List of Topics for Geodetic Digital Leveling Class
March 30th-April 1st, 2010
Instructors: Charles Geoghegan and Malcolm Archer-Shee
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
Morning
- History of Geodetic Surveying in the U.S., includes a short film
- Past and present need for Geodetic Leveling
- Why Geodetic Leveling is important to height modernization
- Geodetic Leveling theory
- Modern Geodetic Leveling equipment and techniques
- Setting up a project
Afternoon
- Outdoor demonstrations: setup, use and care of equipment; collimation check; 3-person leveling
Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
Morning- Short film: 200 Years of NOAA
- Digital levels for Geodetic Leveling
- Basic operation of currently accepted instrumentation
- Need and practice of hand recording metadata
- Break up into groups for hands-on leveling
Afternoon
- Observe and store data
- Take turns running instrument and rods
- Three brands of instruments available:
- Download/backup data
Thursday, April 1, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
- Station descriptions: WinDesc
- Processing data: Translev
- Submitting data to NGS