Surveying and Geospatial Planning

Module code: CEU33A10 · Semester: Semester 2

Resources

• Module descriptor (TCD)

Questions by Year

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• 2025/26
• 2024/25
• 2023/24
• 2022/23

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Topics

• Levelling LO1, LO4
• Total stations, traverses, linear and angular measurement LO1, LO4
• Setting out LO2
• GPS surveying LO1
• Survey errors and their distribution LO1, LO9
• GIS mapping and modelling LO5–8
• Remote sensing LO5

Learning outcomes (exam covers LO1–9)

1. Plan levelling, total station and GPS surveys, including error estimates
2. Choose survey methods for each project stage
3. Check instruments for quality assurance
4. Use surveying instruments for basic procedures
5. Explain the ideas behind GIS and its uses
6. Use an industry-standard GIS package
7. Apply GIS to solve problems
8. Map geospatial data in GIS to support surveys
9. Analyse, report and distribute survey errors

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.