SURVEYING and AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
GE2261. Semester 1/ 2009/10
Geography Department, Universiti Brunei Darussalam


This is the three unit course (3 contact hrs per week).
Final mark: 50% coursework + 50 % three hours paper.

Lectures:
Tuesday, 8-10.00, Basement of Chancellors Hall (Room 5)

Tutorials & continuous assessment: Click here

Outline of lectures: Click here

Slides from lectures: Click here

Photos from Bukit Timbalai

Photos from one of tutorials..

Lecture slides for GE 2260 (cartography & Map Analysis)

 

Lecturer: Dr Kazimierz Becek

USEFUL LINKS

Levelling...
~ Level Instrument (1.5MB!)
~ Optical Levelling Form
~ Lecture 2

Traverse...
~ Total Station TC800
~ Traverse Calculation Form

Compass....
~ How to use a compass
~ Using the compass in interaction with a map
~ Magnetic Declination
~ Suggested Exercises
~ How to navigate in foggy conditions
~ Finding the directions without a compass

GPS...
~ Handheld GPS Garmin - eTrex

Aera measurements...

~ The Planimeter

Aerial/Satellite imagery...
~ The Mall & Yayasan from space
~ New Orleans from space (>3MB!)

Other stuff...

~Geodetic Controls at UBD
~ WGS84 < -> Timbalai48 <-> (B)RSO
~ WGS84/UTM
~ DTM for Brunei Darussalam
~ Sample Report

Geography Department coordinates:
RSO: N=550576, E=577684, Z=25m
Geographic:Phi = 4d 58m 27.2s
Lambda = 114d 53m 35.2s
2005 Copyright © K. Becek