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  • General

    GPS measurement at Korvatunturi. Photo: P. Häkli, FGI, NLS

    Welcome to the course Geodesy and Positioning!

    We will get to know the basics of geodetic measurements, their applications and theory behind. The course consists of ten lectures, one excursion, five excercises and a mini-exam.

    Before the first lecture, please answer this Attendance query.

    Zoom-link to lectures in "Links and other online stuff" -folder!


    Lecture timetable (online: Zoom/videos):

    When?

    What?

    Who?

    Where?

    Mon 7 Sep 10-12 

    Intro. What is geodesy, instruments, methods, techniques. About these lectures. About exercises. Practicalities

    MN

    Zoom

    Thu  10 Sep 14-16

    Geodetic measurement, co-ordinates, units, uncertainty (Chapter 2)

    MV

    MyCo

    Mon 14 Sep 10-12 

    Co-ordinates and co-ordinate systems; map projections, transformations; concept of datum (Chapter 3)

    MV

    MyCo

    Thu  17 Sep 14-16 

    Total station measurements, station adjustment; intersection, resection    (Chapter 5)

    MV

    MyCo

    Mon 21 Sep 10-12

    Height systems; computing normal or orthometric heights, reference ellipsoid; concept of geoid (Chapter 4)

    MN

    Zoom

    Thu  24 Sep 14-16

    Base network and mapping measurements, network design and hierarchy, campaign planning and reconnaissance (Chapter 8)

    MV

    MyCo

    Mon 28 Sep 10-12

    GNSS, system, technology, observation equations, processing (Chapters 12-13)

    OA

    		 Zoom

    Thu   1 Oct 14-16 

    GNSS, DOP, orbits, differential techniques, RTK, applications (Chapters 12-13)

    OA

    		 Zoom

    Mon  5 Oct 10-12

    Advanced space geodesy, technologies; motion of Earth in space(Chapters 17-18)

    MN

    Zoom

    Thu  8 Oct 14-16

    Geodynamics, geodesy & geophysics (Chapter 18)

    MN

    Zoom

    Mon 12 Oct 12-15

    Metsähovi video + Q&A

    MN, MV

    Zoom

    Thu 15 8:00 - Fri 16 Oct 23:59

    Mini Exam ONLINE

    MyCo

    Zoom = remote live lectures, start quarter past full hour, recorded and later added to Lectures folder
    MyCo = pre-recorded lectures in Lectures folder, MV available in Zoom at lecture times

    Exercises sessions (online in Zoom):
    1. Mon 7 Sep 12:15-14 Assignment 1: Co-ordinates and street address
    2. Mon 14 Sep 12:15-14 Assignment 2: Distances
    3. Mon 21 Sep 12:15-14 Assignment 3: Heights
    4. Mon 28 Sep 12:15-14  Assignment 4: GNSS computation/Geodetic GPS positioning
    5. Mon   5 Oct 12:15-14 Assignment 5: Gravimetric geoid/Reference frame report
    6. Mon 12 Oct 12-15 Metsähovi session

    Dead line for assignments (midnight of the DL day):
    • Assignment 1: Mon 14.9.
    • Assignment 2: Mon 21.9.
    • Assignment 3: Mon 28.9.
    • Assignment 4: Mon 5.10.
    • Assignment 5: Mon 19.10.

    Material:

    https://users.aalto.fi/~mvermeer/geodesy.pdf

    For the exam: Chapters 2-8, 12-13, 17-18 (not 4.4-4.10, 17.3) and lecture notes/slides


    Evaluation:
    The course is accomplished by returning five assignments (30 points each, scaled to 15 final points (=divided by ten)) and doing the mini-exam (15 points), with total of 30 points. Participation in Metsähovi session is also compulsory, not graded.

    All the assignments need to be returned and accepted with at least 10 point and the exam needs to yield at least 50% of the points to pass the course. The limits for the grades are: 
    Points      Grade
      15-17       1
      18-20       2
      21-23       3
      24-26       4
      27-30       5