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Syllabus ( GEO 304 )


   Basic information
Course title: Adjustment of Geodetic Networks
Course code: GEO 304
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. M. Halis SAKA
ECTS credits: 4
GTU credits: 3 ()
Year, Semester: 3, Spring
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Area Elective
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: None
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: This course aims to provide the students with the understanding of the establishment of geodetic networks, measurement and evaluation principles. Teaches modeling and adjustment procedures of different geodetic problems.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Designs geodetic networks related to surveying projects

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,
    3. Continuously develop their knowledge and skills in order to adapt to a rapidly developing technological environment,
    4. Communication and Social Competence

    Method of assessment

    1. Homework assignment
  2. Statistically evaluates and interprets geodetic control networks

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,
    3. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  3. Grasps the current methods for densifying geodetic networks.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,
    3. Learning Competence

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
   Contents Up
Week 1: Application fields of geodetic control networks and network design
Week 2: Introduction of basic national geodetic networks, TUREF
Week 3: Densification of National GNSS Network
Week 4: Densification of National GNSS Network
Week 5: Free network adjustment, Minimum constraint adjusment
Week 6: 3D coordinate transformation and adjustment
Week 7: Statistical testing of existing network points, constraint adjusment
Week 8: Numerical applications, Homework
Week 9: Geodetic control networks
Week 10: Geodetic control networks for deformation detection, Midterm
Week 11: Numerical applications
Week 12: Statistical methods for deformation analysis
Week 13: Deformation problems related to geodetic networks
Week 14: Numerical applications
Week 15*: -
Week 16*: Final exam
Textbooks and materials: -
Recommended readings: Adjustment computations: spatial data analysis: by Charles D. Ghilani fifth edition, Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010, 647pp

Koch KR (1998) Parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in linear models. Springer, Berlin
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 10 25
Other in-term studies: 0
Project: 0
Homework: 8 25
Quiz: 0
Final exam: 16 50
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 14
Own studies outside class: 2 12
Practice, Recitation: 2 8
Homework: 8 1
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 2 1
Mid-term: 2 1
Personal studies for final exam: 3 1
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
*
  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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