Course Details

Geodesy

Academic Year 2024/25

BEA001 course is part of 4 study plans

​ BPC-SI / VS Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-MI Winter Semester 1st year

​ BKC-SI Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPA-SI Winter Semester 2nd year

The importance of geodesy in civil engineering. Coordinate systems, reference frames and vertical datum in Czech republic and EU.
Angle-, distance-, height measurements, geodetic calculations. Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
Methods of spatial data collecting - surveying, GNSS, terrestrial and airborne laser scanning, mobile mapping systems.
Setting out of structures, check measurements, determination of displacements and deformations, special measurements.
Cadastre of real estates, retrieval of informations from cadastre.
Cartography, state map series, geographical information systems (GIS), building information model (BIM).

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Viliam Vatrt, DrSc.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Basic of mathematics, trigonometric functions.

Aims

Fundamentals of geodesy for civil engineering
Student gets acquainted with fundamentals of geodesy for civil engineering

Basic Literature

Ghilani, C.D., Wolf, P.R.: Elementary Surveying, Pearson Prentice Hall, London, 2008. (en)

Recommended Reading

Ghilani, C.D., Wolf, P.R.: Elementary Surveying, Pearson Prentice Hall, London, 2008. (en)
Torge, W.: Geodesy, de Gruyter, 2001. (en)
Irvine, W.: Surveying for Construction, McGraw-Hill, London, 1995. (en)

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281408

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. The role of geodesy in civil engineering. History. Shape and dimensions of the Earth, reference bodies. Units.
  • 2. Geodetic horizontal control. Angle and distance measurements. Coordinate systems and reference frames. Basic coordinate calculations.
  • 3. Vertical control. Methods for measuring of heights. Digital Terrain Model.
  • 4. Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), applications in surveying, machine control.
  • 5. Methods of spatial data collecting - polar method, orthogonal method, GNSS RTK.
  • 6. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
  • 7. Terrestrial and airborne laser scanning, mobile mapping systems.
  • 8. Geodetic works in the project preparation phase. Project setting out. Check measurements. As-built surveying of structures.
  • 9. Determination of displacements and deformations of buildings.
  • 10. Geodetic works in the construction of roads, railways, tunnels and bridges. Special measurements in industry. Determination of areas and volumes.
  • 11. Cadastre of real estates. Implementation of changes in the cadastre, sketches, defining the boundary. Inspection of the cadastre.
  • 12. Basics of Cartography. State map series in Czech Republic.
  • 13. Geographic information systems, information model of a building. Examples of solving specified geodetic tasks.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.–3. Theodolite, angle measurements and setting out.
  • 4.–5. Leveling, height measurements and setting out.
  • 6.–8. Introduction to the work with measuring instruments used on construction sites. Straight line, horizontal plane and inclined plane setting out, distance measurements.
  • 9. Collection of background data for the project preparation phase.
  • 10. Basic coordinate calculations.
  • 11.–13. Setting out drawings. As-built surveying of structures.