the level A level essentially comprises a telescope rotatable about a vertical axis; it is usued to create a horizontal line of sight so that height differences can be datermined and stakeouts can…
Driver Eye Height Sight distance is a safety design factor which is intrinsically linked to rate of change of grade , and hence to K - values Consider once again the hump - backed bridge Drivers a…
ldeally , the total station should meet the following requirements: a) Line of sight ZZ perpen- dicular to tilting axis KK b) Tilting axis KK perpen- dicular to vertical axis VV c) Vertical axis V…
1- Set out the total station in the terrain so that it is within viow of surveyed. it is not necessary to pisition the horizontal circle. 2- Determinethe boundary points of the area sequentially dir…
The program determines the distance and height difference between two points. 1. Set up the total station at any location. 2. Measure the distance to each of the two points A and B. 3. The distanc…
1- Extend the legs of the tripod as far as is required and tighten the screws family. 2- set up the tripod so that the tripod plate is as horizontal as possible and the legs of the tripod are f…
This program calculates the position and height of the instrument station, along with the orientation of the horizontal circle, from measuremnts to at least two points, the coordinates of which …
GPS surveys use the signals transmitted by satellites having trajectories such that any point on the Earth's surface can be determined around the clock and independently of weather condition…
Galileo is a joint initiative of the European Commission ( EC ) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) When fully operational the system will have 30 satellites in three planes , placed equally arou…
The future for GPS , WAAS and EGNOS and Galileo looks promising The future for GLONASS is harder to assess but could also match expectations In the worst case if only the GPS satellites and all of…
in an excavation, point B is to be set out at a height ∆H =1.00 metre below street level (point A). 1- set up the level so that the sighting distances to A and B are about the same. 2- set u…
Datum Transformations Coordinate transformations are quite common in surveing . They range from simple translations between coordinates and setting-out grids on a construction site , to transfo…
Position fixing in three dimensions may involve the measurement of distance ( or range ) to at least three satellites whose X Y and Z positions is known in order to define the user’s Xp Yp and Zp po…
EGNOS is the European counterpart of the US WAAS It is a joint project of the European Space Agency ( ESA ) the European Commission ( EC ) and Eurocontrol the European Organization for the Safely o…
This method is used to give high precision over long baselines such as are used in geodetic control surveys at its simplest one receiver is set up over a station of known X,Y,Z coordinates prefe…
The process of resolving the integer ambiguities is called initialization and may be done by sitting up both receivers at each end of a baseline whose coordinates are accurately known In subse…
This technique is regarded as a third from of static surveying or as a pseudo kinematic procedure it is based on repeating the survey after a time gap of one or two hours in order to make use of the…
1- place the tripod approxi - mately over the ground point. 2- lnspect the tripod from various sides and correct its position so that the tripod plate is roughly horizontal and about the ground po…
the reticle carries two stadia lines arranged symmetrically to the crosshair. their spacing is such that the distance can be derived by multiplying the corresponding staff section by 100.(This d…