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Geodetic Leveling Class

List of Topics for Geodetic Digital Leveling Class

For CO-OPS employees and contractors only

May 4-6 , 2010

Instructors: Charles Geoghegan and Malcolm Archer-Shee

 

Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 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, May 5, 2010, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 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
    • Collimation check
Afternoon

  • Observe and store data
  • Take turns running instrument and rods
  • Three brands of instruments available:
    • Leica
    • Topcon
    • Trimble
  • Download/backup data

Thursday, May 6, 2010, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET

  • Station descriptions: WinDesc
  • Processing data: Translev
  • Submitting data to NGS
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