Introduction to engineering geomatics

• Projection and Coordinate Systems
• Spatial data
• Visualisation
• Vector and raster data analysis
• Leveling hights
• Surveying with total stations
• Satellite surveying by RTK
• Basic laserscanning
• Simple manual computation of coordinates and heights
• Reports writing
• Types of error, their recognition, and prevention possibilities
• Standard deviation, the mean (average), normal dstribution
• Brief introduction to simple survey adjustment

Knowledge

• account for structure and storage formats for geographical data
• Explain how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used to solve practical issues
• Describe the possibilities of geographical analysis - explain the basic principles for presentation of map data
• apply basic land survey methods
• Perform manual calculations of coordinates and heights, accuracy calculation
• prepare documentation and understand the standards

Skills

• Perform import and export of data in a GIS
• master how maps and features are connected
• Perform digitization and map editing
• master how geographic data is presented
• work with current measuring instruments

General competence

• master basic use of metering equipment and software, ability to process data both manually and in software, write documentation and report

• Lectures - Group work
• Task solution
• Guiding Mandatory activities: 8 compulsory work requirements must be approved to attend the exam.