definition – Plane Surveying – Geodetic surveying – Branches of Surveying – Basic
principles – Fieldwork and office work – Scales – Mistakes and errors – and
accuracy.
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UNIT II CHAIN SURVEYING 9
Equipment – ranging and chaining – reciprocal ranging – well conditioned triangles – Errors
in linear measurement and their corrections – Fieldwork – Office work – Obstacles.
UNIT III COMPASS SURVEYING AND PLANE TABLE SURVEYING 12
Compass – Types – Bearing – systems – Local attraction – Magnetic declination – Dip –
Traversing – Plotting – Adjustment of error – Plane table – Instruments and accessories
– Merits and demerits – Methods – Radiation – intersection – resection – traversing.
UNIT IV LEVELLING 14
Level line – Horizontal line – Datum – Levels and staves – Bench marks – temporary and
permanent adjustments – Fly levelling – Check levelling – Procedure in leveling – Booking
– Reduction – Curvature and refraction Reciprocal levelling – Longitudinal and Cross
section – Plotting – Contouring – Methods – Characteristics and uses of contours –
Plotting.
UNIT V AREAS AND VOLUMES 6
The Planimeter – Areas enclosed by straight lines – Irregular figures – Volumes –
Earthwork calculations – Capacity of reservoirs – Mass haul diagrams.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail, Surveying, Theory and Practice,
Seventh Edition, Mc Graw Hill 2001.
2. Bannister and S. Raymond, Surveying, Seventh Edition, Longman 2004.
3. S.K. Roy, Fundamentals of Surveying, Second Edition, Prentice’ Hall of India
2004.
REFERENCES:
1. A.M. Chandra, Plane Surveying, New Age International Publishers 2002.
2. Alak De, Plane Surveying, S. Chand & Company Ltd., 2000.