2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Surveying
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Nobuyuki Utsumi / Yasuhito Niina
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon / 3-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.M203
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course gives an overview of survey technology that is one of the most basic technologies in design, planning, or construction works. In this course, the historical aspects, basic knowledge such as global coordinates, error theory, data processing methods will be explained. In addition, the recent developments and technologies in the field of survey such as GNSS (GPS), digital photogrammetry, laser measurement, GIS, and remote sensing will be outlined in class.
This course is aimed at providing fundamental technical knowledge in civil and environmental engineering fields for students.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain the history of the developments of survey technologies.
2) Explain errors in measurements and the propagation of such errors.
3) Explain how to handle data containing errors.
4) Explain recent survey technologies such as GNSS(GPS) and GIS.
Keywords
Survey, Errors, Data processing, Photogrammetry, Laser measurement, GNSS(GPS), GIS, Remote sensing
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In this course, lectures on fundamental technical knowledge will be given.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Outline and role of survey technology, History of survey | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 2 | Recent surveying technology: basic ideas and coordinate systems | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 3 | Basic matters related to survey, measurements and errors | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 4 | Coordinate transformation (projective transformation) | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 5 | Least square method | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 6 | Photogrammetry | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 7 | Principles of least square method | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 8 | Laser measurement and digital terrain model | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 9 | GNSS(GPS) | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 10 | Least square method | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 11 | Remote sensing | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 12 | Constrained least square method | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 13 | GIS | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
| Class 14 | Net adjustment and examination | Explain the term(s) in the title of this class |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials will be given by the instructor.
Evaluation methods and criteria
In this class, students' performance will be evaluated as follows.
Instructor 1 (Utsumi) : report (25%) and examination (75%)
Instructor 2 (Niina): report (25%) and final report (75%).
The final evaluation will be done by averaging the evaluation results of the two instructors.
Related courses
- None.
Prerequisites
None.