INSTRUMENTAL SURVEY (2019-20)

Activity Report

IIS (deemed to be University)

Department of Geography

INSTRUMENTAL SURVEY

Activity: Instrumental Survey

Date: 4rd Feb to 26th Feb 2020

Time: 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM

Venue: IISU Campus, Jaipur 

The Department organized its month long “Instrumental Survey” which was conducted by the faculties of the Department of Geography for the students of the courses mentioned below:

Programme

Paper Code and Paper Title

BA/ BSc/ Bed (P/H) (Practical)

GEO 203 (Statistical Methods and Scales in Geography)

BA/ BSc/ Bed (P/H) (Practical)

GEO 403 (Statistics and Surveying in Geography & Practical)

BA/ BSc/ Bed (P/H) (Practical)

GEO 603 (Projection and Surveying in Geography & Practical)
MA/ MSc GEO 425 (Practical)

 

The surveys that were dealt with are:

  • Prismatic Compass Survey
  • Plane Table Survey
  • Theodolite

This extensive activity was conducted as part of the curriculum of the above mentioned courses in order to sensitize them towards the various survey methods employed for map preparation. The students learned to about rough sketches, field books, procedure to take observations, plotting maps and converting them to scale, drawing finished maps on paper, various sources of error and exhaustive utility of instruments used for surveying. The students surveyed various parts of the IISU campus and prepared maps.

The students of second semester learned about the basics of map making and undertook the same to depict Political Map of Rajasthan on various RF scales.

Faculty Co-ordinators: Dr. Harshita Upadhyaya

                                   Head, Department of Geography

 

NOTICE - https://geography.iisuniv.ac.in/node/716