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Geomatics Engineering (BTCE-401)

1. Photogrammetry
Introduction, Basic Principles, Photo-Theodolite, Elevation of a Point by Photographic
Measurement, Aerial Camera, Vertical Photograph, Tilted Photograph, Scale, Crab and Drift,
Flight Planning for Aerial Photography, Ground Control for Photogrammetry, Photomaps and
Mosaics, Stereoscopic Vision, Stereoscopic parallax, Stereoscopic Plotting Instruments,
Applications.

2. Electromagnetic Distance Measurement (EDM)
Electromagnetic Waves, Carrier Waves, Black body radiation, Laws of radiation Modulation,
Types of EDM Instruments, Electro-optical, Infrared, and Microwave EDM Instruments,
Effect of Atmospheric Conditions, The Geodimeter, The Tellurometer, Wild Distomats,
Electronic Total Station.

3. Remote Sensing
Introduction, Basic Principles, Electromagnetic (EM) Energy Spectrum, EM Radiations and
the Atmosphere, Interaction of EM radiations with Earth’s Surface, Types of remote sensing
systems, Remote Sensing Observation Platforms, Satellites and their characteristics – Geostationary
and sun-synchronous, Earth Resources Satellites, Meteorological satellites,
Sensors, Types and their characteristics, Across track and Along track scanning, Applications
of Remote Sensing.

4. Geographical Information System (GIS)
Definition, GIS Objectives, Hardware and software requirements for GIS, Components of
GIS, Coordinate System and Projections in GIS, Data structure and formats, Spatial data
models – Raster and Vector, Data inputting in GIS, Data base design - editing and topology
creation in GIS, Linkage between spatial and non spatial data, Spatial data analysis –
significance and type, Attribute Query, Spatial Query, Vector based spatial data analysis,
Raster based spatial data analysis, Errors in GIS, Integration of RS and GIS data, Digital
Elevation Model, Network Analysis in GIS, GIS Software Packages.

5. Global Positioning System (GPS)
Introduction, Fundamental concepts, GPS system elements and signals, GPS measurements
and accuracy of GPS, Satellite Movement, GPS Satellites, Co-ordinate systems - Geoids,
Ellipsoid and Datum, Spheroid, Customised Local Reference Ellipsoids, National Reference
Systems, Worldwide Reference Ellipsoid, WGS 84, Differential-GPS, Classification of GPS
receivers, GPS Applications.

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