GE 183 — Principles of Land Surveying
BSc BSc Petroleum Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Chain Surveying, spirit leveling. Longitudinal and cross sections. Contouring. Compass traversing. Simple plane coordinate calculations. Simple area and volume calculations. Measurement of theodolite horizontal and vertical angles. Introduction to plane tabling. Setting out buildings, gradients, slope stakes, and ordinary circular curves, Errors. The calibration and permanent adjustment of equipment are excluded. GPS Survey. Determination of area and volume. Definition and setting out of circular and transition curves on roads and railways. Underground surveying. Taking and plotting of soundings.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Year Three
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- GE 174 — Photo Interpretation
- PETE 350 — Petroleum Engineering Numerical Methods
- PETE 351 — Physical Geology
- PETE 352 — Petroleum Geology
- PETE 353 — Formation Evaluation
- PETE 354 — Petroleum Laboratory Analysis
- PETE 355 — Petroleum Laboratory Analysis
- PETE 356 — Drilling and Production Systems
- PETE 357 — Reservoir Petrophysics
- PETE 358 — Well Performance
- PETE 359 — Reservoir Methods
- PETE 360 — Geostatistics
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