Conventional topics of error ellipses, least squares, and survey pre-analysis, etc. to be addressed. Emphasis on computer applications for adjustments and analysis. Covers different phases of land development process. Study of New Mexico subdivision and condominium laws. Site evaluation includes boundary, control topographic surveys, and environmental and cultural considerations.
Students design lot and building arrangements and streets.
Emphasis on use of commercially available computer software. An introduction to basic astrodynamics, including the launching of satellites, placing a satellite into orbit, and orbit prediction. Data collected from GPS satellites will be used for orbital analysis and for design and analysis of geodetic networks. Covers gravitational potential, level surfaces and plumb lines, and spherical harmonic expansion of the gravitational potential. Includes gravity measurements and gravimetric methods, i.e., the boundary-value problem.