Thursday, Jan. 7 all day Boat trip to Pigeon Cay. GPS and transits. Friday, Jan. 8 all day Leveling. Sunday, Jan. 11 Leveling and Angles. 10 points The objective of this course is to enable you to make field measurements efficiently, assess the precision and accuracy of these measurements, and convert these data into a map.
Projects are due as designated.
If submitted late, your grade will be reduced by one point for each hour after the due time. Projects that receive a low grade may be repeated, and re-submitted . If this is done, they will be re-graded, however, the maximum possible score for repeated labs will be half the difference between the original grade and the maximum possible grade. Original graded work must be re-submitted with the repeated work. An analysis of the precision and accuracy of your results, and the sources of error inherent in this type of mapping Projects will be graded on the basis of completeness, accuracy, error analysis, and final presentation.