Course Details
History of surveying
Academic Year 2022/23
GE54 course is part of 3 study plans
B-P-C-GK Summer Semester 1st year
B-K-C-GK Summer Semester 1st year
unknown (history data) unknown (history data) 1st year
Development of ideasand knowledge about the figure of Earth, International metric system, Development of survey and computation methods, History of cartographic projection of Earth, History of survey on territory of the Czech republic
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
History of surveying and cartography.
Knowledge
Knowledge of history of surveying and cartography.
Syllabus
1 Gedesy as science and technique
2 Development of ideas and knowledge of the figure of the Earth
3 Determination of the figure of the Earth
4 Development of units
5 International metrical system
6 The oldest maps of the world
7 Beginnig of modern cartography
8 Datums
9 The oldest surveying methods
10 Mapping
11 Photogrammetry - historical development
12 Surveying works on territory the Czech republic
13 Maps of 20. century
Prerequisites
None
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1 Gedesy as science and technique
2 Development of ideas and knowledge of the figure of the Earth
3 Determination of the figure of the Earth
4 Development of units
5 International metrical system
6 The oldest maps of the world
7 Beginnig of modern cartography
8 Datums
9 The oldest surveying methods
10 Mapping
11 Photogrammetry - historical development
12 Surveying works on territory the Czech republic
13 Maps of 20. century