An introductory course on ordinary field surveying. Students acquire skills in the practical aspects of the field survey operations of measuring distances, angles, differences in elevation, and in the care and maintenance of surveying equipment. The final project will be to collect survey data for a topographic map. An introductory course on the office aspects of surveying.
Students learn to analyze field survey data and prepare maps and other information for the end user.
Students also acquire knowledge about the interrelationships between field surveying, computations, and mapping functions.