Course

Unit 1

Geospatial in Day to Day Life, Spatial thinking, Evolution of location technology and importance of geography and maps. Need for spatial information, Terminologies, logic, language and formats of spatial technology. Location perspective of construction industry, Overview of Geospatial technology in tenders, Design and execution and Construction lifecycle management.

Fundamentals and components of Geospatial Engineering, Surveying and Conventional survey equipment Vs Modern surveying equipment Components. Advanced geospatial solutions, Overview of components, working and signal structure of Global navigation System. Codes, Phase and Phase modulation, Pseudo range and carrier phase measurements. Error sources, methods, and benefits of GNSS, Single and double differencing, Applications and Processing of GNNS data.

Unit 2

Scanning and Remote Sensing Technologies,3D scanning, Sensors and its types, Principles and the science behind photogrammetry, LiDAR, RADAR and SONAR. Overview and working of various platforms. Demo of Terrestrial Lidar Equipment, Demo of Bathymetry, Demo of Ground Penetrating RADAR. Application of sensors & platforms. Basics of GIS, vector & raster data models, Types and components of a Map. Hardware for GIS, DEM and TIN Data products and attributes, Basic GIS data conversions, conversions from non-spatial formats to spatial formats. Demo of Conversion of Excel to GIS, Demo of Conversion of CAD TO GIS, Demo of Downloading and Georeferencing Toposheets. GIS database management – RDBMS, SQL, Creation, configuration, and enterprise Geodatabase. 

Unit 3

Application of GIS – Spatial Analysis, Catchment Area delineation, Overlay Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Hotspot Analysis, Viewshed Analysis. Future Trends of Geospatial Technologies. Case Study 1 -Benefit Realization – Case Study 2 Advancements in Modern Survey & Mapping Technologies, Advancements in Spatial Analytics – Geo Intelligence, Future Trends, Geospatial Technology – Way Forward

Course Objectives

• Expose to the geospatial application in the construction industry
• Explain the basic concepts of Remote Sensing and EM Spectra and the different types of satellites and
• Illustrate the construction project survey using geospatial
• Explain different types of geospatial instruments and techniques in practice
• Develop knowledge using GIS data and working with GIS

Course Outcomes

CO1:      To comprehend different geospatial techniques in the construction industry

CO2:       To carry out survey/process geospatial data for determining the accurate geographic coordinates, distances, establish location and alignments in construction projects.

CO3:      To comprehend the application of geospatial instruments like LIDAR, drones, etc. CO4:      To carry out basic conversions from non-spatial to spatial formats.

CO5:      To create a map layout with all essential cartographic elements in GIS environment.

CO-PO Mapping

• CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports

1. Lillesand, Kiefer and Chipman, “Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation”, Wiley student edition,
2. M.Chandra and S.K. Gosh, “Remote Sensing and GIS”, Alpha Science , 2015.
3. Anji Reddy, “Remote sensing and Geographical systems”, BS Publications,
4. LRA Narayana, “Remote Sensing and its applications”, Universities Press, 1999
5. Wurbs, A., and James, W.P., “Water Resources Engineering”, Pearson Education India, 2015.
6. M G Srinivas (Edited by), “Remote sensing applications”,Narosa Publishing House,
7. Michael Demers, “Fundamentals of geographic information system”, Wiley student edition, 2012.