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  • Time Designation, GPS, and Triangulation Surveying

    Credits: 4 PDH

    Course Description:

    This course provides a basic introduction of triangulation surveying principles and methods, the purpose and kinds of triangulation networks, the steps involved in a triangulation survey, and the computations involved in establishing horizontal control points using triangulation.

    Additionally, this course briefly addresses satellite surveying systems and how they are used in locating point positions on the surface of the earth though observation of data received from Global Positioning Satellites (GPS).

    Also discussed is a brief explanation of the use of the different designations of time, such as solar time, zone time, and Greenwich Mean Time.

    Topics:

    • Methods of measuring and recording time
    • Uses of GPS systems and Total Stations in surveying
    • Application of triangulation in surveying
    • Triangulation Networks or Nets
    • Chain of Single Triangles
    • Chain of Polygons
    • Chain of Quadrilaterals
    • Triangulation Stations, Signals, and Instrument Supports
    • Types of Targets, Signals and Towers
    • First, Second, and Third Order Triangulation
    • Precision and Adjustment

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    Intended Audience: This course is intended for Surveyors, and Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, Geotechnical, and other engineers whose job description may require an introductory knowledge of the principles and practices in triangulation surveying.
    Publication Source: US Navy (NAVEDTRA)

    Donald Parnell, PE

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