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Subject A 2: Surveying 1. Survey Practice

This document outlines the key topics covered in a surveying course, including coordinate systems, survey instruments, calculations, and drawings. It discusses establishing local coordinate systems, taking horizontal and vertical measurements, performing calculations for traverses, triangulations, intersections and curves. Leveling and calculating elevations are also covered. Additional topics include tacheometry, planimeters, solving triangles, calculating areas, volumes, distances, and performing underground surveying tasks.

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Subject A 2: Surveying 1. Survey Practice

This document outlines the key topics covered in a surveying course, including coordinate systems, survey instruments, calculations, and drawings. It discusses establishing local coordinate systems, taking horizontal and vertical measurements, performing calculations for traverses, triangulations, intersections and curves. Leveling and calculating elevations are also covered. Additional topics include tacheometry, planimeters, solving triangles, calculating areas, volumes, distances, and performing underground surveying tasks.

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SUBJECT A 2 : SURVEYING

1. Survey practice:

1.1 Co-ordinate system in South Africa (briefly)


Physical properties of the earth
Gauss conform map projection
Local co-ordinate systems

1.2 Horizontal, vertical and inclined planes

1.3 Units of measurement in surveying, tape corrections

1.4 Plotting co-ordinated points on a plan and obtaining information from plans

1.5 Join calculations

1.6 Survey instruments and their use: (General understanding of survey)


- Theodolite tapes and accessories
- Level
- Clinometer rule
- New instruments and electronic innovations (GPS)

1.7 Survey calculations:


- Traverse calculations
- Surface triangulations
- Resection, intersection
- Curves

1.8 Levelling and calculation of elevations

1.9 Measuring of underground excavations

1.10 Tacheometry

1.11 Planimeter

1.12 Surveying maths

- Triangles - Areas
- Surface areas
- Angles
- Distances and volumes of triangular structures
- Solution of triangles
- Areas and perimeters of plane figures
- Areas bounded by irregular lines
- Perpendicular offsets at irregular intervals
- Trapezoidal rule
- Simpsons rule

- Volumes and surface areas - Circle circular sector


- Circular segment
- Circular cylinder
- Frustum of pyramid or cone
- Ellipse
- Rectangle
- Square
- Parallelogram
- Quadrilateral
- Trapezium rhombus
- Regular polygon
- Cyclic quadrilateral
- Wedge
- Sphere
- Prismoidal formula
- Prisms
- Subdivision of land
- Underground traverse calc ulation
- Major and Minor dips - Calculation of dip and strike from 3 points
- Calculation of true width of reef bodies from
boreholes
- Calculations involving lines of intersection between
reef and fault planes

1.13 Surveying drawings of plans and sections:

Topograpical - underground and surface workings - production planning and recording rescue
plans - ventilation - geological. (Emphasis on gold for metal option, emphasis on coal for coal
options).

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