0 or 4 credits
Fall 2026 Lecture Lower Division
This course provides a broad overview of geomatics engineering including fundamental principles required for practical geomatics applications. This course includes subjects in traditional surveying, GPS surveying, remote sensing, photogrammetry, laser scanning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Basic concepts on these subjects are applied to solve practical problems in various civil engineering applications; including computations for engineering project control and construction layout; theory of error propagation; fundamental concepts of horizontal and vertical curves; topographic mapping using various geospatial data acquisition technologies from ground, air, and space; GIS for visualization and analysis of geospatial data.
Learning Outcomes1Design and execute a leveling survey.
2Design and execute a traverse survey.
3Use surveing data to produce a topographic map.
4Perform horizontal and vertical curve computations.
5Collect GPS/RTK/RTN data with survey grade accuracy.
6Perform remote sensing image classification.
7Measure digital photographs and perform camera calibration.
8Use software to generate 3D point cloud from digital imagery.
9Perform multi-image bundle block adjustment.
10Manipulate 3D point cloud data from a laser scanner, and extract engineering parameters.
11Select appropriate geodetic references and map projections for geomatics applications.
12Collect and register geospatial data from multiple sources for engineering applications.
13Map and visualize collected geospatial data.
Prerequisites
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