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Surveying

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Replaced course

BūvTB005 [GBTRB005] Surveying

Course abstract

Study course provide knowledge of recent conception of the shape and size of the Earth. The description of the Earth’s surface on plans and maps. Scales.Coordinate systems. The orientation of lines in the area. The basic knowledge of the measuring errors theory. The angular measurements. Measuring of distances. Leveling. Geodetic networks.Ttopographical surveying. The marking of building projects in the area. Cartography and its goals.Characteristics and structure of maps.Processing of information and cartographical interpretation. Surveying of the river, the active cross-section determination

Learning outcomes and their assessment

• knows and understands the nature and content of the geodesy industry, surveying application possibilities and the use of the obtained results.
• knows how to independently evaluate the condition of the task, the application of the used solution methods for the performance of various types of surveying tasks.

• is able to process and evaluate the obtained results in cooperation with the head of the study course.

Course Content(Calendar)

1 Tasks, content and role of surveying in the national economy. 2h
2 Earth type and coordinate systems used in surveying. 3h
3 Orientation of lines. 2h
4 Topographic plans and maps. 3h
5 Principle and methods of measuring horizontal angles. 4h
6 Geodetic instruments for horizontal and vertical measurement. 4h
7 Measurement of inclination angles. Determination and adjustment of the zero point of the vertical arc 4h
8 Measuring distances, their methods with various tools and instruments. 3h
9 Leveling tasks and methods. 2h
10 Geometric leveling and its types. 3h
11 Earth surface leveling methods. Drawing up a relief plan. 4h
12 Remote sensing, meaning and application in environmental and water resources management. 3h
13 Cartography, its tasks. Map features and content. 3h
14 Survey of water bodies, determination of active cross-section. 3h
15 Global positioning. 2h

16 Application of global positioning in environmental and water resources management. 3h

Requirements for awarding credit points

1. Two control works for individual chapters of the subject, completed laboratory works.
2. Students who have successfully written all the tests may not take a separate exam, but get its assessment as the average grade of the tests. The rest of the students, as well as those who want to raise their grade, take a written exam on the entire subject as a whole.

Compulsory reading

1. Ģeodēzija. B. Helfriča ... [u.c.]. U.Zumenta redakcijā. Rīga: VA LĢIA „Latvijas karte”, 2007. 262 lpp.
2. I, II un III klases nivelēšanas instrukcija VZD 2001.
3. Žagars J., Zvirgzds J., Kaminskis J. Globālās navigācijas satelītu sistēmas (GNSS). Ventspils: Ventspils Augstskola, 2014. 231 lpp.

Further reading

1. LR normatīvie dokumenti saistībā par vides un ūdensresursu ģeotelpisko pārvaldību

Periodicals and other sources

1. www.mernieks.lv
2. www.lgia.gov.lv
3. www.vzd.gov.lv
4. Interneta resursi saistīti ar mērniecību