TOTAL STATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SYSTEM
5.1 TOTAL STATION
INTRODUCTION – APPLICATION OF TOTAL STATION – COMPONENT
PARTS OF A TOTAL STATION – ACCESSORIES USED – SUMMARY OF
TOTAL STATION CHARACTERISTICS – FEATURES OF TOTAL STATION –
ELECTRONIC DISPLAY AND DATA READING – INSTRUMENT
PREPARATION, SETTING AND MEASUREMENT (DISTANCE, ANGLE,
BEARING ETC.) – FIELD PROCEDURE FOR CO-ORDINATE
MEASUREMENT – FIELD PROCEDURE TO RUN A TRAVERSE SURVEY –
LINKING DATA FILESFOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
5.2 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM ( GIS )
INTRODUCTION – GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION – DEVELOPMENT OF
GIS – COMPONENTS OF GIS –STEPS IN GIS MAPPING – ORDINARY
MAPPING TO GIS – COMPARISON OF GIS WITH CAD AND OTHER
SYSTEM – FIELDS OF APPLICATIONS : NATURAL RESOURCES,
AGRICULTURE, SOIL, WATER RESOURCES, WASTELAND MANAGEMENT
AND SOCIAL RESOURCES – CADASTRAL SURVEY AND CADASTRAL
RECORDS – LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM(LIS).