GEO9530 – Geodesy and Photogrammetry
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course focuses on three topics in geodesy and surveying: reference systems and map projections, GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou) and digital photogrammetry. It provides an overview of the fundamentals of reference systems/map projections, GNSS measurement and processing and the use of airborne (both by plane and drone) and ground-based photogrammetry for geophysical use.
Learning outcome
After finishing this course, you will
- know different map projections and their strengths and weaknesses
- know how to use conversion and transformations between different coordinate systems
- be able to plan and carry out a simple geodetic or photogrammetric survey
- be able to operate GNSS equipment and software
- know about photogrammetric hardware, including cameras aboard drones and planes
- be able to produce DEMs and ortho-images from images via the software MicMac and other software
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 – Surveying, Photogrammetry and Spatial Analysis / GEG2250 – Introduction in surveying, photogrammetry and spatial analysis (continued) / GEG2210 – Data Collection - Land Surveying and Digital Photogrammetry (discontinued)?or equivalent course.
Recommended previous knowledge
- GEO3515 – Remote Sensing of the Earth surface / GEO4515 – Remote Sensing of the Earth surface / GEG2240 – Introduction to remote sensing (continued)
- basic knowledge in surveying and photogrammetry
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4530 – Geodesy and Photogrammetry.
Teaching
Lectures and practicals up to 4 hours per week. From the practicals, four written assignments shall be submitted and will count towards the final grade. One of these is a simple geodetic or photogrammetric survey.
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
- 4 written assignments count c. 40% towards the final grade.
- A final oral exam counts c. 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
Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English.
You may write your examination paper 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
- 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.