Use of Principal surveying instruments; surveying measurements and error theory, basic plane surveying operations and computational method of position, traverses and areas; basic cartography.
Pre-requisite: Math 53
5 hours a week (2class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 11 Elementary Surveying.
History and development of surveying; basic concepts of, and instrumentation
for, surveying measurements; applications to engineering, geology, architecture
and other discipline.
Pre-requisite: Math 17 or equivalent
4 hours a week (1 class, 3 lab): Credit 2 units
GE 12 General Surveying II
Use of geodetic instruments; horizontal and vertical controls; topographic,
hydrographic, route and mine survey operations; introduction to field
astronomy, map projections and photogrammetry.
Pre-requisite: GE 10
8 hours a week (2 class, 6 lab): Credit 4 units
GE 16 Elementary Photo-Interpretation.
Principles of photogrammetry, aerial photo-interpretation of cultural
and natural features; (For non-geodetic engineer students)
Pre-requisite: GE10 or 11
4 hours a week (1 class, 3 lab): Credit 2 units
GE 36 Map Projections.
Common coordinates and reference systems; general theory and construction
of major map projection systems; map distortions; the Philippine Plane
Coordinate System.
Pre-requisite: Math 55 & GE 12
4 hours a week (1 class, 3 lab): Credit 2 units
GE 38 Cartography.
Classifications of map; map standardization, production, reproduction
and preservation; land survey plans.
Pre-requisite: GE 10
4 hours a week (1 class, 3 lab): Credit 2 units
GE 115 Mine Surveying.
Principles of underground surveying, transferring meridians underground,
locating and laying out mining work such as shafts, winzes, levels, and
connection; regulations governing mineral land surveys.
Pre-requisite: GE 10
2 hours a week (class): Credit 2 units
GE 117 Construction & Industrial Surveying.
Geometry and layout of horizontal and vertical transition curves for highways
and railroads; profiles; sections and alignment; earthwork computations;
layout of industrial infrastructures.
Pre-requisite: GE 10
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 119 Property Surveying.
Survey project controls; comparative equipment, procedures and precision;
regulations governing property surveys in the country; transformation
of coordinates to the Philippine Plane Coordinate System, PRS 1992.
Pre-requisite: GE 36
8 hours a week (2 class, 6 lab): Credit 4 units
GE 143 Laws on Natural Resources.
Pertinent provisions of the Civil Code on property and its ownership;
study of the mining law, petroleum act, coal land act, modes on acquiring
mineral lands; public land laws; forest laws; and other relevant laws.
Pre-requisite: Consent of Instructor.
3 hours a week (class): Credit 3 units
GE 145 Mining Laws.
Study of the Philippine mining law, the petroleum act and the coal land
act, proper legal procedures for the application for mineral land leases
and permits and requisites for their final approval.
1 hour a week (class) Credit 1 unit
GE 146 Law of Contracts.
Requisites of contracts; obligation of contracting parties; nullity and
enforcement of contracts; study of actual cases involving contracts.
1 hour a week (class): Credit 1 unit
GE 148 Land Registration Law.
Fundamentals of the law on ordinary and cadastral land registration in
connection with the Torrens system.
Pre-requisite: Consent of Instructor.
2 hours week (class): Credit 2 units
GE 157 Photogrammetry I.
Principles of aerial photography, stereoscopy, photogrammetric optics;
monophotogrammetry, introduction to stereo photogrammetry, instrumentation
and applications.
Pre-requisite: GE 161
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 158 Photogrammetry II
Principles of stereophotogrammetry, aerial triangulation methods and adjustments;
coordinate transformations; orthophotography; instrumentation; applications.
Pre-requisite: GE 157
8 hours a week (2 class, 6 lab): Credit 4 units
GE 159 Photo Interpretation and Remote Sensing.
Principles of photo-interpretation and remote sensing; identification
of geomorphological and cultural features using aerial photography and
their imageries; applications.
Pre-requisite: Preceded by, or concurrent with, GE 157
7 hours a week (1 class, 6 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 160 Introduction to Remote Sensing &
Geographic Information Systems.
Principles of remote sensing; electromagnetic radiation at the earth's
surface; airborne and satellite remote sensing systems; digital image
processing; principles of geographic information systems; data structure;
data analysis.
Pre-requisite: Senior standing.
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 161 Geometric Geodesy.
Historical development; geometry of reference ellipsoid; determination
from geodetic data, geodetic coordinates; direct and inverse problems;
astro-geodetic deflections of the vertical.
Pre-requisite: ES 21, GE 12 & Math 20
3 hours a week (class): Credit 3 units
GE 162 Physical Geodesy.
Basic potential theory, earth theories; isostasy, equipotential surfaces,
the geoid, application of deflection of the vertical.
Pre-requisite: Preceded by, or concurrent with, GE 161
3 hours a week (class): Credit 3 units
GE 163 Geodetic Leveling and Hydrography.
Precise determinations of elevations; tidal datum planes; sounding and
position determination; precise hydrographic instruments; hydrographic
mapping.
Pre-requisite: GE 12
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 164 Geodetic Surveying.
Principles of establishment and densification of horizontal geodetic control
networks; triangulation, trilateration and traverse; baseline measurements;
instruments, procedures and specifications.
Pre-requisite: GE 161
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
GE 166 Geodetic Astronomy.
Stellar coordinate systems, positions and motions, precise determination
of astronomic azimuth, latitude, time, longitude; instrumentation.
Pre-requisite: GE 161
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credits 3 units
GE 168 Satellite Geodesy.
Geometric and dynamic applications of artificial satellites in geodesy,
orbital geometry; determination of station coordinates and gravity field
of the earth.
Pre-requisite: GE 162 & GE 166: Credit 3 units
GE 171 Geodetic Computation and Adjustment I.
Frequency distributions, simple probability theory, classifications and
propagation of errors, theory of least squares; weight observation and
condition equations; variances and co-variances; adjustment method.
Pre-requisite: ES 26 & GE 161
6 hours a week (3 class, 3 lab): Credit 4 units
GE 172 Geodetic Computation and Adjustment II
Combination of observation and condition equations; sequential solutions
& iterations; statistical tests' empirical fitting of polynomials.
Pre-requisite: GE 171
5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab): Credit 3 units
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