Survey camp explained

Survey camp is a traditional component of civil engineering training, where students do fieldwork to learn about surveying and related practices, such as developing maps. A version of survey camp remains part of the curriculum at schools including Texas A&M University,[1] University of Toronto,[2] Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia,[3] Aryans College of Engineering (Rajpura),[4] and General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.[5]

History

Cornell University started requiring summer survey camp for civil engineering students in the 1870s and conducted it until the early 1960s.[6]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison had a survey camp requirement from 1909 to 1972, because of the importance of surveying to civil engineering in the US military.[7] [8] Vanderbilt University had a summer school for surveying from 1927 to 1960.[9] Tulane University had a summer survey camp from 1918 through the 1970s.[10]

The University of Toronto camp was established in 1919-1920 and has been updated to include water quality sampling, among other topics.[11] [12]

Subjects

In survey camp, students obtain hands-on experience in the use of surveying instruments. It can include project-based learning to support development of communication and problem-solving skills.[13]

Students may also learn applications such as AutoCAD and Carlson Survey. The students use these programs to take data collected from the field to develop topographic maps of the particular area. The basic aim of the survey camp is to know various works carried out in the industrial field by surveying, which includes determining the topography of particular area with the help of survey work, map study and reconnaissance work.

Instruments

The instruments used may include:

Practicals

The survey practicals generally performed in survey camp are:

  1. Simple levelling
  2. Fly levelling
  3. Trigonometric levelling
  4. To determine and draw RL's of longitudinal and cross section of road
  5. Measuring horizontal angles by ordinary, repetition and reiteration methods
  6. Compass traversing
  7. Gale traverse
  8. Topographic map preparation

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Survey Camp . 2024-06-03 . Texas A&M University . en.
  2. Web site: Camp . 2024-06-03 . Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering - University of Toronto . en-US.
  3. Web site: Survey Camp . 2024-06-02 . Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn.
  4. News: Yadav . Deepak . 2019-10-18 . Survey camp for the civil engineering students organized . 2024-06-03 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  5. Web site: Bachelor of the Science of Engineering Honours in Civil Engineering . 2024-06-03 . Department of Civil Engineering - Faculty of Engineering, KDU . en.
  6. Web site: 2014-06-14 . The Summer Survey Camp at Cayuta Lake, Its Influence on Education of Civil Engineers . Lake Grove Park.
  7. Web site: Mugge . Jim . Summer Survey Camp . 2024-06-03 . Wisconsin Alumni Association . en.
  8. Web site: A History & Tradition of Educational Excellence in Civil Engineering . 2024-06-03 . College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison . en-US.
  9. Web site: 125th Anniversary . 2024-06-03 . Vanderbilt University - School of Engineering . en-US.
  10. Web site: Wicks . Amanda . 2007-10-04 . CHRONICLES: The End of an Era . 2024-06-03 . New Orleans Magazine . en-US.
  11. Web site: Irving . Tyler . 2021-08-19 . Tradition meets innovation as Survey Camp 2021 gets underway . 2024-06-03 . U of T Engineering News . en-US.
  12. Web site: Survey CAMP: A Department Tradition . 2024-06-03 . Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering - University of Toronto . en-US.
  13. Book: Hezmi . Muhammad Azril . Saari . Radzuan . Mustaffar . Mushairry . Ismail . CheRos . Hanapi . Muhammad Nassir . Yunus . MohdZulkifliMohd . Alel . Nurasmawisham . Aziz . Azmahani Abdul . Mohd Shafferi . Nur Amirah . Awang . Nur Ain . Sulong . Norazrina . Ahmad . Mustaffa Anjang . Enhancing Civil Engineering Professional Skills through Survey Camp Course using Project-Based Learning . 2017 . 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) . https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8467069 . IEEE . 285–289 . 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467069 . 978-1-5386-1523-2.

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