Forest Surveying and Engineering Total hours: 195 Theory: 117 Practical: 78
Full Marks: 100
Course Description This course provides basic knowledge about principles and techniques of Survey, mapping techniques and basics of Engineering. This course is divided into eleven units. The first unit gives general knowledge on fundamental concept of forest surveying. The second unit deals with the linear measurement including the use of instruments and error elimination. The third unit describes about the chain surveying, method of chain surveying and method of area calculation. The fourth unit explains the compass survey, system of angular measurement and instruments. The fifth unit deals with the traversing technique. The sixth unit relates to leveling, its methods and application of leveling. The seventh unit deals with the plane table surveying technique, its principles and methods. The eighth unit deals with the contouring of height information. The ninth unit discuss about the application of GPS technology in mapping. The tenth unit relates with the forest road, bridges, culverts, trails and causeways. The eleventh unit tells about building construction and its estimation. Course Objectives This course has the following objectives: gain knowledge and skills necessary to enable them to prepare and interpret basic maps and plans correctly demarcate /Check boundary, identify and rectify the encroachment area prepare detailed topographical maps using different types of instruments prepare stock maps for felling areas and landslide areas work with users groups in mapping and estimating in forest resources Recommended Texts Surveying, Vol. I- Dr. B. C. Punmia Forest Surveying – Ram Prakash Surveying and Leveling Vol. I – T. P. Kanerkar Surveying – Rack C. McCormac, Pentice-Hall Inc Standard norms develop by Ministry of Forest and Environment Forest Engineering without tears – N. J. Masani Building Construction – Sushil Kumar Estimating and Costing – B. N. Dutta Manual of highway design and construction – K. R. Tuladhar Manual of bridges and culverts – K. R. Tuladhar GIS for beginners-ICIMOD Introduction to Arch View GIS-ESRI Getting to Know Arch view GIS- ESRI Principles of GIS-Peter A.Burrough and Rachel A.McDonnel
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