Geodesy geoid, spheroid and ellipsoid, principal radii of curvature. Definition of geodesic. International ellipsoid and WGS84. Theorems of operating geodesy. Local sphere. Surveying and topographic field. Coordinates transformation: ellipsoidial, geocentric, Cartesian, local Cartesian. Deviation of the vertical and local orientation of the ellipsoid. ETRF.DATUM system. Cartography Elements of differential equations of representations. Deformation modulus. Conformal, equal-area maps. Gauss and Lambert projections. Gauss-Boaga UTM. Transformations between paper and geodetic data. IGM, Land register, CTR, linear deformation coefficient in Gauss projections, angular corrections to the chords. DTM Theory of measures treatment Fundamental elements about statistical variables at one or more dimensions. Momenta and their meaning. Correlation indices. Random variables. Empirical law of the case. Normal distribution. Propagation of variance. Least squares estimation theory: equations to the observations. Measure of correlation. Tools and methods of measurement Angular measures. Tools and methods for measuring the directions and zenith angles. Methodologies and tools for measuring distances (EODM). Tools and methods for the measurement of geometric and trigonometric height differences. Verifications and corrections of instrumental errors and influence of residual errors. Accuracy of different methods and their application fields. Main schemes of measurement: forward and reverse intersection, closed and open polygonal. The classical instrumentation: Total station, EODM, level, theodolite. The concept of topographic network and network constraint GPS, GPS, control, spatial and user segments. SIR WGS84. The GPS equipment in single and dual frequency. Relative positioning. Baseline. Pseudo range and phase measurements. The GPS signal. Accuracies and methods of absolute and relative, static and kinematic positioning. DGPS, RTK, static positioning, STOP&GO. RINEX format. Concept of network and GPS constrain. General introduction to the concept of GNSS. The IGM95 network and the networks of permanent stations of Lombardy Region. Topographic survey Positioning of a total station. Purpose of the survey. Design, simulation and adjustment of topographic network: planimetric, altimetric, plano-altimetric and GPS networks. Design, simulation, optimization and compensation of classical network and GPS. Check of results and estimated accuracy. Elements of photogrammetry Basic elements. Ortho-rectification of photos, orthophoto and orthophotomaps. Orientation of photogrammetric takings. Footholds. Numerical Cartography and SIT Specification for Numerical Cartography at different scales. Cartography for GIS. Laser scanner Lidar technology. Instrumentation and data processing methods. The points cloud, the mesh, 3D models. Introduction to Remote Sensing LANDSAT, SPOT, MIVIS, SAR and Laser Ranging
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