Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Geodetic Networks Course code: GDMR | 7 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 2
Semester: 4
Requirements: Fulfillment of minimum pre-examination requirements in the course Applied geodesy 1 and 2
Goal: Systematically working with students through theoretical instruction and practical training the objective of the course is to enable students to carry out works on determining the position of geodetic basis points in the state surveying, using modern methods in collecting measurement data in a network and their numerical processing.
Outcome: Within this course students learn the specific methods of observation and measurement of sizes in geodetic networks developed for the needs of state surveying. Also, the necessary knowledge about basic processing of measurement results in geodetic networks is acquired, all of which is part of the educational objective of academic program Geodesy-Geomatics.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1.  City trigonometric network. Concept of development and forms of city trigonometric networks. Design of city trigonometric networks.
  2.  Traverse networks. Concept of development and forms of traverse networks. Design of traversal networks. Measurements of sizes for the purposes of determining the position of traversal points.
  3.  Traverse network. Concept of development and forms of traversenetworks.
  4.  Conditional adjustment. Functional and stochastic model of conditional adjustment. Models of conditional equations. Number of conditional equations in network adjustment. Adjustment of central system and geodetic quadrangle. Adjustment of geodetic networks and determining coordinates of points.
  5.  Parameter estimation. Functional and stochastic model of parameter estimation. Equations of corrections for the observed directions and measured angles. Determination of coordinates of points in networks. Three-dimensional networks. Equations of measured length corrections. Adjustment of combined networks.
  6.  Transformation of coordinate points. Affine transformation. Transformation based on two points. Helmert transformation. The least square coordinate transformation.
  7.  GPS in state surveying. Basic components and operation of GPS. Using GPS to determine geodetic basis for the purposes of state surveying.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1.  Independent completion of assignments in class exercises and field exercises (3 weeks, 18 classes per week), which include measurement of angular dimensions of geodetic networks, electronic length measurement, determination of coordinates of points using method ofparameter estimation.
Textbooks and References
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 3
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
10
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
0
colloquium
50
Final exam
Points
Written exam
0
Oral exam
40