Surveying

Lab exercise: Introduction to and demonstration of Total Station and handheld GPS.

Handouts:

"How it works" (explanation of Total Stations; note that not all figures are included)
Examples of topographic and other maps produced with the instrument.
Total station specifications

Reference web site:

http://activetectonics.la.asu.edu/TotalStation/tc.html

Laboratory exercise results

Here is the map our surveys using breaklines to help with the contouring:

Here is a map from Matlab (no breaklines); 25 cm contour interval:

Here is a surface view from Matlab (slightly exaggerated--why it looks so bumpy--we need more data):

here are the data. The columns are Memory block number, survey type (116), Point number, Easting, Northing, Elevation, code.

GLG 362/598 Geomorphology