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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
