LS 2400 - Basic Geodesy for Today’s GPS Land Surveyor

This course discusses the history of geodesy from its infancy, including different measurement techniques, coordinate systems, ellipsoids and datums. It provides information about geodetic and Cartesian coordinates and their relationship to one another. This course also provides the understanding of the difference between grid and ground coordinates and the different geodetic and Cartesian coordinate systems available today.

Prerequisites:
None

Co-requisites:
None

Credits: 2

Contact Hours: 2 lecture hours/wk