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FIELD SURVEY - I

The field survey has just been completed . The experience was pretty much interesting as we went through the contemporary methods of field survey
- levelling ( 8 days )
- traverse ( 8 days )
- triangulation ( 8 days )
- chain and compass ( 1 day )

Our site was panchkhal , which is approximately half an hour drive from dhulikhel and at an altitude of 853m.


The weather there was pretty warm , hotter than that of dhulikhel and the environmental parameters seemed as if you were somewhere in terai , with some distinct features such as
trees of banana , papaya , peepal etc compared to other hilly areas. Talking about vegetation the area has a dense vegetation of potato ruling almost 90% .

We did levelling of two different routes . The second route seemed a bit difficult ( yet interesting ) due to its steepness and required more instrument set-ups and the time consumption for levelling up the instrument also accounted was significant . We established the temporary BMs and it was over .

Traverse was pretty challenging because it needed good reckee and we had to check for stations intervisibility and they were far apart for eyes to predict until you cupped ur fingers over ur brows( just to say ) . It was a closed loop traverse and we established 10 stations and started from the station 1.

I will be posting the field pics and the traverse graphs and cross section charts once I have made them ready .

OVERVIEW

***Land Management and Training Centre, Dhulikhel (Administration block)

A scene of Kathmandu University administration building .

-------------The geomatics portfolio----------

GEOMATICS ENGINEERING

This is a personal blog on geomatics. Geomatics engineering is the new breakthrough in the engineering sector which has just been launched at Kathmandu University with the association of Land Management and Training Centre(LMTC) , Dhulikhel .Government of Nepal is providing 75% scholarship to the students enrolled in this program.
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Geomatics Engineering is a rapidly developing discipline that focuses on spatial information (i.e. information that has a location). The location is the primary factor used to integrate a very wide range of data for viewing and analysis. Geomatics Engineers apply engineering principles to spatial information and implement relational data structures involving measurement sciences, thus using Geomatics and acting as Spatial Information Engineers. Geomatics engineers manage local, regional, national and global spatial data infrastructures.
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Geomatics is a new term incorporating what used to be called "Surveying" along with many other aspects of spatial data management. Following the advanced developments in digital data processing, the nature of the tasks required of the Professional Land Surveyor has evolved and the term Surveying alone does not any more describe the whole range of tasks that the profession deals with. As our societies becomes more complex, information with a spatial position associated with it becomes more critical to decision-making, both from a personal and a business perspective, and also from a community and a large-scale governmental viewpoint. A Geomatics Engineer uses knowledge coming from several disciplines, such as:
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* Geodesy (terrestrial, celestial, and orbital coordinate systems measurements)
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* Positioning and Navigation (e.g. with GPS) * Digital Imaging (how to extract useful information from images according to the application, e.g. environmental studies or agricultural studies)and Mapping (how to make the maps of tomorrow) using Photogrammetry (airborne photographs) or Remote Sensing (images taken by satellite sensors)
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* Geographical Information Systems (computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information)
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* Land Tenure Systems (land information managing, land surveying, land right).

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First batch of Geomatics Engineering ,inauguration ceremony.