GEO9530 – Airborne Surveying and Geodesy
Course description
Course content
The course builds upon the introduction of surveying, photogrammetry, and other types of airborne acquisition done in GEO3460/4460. The main learning objective is that students can plan, and, with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), perform, an airborne survey, complete with the appropriate choice of sensor, georeferencing, ground truthing, and quality metrics.
The course includes several practicals and associated mandatory hand-ins. The star assignment will be a field survey planned by the students, individually or in pairs, deciding on a technical question to answer using the tools and methods discussed in class. Students may decide to investigate the precision of LiDAR vs Photogrammetry, the impact on georeferencing sources, the validity of various acquisition strategies for a given objective and so on.
Learning outcome
After taking the course, you will be able to
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operate UAVs and follow the related regulations
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use GNSS systems and understand the theory behind their functions
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navigate around coordinate systems, datums, and projections
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use photogrammetry as a surveying tool
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use LiDAR as a surveying tool
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decide what acquisition tool and method is most suited to a given use-case or research question
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exploit advanced post-processing methods
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
- GEO3460 – Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Geographical Data Acquisition / GEO4460 – Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Geographical Data Acquisition or equivalent course.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4530 – Airborne Surveying and Geodesy.
Teaching
There are up to four hours of lectures and practicals per week. Some practicals will form the basis for four written mandatory reports, which must be approved before the final exam. One or more days of practical work will be conducted outdoors, where students will lead UAV-based data acquisitions.
The planning, execution, and processing of the data will contribute to a report investigating a specific topic of interest for each individual student that counts towards the final grade.
Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Student?administration (studieinfo@geo.uio.no).
We reserve the right to change the teaching?form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.
Examination
- Four written reports must be approved in order to sit the final exam.
- The report investigating a particular topic of interest counts 40% towards the final grade.
- A final oral examination counts 60% towards the final grade.
- All parts must be passed separately in order to pass the course.?
When writing your exercises make sure to familiarize yourself with the?rules for use of sources and citations.?Breach of these rules may lead to suspicion of?attempted cheating.
Mandatory assignments are valid for 5 semesters starting from the semester they were approved the first time.
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course?if you sit the exam for the following course:
Examination support material
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.