Diploma in Advanced Surveying Technology

Learn the art and science of surveying to determine the relative positions of points on Earth by measuring distances and angles, and prepare scaled maps showing boundaries and engineering features.

Explore reciprocal levelling to determine the true elevation difference between points, compute reduced levels, and apply curvature and refraction corrections for accurate horizontal distance and survey alignment.

Plane surveying treats the earth as flat for areas under 250 square kilometers with straight lines and plain triangles, while geodetic surveying accounts for curvature and uses vertical triangles.

Explore basic surveying concepts, including chain and compass types (prismatic versus surveyors), true and magnetic meridians, one-circle and reduced bearings, and forebearing versus back bearing.