FOEN 3040
FOEN 3040. Forest Surveying. (3) Lec. 1 hrs/wk, Lab. 8 hrs/wk. Prerequisites: FORY or BSEN major. Basic land surveying concepts and procedures as applied to Forestry. Use of basic surveying instruments and calculations for land areas, boundaries, and topographic features. Summer.
Required for students in the Forest Engineering Option pathway.
Textbook: Wolf, Paul R. and Charles D. Ghilani. 2006. Elementary Surveying An Introduction to Geomatics (11th ed.). Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
Course Objectives: Familiarize students with proper care and use of surveying equipment to include the theodolite, auto level, GPS, compass, and tapes. Provide the students exercises with the calculations specific to the presentation of surveying data. Allow the students to practice the use of surveying equipment to collect and analyze data for determining elevations, the location of a boundary line, the construction of a topographic map, and the examination of land ownership records in a county courthouse.
Topics Covered:
- Theory of Measurements and Errors
- Surveying Field Notes
- Distance Measurement
- Measurement of Direction
- The Compass
- Introduction to the Theodolite
- Traversing
- Traverse Computations
- Area Calculations
- Leveling Theory, Methods, Equipment and Computations
- GPS
- Topographic Mapping - Project Description and Horizontal Control
- Stadia Theory and Measurements
- Vertical Control
- Stadia Points
- Map Construction
- Land Records Lecture
- Survey of Public Lands
- Boundary Surveys
- Boundary Line Project
Course contributes to the professional component by serving as one of the engineering science courses.
Course contributes to the following program outcomes: a) apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, d) function on multi-disciplinary teams, f) understand professional and ethical responsibility, h) broad education in understanding engineering in global and societal context, and k) use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Prepared by Robert Tufts.
