📚 FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING & GEOMATICS – Full Syllabus (CTEVT | Diploma in Geomatics Engineering | PDF)
📚 FUNDAMENTAL OF SURVEYING & GEOMATICS – Full Syllabus (CTEVT | Diploma in Geomatics Engineering | PDF)
🚀 Preparing for Fundamental of Surveying & Geomatics (EG 2101 GE) under CTEVT’s Diploma in Geomatics Engineering?
This post includes the complete, official syllabus, course structure, unit-wise contents, practicals, references, and downloadable sections — perfect for exam preparation, fieldwork, and practical assignments.
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📌 Subject Overview
Subject Name: Fundamental of Surveying & Geomatics
Subject Code: EG 2101 GE
Year: II
Part: I
Total Hours/Week: 8
Lecture: 6 hrs/week
Lab: 2 hrs/week
Course Type: Core Subject
🎯 Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
✅ Understand basic concepts, history & evolution of surveying
✅ Apply principles and methods of surveying in real projects
✅ Perform linear & angular measurements accurately
✅ Use tape, compass, and theodolite for field surveys
✅ Read & interpret maps, photographs, and coordinate systems
✅ Understand measurement errors and accuracy standards
📚 Unit-wise Breakdown of Fundamental of Surveying & Geomatics Syllabus
📚 Unit 1: Historical Background – 4 Hrs
- Brief history of surveying
- Development of surveying & mapping science
- Surveying and mapping in Nepal
📚 Unit 2: Introduction to Surveying – 15 Hrs
- Surveying and Mapping
- Functions of a Surveyor
- Need, importance & scope of surveying
- Objectives of surveying
- General survey procedure & methods
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Surveying Concepts:
• Distance, Direction
• Earth shape, curvature
• Spheroid, Geoid
• Earth figure elements: Axis, Great Circle, Equator, Parallels, Meridians, Flattening
• Coordinates & coordinate systems
• Latitude, Longitude, MSL heights
• Projection
• Relief representation -
End products of surveying
📚 Unit 3: Principles & Classifications – 6 Hrs
- Basic principles of surveying
- Primary divisions of surveying
- Basis & types of survey classification
📚 Unit 4: Measurement Units – 6 Hrs
- Significance of measurement units
- Standardization of units
- Linear, angular, area & volume units
- Unit conversions
📚 Unit 5: Map Scale – 10 Hrs
- Introduction to map scale
- Types & expressions of scale
- Construction of graphical scale
- Scale & graphical errors
- Shrunk scale & shrinkage factor
- Importance & uses of scale
- Measurement errors due to wrong scale
- Enlargement & reduction of scale
📚 Unit 6: Linear Measurements – 14 Hrs
- Introduction & principles
- Slope, horizontal & vertical distances
- Direct & indirect linear measurement
- Optical distance measurement
- Electronic distance measurement (EDM)
- Linear survey
- Field procedure & plotting
- Obstacles in linear survey & solutions
- Errors in linear measurement
📚 Unit 7: Angular Measurements – 18 Hrs
- Principles of direction measurement
- Angles & bearings
- Compass surveying terminologies
- Computing included angles from bearings & vice versa
- Magnetic variation & declination
- Horizontal & vertical angles
- Local attraction & correction
- Compass survey: field procedures
- Compass traverse plotting & adjustment
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Theodolite Survey:
• Introduction & parts
• Basic axes & their relationships
• Field procedures for angle measurement
• Tests & adjustments of theodolite
📚 Unit 8: Map Reading – 6 Hrs
- Maps, plans & profiles
- Types of maps
- Maps vs photographs
- Map components & map information
- Position finding, map setting & interpretation
- Map updating: principles & methods
📚 Unit 9: Measurement Errors – 11 Hrs
- Introduction to theory of errors
- Significant figures & rules
- Sources of errors
- Types of errors
- Precision & accuracy
- Laws of accidental error
- Error propagation
- Tolerance & permissible error
🧪 Practical / Laboratory Work (30 Hrs)
✔️ Unit 1: Tape & Compass survey + Plotting (10 Hrs)
✔️ Unit 2: Angular measurement using Theodolite (10 Hrs)
✔️ Unit 3: Map reading & updating (5 Hrs)
✔️ Unit 4: Coordinate computation from map (5 Hrs)
📖 Recommended References
- Fundamentals of Surveying – S.K. Roy
- Surveying Vol. 1 & 2 – S.K. Duggal
- k|f/lDes gfkL, dx]Zj/ e§/fO{ (Nepali Surveying Book)
- Principles & Use of Surveying Instruments – J. Clendinning & J.G. Oliver
- Introduction to Surveying – Anderson & Mikhail
- A Textbook of Advance Surveying – R. Agor
- Surveying Handbook – Brinker & Minnick
📊 Evaluation Scheme (Final Exam)
| Unit | Content | Hours | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Historical Background | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Introduction to Surveying | 15 | 12 |
| 3 | Principles & Classifications | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Measurement Units | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Map Scale | 10 | 8 |
| 6 | Linear Measurements | 14 | 12 |
| 7 | Angular Measurements | 18 | 16 |
| 8 | Map Reading | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Measurement Errors | 11 | 10 |
| Total | — | 90 | 80 |
📌 Note: Minor variations may occur in marks distribution.
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📘 Unit 6: Linear Measurements – Download PDF
📘 Unit 7: Angular Measurements – Download PDF
📘 Unit 8: Map Reading – Download PDF
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