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Course: GISC3325 Syllabus (2013)

 

SyllabusGISC3325_2013.pdf  

 

Textbook for the course: "Geodesy for Geomatics and GIS Professionals" by James A. Elithorp, Jr. and Dennis D. Findorff. The publisher's page for the text is here:

https://www.xanedu.com/higher-education/educators/custom-books-catalog/geodesy-for-geomatics-and-gis-professionals/  It is also available through other booksellers.


Class Schedule/Topics


Class 1: (23 Jan 2013)  Introduction to course

 

 

Discussion of objectives, requirements and expected outcomes of the course.  Read the syllabus!

lecture1_2013_Class_Intro.pdf - lecture 


Class 2: (28 Jan 2013) - Spherical Latitude and Longitude and Time 

 

GISC3325_class2_lat_lon_geomSphere.pdf - 


Class 3: (30 Jan 2013) - Great Circle Computations and Matlab Use

 

GreatCircleComputations.pdf  - 2012 class lecture

 

comps_class2_2013.m - Matlab code for computations in classes 2 and 3.

matlabTest.sce - while named matlabTest.sce, this is a Scilab version of a script file solving the PC inverse as well as great circle distance and inverse.


Class 4: (4 February 2013) Some history 

 

lecture4_2013_historyMethods.pdf - class lecture 


Class 5: (6 February 2013) State Plane Coordinates

 

Lec5_2013_SPCS_lecture.pdf - lecture


Classes 6 and 7: (11 and 13 February 2013)  Critical importance of Gravity to Geodesy

 

GravityGeodesy2K10.pdf - lecture for both days

 

REQUIRED ADDITIONAL READING

 

Gravity info from USGS  - good information about field gravity observations and gravity anomalies.

Excellent summary of different height systems  - shows derivations of different heights.  

grs80_parameters.pdf - these are official values for Geodetic Reference System of 1980  (link shown on PDF is no longer valid)  

http://geoweb.mit.edu/~tah/12.221_2005/grs80_corr.pdf - link above to grs80 parameters is no longer valid. This link is (as of 26 Dec 2019). 


Class 8: 18 February 2013 - Exam and Lab 3 review then NGS Airborne gravity and GSVS 2011

 

GRAVD_Airborne_Gravity_Processing_101.ppt  - presentation for class

geoidSlopeValidationSurvey.pdf  - second presentation illustrating the geoid slope validation survey in Texas from CC to Austin

 

supplemental materials

http://scintrexltd.com/downloads/GRAVGUID.pdf - interesting document on gravity meter use and gravity data characteristics and reductions.

NGS_GRAV-D_General_Airborne_Gravity_Data_User_Manual_v1.1.pdf  - manual describing airborne gravity data collection and reduction 


Class 9: 20 February 2013 - The NGS On-Line GPS Positioning Service (OPUS)

 

class9_CORS_OPUS_etc.pdf - lecture for 2013 future lectures with deal with similar tools: AUSPOS, SCOUT, APPS, NRC-PPP, and others.

 

Recommended: Introduction to geodetic-quality GPS -  http://www.agu.org/webcast/Blewitt.html - webcast from AGU 


Class 10: 25 February 2013 - Earth as an Ellipse

 

Ellipse_16Feb2K10.pdf - lecture


Class 11: 27 February 2013 - OPUS status and future

 

class11_2013_OPUS_future_status_.pdf - OPUS, OPUS-RS, OPUS-Projects, OPUS-Net

 

Read chapter 7 for next week

 

class11_XYZ2geo.html  - Matlab code for XYZ to Geodetic

BowringTextExample.sce  - Scilab code

BowringTextExample.pdf - Scilab text file converted to PDF   


Class 12: 4 March 2013 - More ellipsoid computations

 

Lec16_GRS_9MR2010.pdf - ENU from slant distance, vertical or zenith angle, and azimuth. XYZ2 <->LLh. Datum transformations. 


Class 13: 6 March 2013 - Yet more ellipsoid computations

 

Lecture12–MoreDamnedEllipsoidStuff.pdf - lecture 

 

simpleChapter5.m   -  Code developed during class (in Matlab) After the lecture we will examine the use of Matlab and Scilab to solve numeric problems in textbook chapters 5 and 7.  chap5_7comps.sce  - Scilab code for problems in chapters 5 and 7 of the text. Cannot be used in Matlab without modifications. 


Class 14: 18 March 2013 - Horizontal datums in the US:  NAD27/NAD83(1986)/NAD83(HARN)/NAD83(2007)

 

Regional and global horizontal datums used in the United States. 25Feb2010_NAD.pdf - lecture

 

Required reading

NADCON article   -  will cover horizontal datums next class NADCON_ProfSurv_article.pdf (same article but with graphics)

VERTCON article  - will cover vertical datums next week ( VERTCON4ProfSurveyor.pdf - same article but with graphics)


Class 15: 20 March 2013 - NAD83(CORS96), NAD83(2007) and NAD83(2011)

 

Continued with presentation used in Class 14. 


Class 16: 25 March 2013 - NAD83(2007), NAD83(2011), ITRF and WGS84

 

lecture16_2013modernRefFrames.pdf  - modern reference frames

 

Recommended reading 

Article on ITRF2008 in Journal of Geodesy with Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-011-0444-4  The Open Access option allows anyone to retrieve the full article for free and without subscription to the Journal.

 

IERS Convention Technical Note 36 (2010)  http://www.iers.org/sid_F81BC91F5AAC9C461A049083028E3AE2/IERS/EN/Publications/TechnicalNotes/tn36.html  


Class 17: 27 March 2013 - NAVD 88 and Vertical Datums in the United States

 

Class15_2010_Vdatums.pdf - lecture

 

Supplemental information

NSRS_MODERNIZATION_0511.ppt - NGS presentation on issues related to upgrading the National Spatial Reference System.

Characteristics of modern 3-D datums (Latitude,Longitude and ellipsoid height) including the issue of changes as functions of time. 2Mar2010_class.pdf - topic continued

 

Recommended reading 

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NAVD88/navd88report.htm


Class 18: 1 April 2013 - Basic Least Squares and the Two-plane problem in text

 

 

problem83.html - Two-plane problem example from textbook pages 152-153

problem83.m - Matlab m-file


Class 19: 3 April 2013 - Leveling and FGCS leveling specifications

 

Leveling - page under development discussing leveling and related issues. Not part of course.

 

Required reading

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/FGCS/tech_pub/Fgcsvert.v41.specs.pdf - FGCS leveling specifications for digital bar-code leveling

 

Supplemental information

Lecture24_2K7PreciseLeveling.ppt  - lecture 

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ngsims/Level_Template/viewer  


Class 20: 8 April 2013 Guest Lecturer Dr. Jeffress, Professor and Director of Blucher Institute  


Class 21: 10 April 2013 - Exam 2 Review then Level Adjustments

 

Required reading:  Good article on hybrid geoid modeling - Professor Featherstone on hybrid geoid modeling.


Class 22: 15 April 2013 - Introduction to "The" Geoid 

 

TheGeoid.ppt - past lecture 

Class19_Geoid_1.pdf - NGS geoid modeling and GEOID2009

lecture22_Geoid_2013.pdf - today's lecture updated to reflect GEOID2012A.

 

Additional materials

NGS Geoid documents page 

 

Required reading

http://mycoordinates.org/determination-of-local-gravimetric-geoid/all/1/ - article on geoid modeling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12911806 - BBC article on GOCE and the geoid.


Class 23 : 17 April 2013 - More on the Geoid 

 

Finish lecture 22 and continue with presentation below

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GEOID/PRESENTATIONS/2007_02_24_CCPS/Roman_B_PLSC2007notes.pdf

 

additional materials

DruSmithSubsidenceIssue.ppt - geoid and subsidence

Geoid Modeling at NGS  pdf 2008 lecture


Class 24:  22 April 2013 - Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)

 

lecture_GPS_2013.pdf  - class lecture

 

additional materials

Class_17_2k7.ppt - introduction to NAVSTAR GPS

Lecture20_MoreGPS_GLONASS.ppt  - More on GNSS especially US NAVSTAR and OPUS 


Class 25: 24 April 2013 - GPS baselines, etc

 

class25_GPS_bl.pdf - today's lecture GPS baselines, tropo errors, networks and more

additional materials

CORSSiteMonumentationReport.pdf  - Prototype NGS CORS pillar monument and details other agency monuments.


Class 26:  29 April 2013 - GPS project planning and evaluation 

 

Lecture27_NGS_TM58.ppt - Determining ellipsoid and orthometric heights for a network of points using NGS guidelines.

 

Required reading:

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/ConstrainedAdjustments.pdf - article: "The Trouble with Constrained Adjustments" by Dr. Charles R. Schwarz. Better copy here: ConstrainedAdjustments1.pdf

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NGS-58.pdf  - NGS Technical Memorandum 59, Guidelines for establishing orthometric heights at 2 and 5 cm standard using GPS.

 

References

http://geodesy.noaa.gov/PROJECTS/proposals/project1.shtml - NGS Project Proposal Page

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/TMNOSNGS58.pdf - NGS Technical Memorandum on Ellipsoid Height Determination

http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/gps/gps_survey_specification.htm - TXDOT GPS survey manual

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/GeomGeod.pdf - Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards

 


Class 27: 1 May 2013  - Continued discussion of GPS Project design to meet FGCS Standards

 

GPS-DerivedHgts1.ppt - today's lecture. We will emphasize last sections on project design.


Class 28: 6 May 2013 -Tidal Datums (Final class)

 

Gulf Coast Complete Presentation - Final.ppt - Tidal datum information  

 

http://vdatum.noaa.gov/ - NOAA's VDATUM tool home page.

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ - NOAA CO-OPS site  

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/Tidal_Elevation/index.jsp - NGS tidal elevation site

 

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