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UNIT IV GPS SURVEYING 9
Basic concepts – Space, Control and User segments – Satellite configuration – Signal structure – Orbit
determination and representation – Anti spoofing and selective availability – hand held and geodetic
receivers – Field work procedure – Data processing Applications.

UNIT V MISCELLANEOUS 9
Reconnaissance – Route surveys for highways, railways and waterways – simple, compound, reverse,
transition and vertical curve – setting out methods - hydrographic surveying – tides – MSL – Sounding
methods – measurement of current and discharge – Tunnel alignment and setting out – Settlement and
Deformation studies.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to
 Get familiarized on the astronomical surveying and determination of time, latitude and longitude
 Get familiarized on the aerial surveying, photogrammetry and photo interpretation
 Use the knowledge acquired on the applications of total station in surveying
 Get familiarized on the GPS concept in surveying and its data processing applications
 Carry out the various other methods of surveying for curve setting, hydrographic survey and
tunneling.

TEXT BOOKS:
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1. James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail, ―Surveying, Theory and Practice‖, 7 Edition,
McGraw Hill, 2001.
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2. Bannister and S. Raymond, ―Surveying‖, 7 Edition, Longman 2004.
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3. Alfred Leick, GPS satellite surveying, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 3 Edition, 2004.
4. Laurila, S.H. Electronic Surveying in Practice, John Wiley and Sons Inc, 1993.
REFERENCES:
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1. Roy S.K., ―Fundamentals of Surveying‖, 2 Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 2004.
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2. Arora K.R. ―Surveying Vol I & II‖, Standard Book House, 10 Edition 2008.
3. Guocheng Xu, GPS Theory, Algorithms and Applications, Springer – Verlag, Berlin, 2003.
4. Seeber G, Satellite Geodesy, Water De Gruyter, Berlin, 1998.

CE17E52 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
 To introduce basic concepts of GIS, its history software, hardware and data
 To gain knowledge on the data structures and data models, data compression and entity relationship
 To obtain knowledge on data input raster and vector data, coordinate transformation and
Georeferencing and topologies adjacency, connectivity and containment
 To gain knowledge on basic aspect on data quality and its standards
 To acquire knowledge on data conversion, data outputs like charts and graphs and GIS distribution

UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS 9
Introduction to GIS - Basic spatial concepts - Coordinate Systems - GIS and Information Systems –
Definitions – History of GIS - Components of a GIS – Hardware, Software, Data, People, Methods –
Proprietary and open source Software - Types of data – Spatial, Attribute data- types of attributes – scales/
levels of measurements.

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