- The laboratory of Surveying is well equipped with all the required instruments and tools that are helpful in the overall understanding and practical knowledge of a student.
- Students learn techniques for gathering field data with both traditional and modern instruments.
- Surveying Lab offers additional experience in fundamental land surveying measurement methods for surveying courses, including precision steel taping methods to perform horizontal measurements, digital theodolites to perform angular measurements and traditional and automatic levels for elevation measurements.
- Furthermore, students have opportunity to use total station equipment, which enables horizontal, vertical and angular measurements to be made in one operation.
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| Equipment List |
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- Auto level
- Laser Distance meter
- Standard Vernier Theodolite
- Laser Theodolite
- Substanse bar
- GPS
- Total station
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| Capabilities |
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- Preparing contour maps & Spot levels
- Open & closed Traverse
- Plotting of lands & buildings by plane tabling
- Longitudinal & cross sectioning
- Longitude & Latitude of place
- Fixing true North at a given site
- Finding heights and distances of accessible and inaccessible objects
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| Target Users |
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- Undergraduate civil engineering students
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| Work done |
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- Survey work at Madurai airport
- Levelling survey at Meenakshi Amman Temple,Madurai
- Levelling survey conducted for Kovilpatti bus stand
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| People |
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- Dr.R.Ponnudurai (Lab in-charge)
- Dr.M.C Sundarraja
- Mr.S.Srinivasan (Lab Technician)
- Mr.M.G.P.Raja (Lab Technician)
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