List of Topics for Geodetic Digital Leveling Class
May 24-26 , 2011
Instructors: Charles Geoghegan and Malcolm Archer-Shee
Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
Instructor: Archer-Shee
Morning
Leveling Overview
- Project Planning
- Reconn
- Marksetting
- Observations
Basic DSWorld project planning tool
Intro to descriptions and WinDesc
Field exercise: Writing up a mark
Afternoon
WinDesc Basics
- Setting up WinDesc for a project
- Creating a description file
- Project information
- Importing existent bench mark descriptions
Taking and managing photographs of marks
Updating imported description information
Entering descriptions for marks not in the NGS data base
- New marks
- Existent marks
Performing checks on the description file
Exploring advanced features of WinDesc
Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
Instructor: Geoghegan
Morning
Leveling Equipment and Setup
Collimation Check and Field Notes
Field exercise: Geodetic leveling
Geodesy and Corrections for Leveling
Leveling Specifications
Vertical Datum
Classroom exercise: getting back to leveled field heights
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
Instructor: Archer-Shee
Data file downloading and management
Translev basic
- Creating a “Blue Book” file
- Importing and translating raw observation files
- Checking and editing LVL files
- Creating abstracts and other reports
- Preparing media and organizing files for submittal
Afternoon
Leveling Wrap Up and Reset Procedures (Geoghegan)
Exploring the advanced features of DSWorld, WinDesc and Translev (Archer-Shee)
