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Geodetic Leveling Class

Geodetic Digital Leveling Class, with optional day on River or Valley Crossing Procedures

October 31-November 3, 2017

Instructor: Charles Geoghegan

 

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The Geodetic Digital Leveling class will take place Tuesday, October 31 - Thursday, November 2, 2017. Friday, November 3, will be an optional day covering River or Valley Crossing Procedures.

 

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET

Morning
  • Leveling Introduction
  • Leveling Equipment and Setup
  • Collimation Check and Field Notes
  • Hands on: Collimation Check
Afternoon
  • Geodesy and Corrections for Leveling
  • Leveling Specifications
  • Leveling Demo/Hands on


Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET

Morning
  • Vertical Datum
  • Leveling Wrap Up
  • Resetting Bench Marks
  • Descriptions
  • Hands on: Write up a mark
Afternoon
  • WinDesc: Keying Descriptions

 

Thursday, November 2, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET

Morning
  • Hands on: Leveling
  • Data file downloading and management
  • Translev: Processing
Afternoon
  • Translev (cont): Processing

 

Friday, November 3, 2017 (optional), 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET

  • Overview of river crossing  procedures and equipment.
  • Hands on: Outdoor session - collimation and adjustment of level instruments. A complete river crossing will be performed using NGS's updated procedures for total station equipment. 
  • Reduction and bluebook formatting of river crossing data.

 

 

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