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This document is an exam for an Advanced Surveying course, containing 5 questions about various surveying topics. Some key points covered include: - Question 1 asks about techeometers, weight and laws of weight, and taking multiple readings in techeometry to calculate distance and elevation. - Question 2 covers triangulation station selection criteria, definitions of principal point, nadir, zenith and celestial sphere, and types of triangulation systems. - Question 3 defines vertical circle, celestial horizon, terrestrial equator, importance of base lines, and includes a calculation using techeometer observations. - Question 4 discusses tangential methods, differences between luminous and non-luminous signals and systematic vs

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Gujarat Technological University

This document is an exam for an Advanced Surveying course, containing 5 questions about various surveying topics. Some key points covered include: - Question 1 asks about techeometers, weight and laws of weight, and taking multiple readings in techeometry to calculate distance and elevation. - Question 2 covers triangulation station selection criteria, definitions of principal point, nadir, zenith and celestial sphere, and types of triangulation systems. - Question 3 defines vertical circle, celestial horizon, terrestrial equator, importance of base lines, and includes a calculation using techeometer observations. - Question 4 discusses tangential methods, differences between luminous and non-luminous signals and systematic vs

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER–IV (NEW) - EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2018
Subject Code:2140601 Date:24/05/2018
Subject Name:Advanced Surveying
Time:10:30 AM to 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) What is techeometer, differentiate it with theodolite. 03
(b) Define weight and give with examples any four laws of weight 04
(c) Why three readings are taken in techeometry? Derive the distance and 07
elevation formulae used in techeometry for staff held vertical and line of
sight horizontal.
What do you mean by analytic lens? How are they useful in techeometer
Q.2 (a) What are selection criteria of triangulation station? 03
(b) Define (i) Principal point (ii) Nadir (iii) Zenith (iv) Celestial sphere 04
(c) What are different types of triangulation systems? Find out minimum 07
height of signal required at B so that the line of sight may not pass near
the ground than 2.0 m if A and B two stations are 60 km apart and have
elevations 140 m and 180 m respectively. Ground may be assumed to
have uniform level of 100 m
OR
(c) Why overlap is necessary in photogrammetry? Determine number of 07
photographs required to cover an area of 100 sq. km if longitudinal lap is
60% and side lap is 30%. Scale of an aerial photograph is 1 cm= 100 m
and photograph size is 20 cm x 20 cm.
Q.3 (a) Define (i) vertical circle (ii) celestial horizon (iii) terrestrial equator 03
(b) What is importance of base line? How is it selected? 04
(c) Compute the horizontal distance PA and RL of point A for staff held 07
vertically for below observations taken by techeometer.BM=100 m ,
K=100 and C=0
Inst. Staff Vertical Staff
Station point angle readings
P BM -4o 1.360, 1.915, 2.470
A +5o 1.065, 1.885, 2.705
OR
Q.3 (a) Define (i) Drift (ii) Azimuth (iii) Longitude 03
(b) What is relief displacement? Derive the equation for it 04
(c) Following readings are taken by theodolite 07
Angle Weight Angle Weight Angle Weight
40 20’ 20” 2
o
40 20’ 18” 2
o
40 20’ 19” 3
o

Calculate(i) Probable error for single measurement for unit weight (ii)
Probable error for single observation of weight 3 (iii) Probable error of
weighted arithmetic mean
Q.4 (a) State salient features of tangential method 03
(b) Differentiate (i) Luminous and non- luminous signals (ii) Systematic 04
errors and accidental errors
(c) What is the principle of least square? Prove it 07

1
OR
Q.4 (a) Derive equation for scale of vertical photograph 03
(b) Give the classification of EDM instruments 04
(c) What is energy interaction in remote sensing? Describe the energy 07
interaction with earth surface features.
Q.5 (a) State the application of GIS and GPS in Army 03
(b) How remote sensing is useful in civil engineering? Give the types of 04
remote sensing
(c) Define pixel and describe different elements of visual image 07
interpretation.
OR
Q.5 (a) What is GPS? Explain the working principle of GPS. 03
(b) Give salient features of total station and state its advantages 04
(c) Discuss all components of GIS and explain the interaction between GIS 07
and GPS

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