Course content

• Geomatics' place and importance in the construction industry
• Coordinate systems/datum/projections
• Transformations, basic
• Data collection methods
  • Drones
  • GNSS, RTK/CPOS
  • Leveling
  • Total station
  • Scanning
• Land surveying calculation
• Tolerance and accuracy
• Geographic information systems (GIS), geonorge
• Available data sets (geonorge) with an emphasis on FKB and cadastre
• Data quality/accuracy/applications/applications/product specifications

Learning outcome

• Know the history and importance of geomatics in the construction industry
• Explain how different coordinate systems are structured
• Carry out transformations between coordinate systems
• Carry out height measurements with spirit level binoculars
• Perform simple GNSS measurements with RTK
• Perform manual calculations of coordinates and heights as well as accuracy calculations
• Explain how geographic information systems (GIS) are used to solve practical problems
• Be able to explain basic data structures for geographical information
• Be able to give an account of the content and organization of the Norwegian infrastructure for geographic information (Norge Digitalt-sambarbeitet and Geovekst).
• Know the content and areas of use for the most important Norwegian datasets.
• Know the most important formats for geographic datasets.
• Be able to present geographical data based on basic principles of cartography.

Learning methods and activities

• Lectures
• Group work
• Task solution
• Guiding

The course has mandatory work requirements that require attendance at the Gjøvik campus. Students in online study programs must count on a physical daily meeting at Gjøvik.

Compulsory assignments

• Compulsory assignments

Specific conditions

Course materials

• Skogseth, T. (2014). Grunnleggende landmåling. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (ISBN: 978-82-05-44943-3)
• United Nations, Mapping for a sustainable world (free PDF)