Course Details

Geodesy

Academic Year 2025/26

BEA001 course is part of 4 study plans

​ BPA-SI Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-SI / VS Winter Semester 2nd year

​ BPC-MI Winter Semester 1st year

​ BKC-SI Winter Semester 2nd year

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Viliam Vatrt, DrSc.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Credits

3 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289598

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. The role of geodesy in civil engineering. History. Shape and dimensions of the Earth, reference bodies. Units.
  • 2. Geodetic horizontal control. Angle and distance measurements. Coordinate systems and reference frames. Basic coordinate calculations.
  • 3. Vertical control. Methods for measuring of heights. Digital Terrain Model.
  • 4. Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), applications in surveying, machine control.
  • 5. Methods of spatial data collecting - polar method, orthogonal method, GNSS RTK.
  • 6. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
  • 7. Terrestrial and airborne laser scanning, mobile mapping systems.
  • 8. Geodetic works in the project preparation phase. Project setting out. Check measurements. As-built surveying of structures.
  • 9. Determination of displacements and deformations of buildings.
  • 10. Geodetic works in the construction of roads, railways, tunnels and bridges. Special measurements in industry. Determination of areas and volumes.
  • 11. Cadastre of real estates. Implementation of changes in the cadastre, sketches, defining the boundary. Inspection of the cadastre.
  • 12. Basics of Cartography. State map series in Czech Republic.
  • 13. Geographic information systems, information model of a building. Examples of solving specified geodetic tasks.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.–3. Theodolite, angle measurements and setting out.
  • 4.–5. Leveling, height measurements and setting out.
  • 6.–8. Introduction to the work with measuring instruments used on construction sites. Straight line, horizontal plane and inclined plane setting out, distance measurements.
  • 9. Collection of background data for the project preparation phase.
  • 10. Basic coordinate calculations.
  • 11.–13. Setting out drawings. As-built surveying of structures.