List of Topics for Geodetic Digital Leveling Class

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 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, April 22, 2009, 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
  • 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, April 23, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET

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