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1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOMATICS UNDERGRADUATE COURSES F Introduction to Geomatics (2) Definition of Surveying and its history; Coordinate system and map projection; Fundamental conception of surveying engineering; Photogrammetry; Remote sensing and image processing; Satellite positioning; Geomatics (surveying and spatial information system). F Plane Surveying (I) (2) Introduction; Distance Measurement; Leveling; Angle Measurement; Indirect Leveling; Indirect Distance Measurement. F Plane surveying (II) (2) Triangulation and Trilateration; Plane table Surveying; Topographic Surveying; Map direction and Coordinate Systems; Cadastral Surveying; Route Surveying; Construction Surveying. F Practice of Plane Surveying (II) (1) Exercise of Plane Table; Plane Table Traversing; Reconnaissance for Mapping Survey; Control Surveying for Mapping Survey; Detail Surveying for Mapping Survey; Compilation for Mapping Survey; Layout Survey; Computation of Area; Examination by Instruments. F Engineering Mathematics (I) (3) Ordinary differential equations; Laplace transforms. F Engineering Mathematics (II) (3) Linear Algebra: Matrices, Vectors, Determinants, Linear System of Equations; 3-147

2 Linear Algebra: Matrix Eigenvalue Problems; Vector Differential Calculus, Grad, Div, Curl; Fourier Transform: DFT and FFT; Vector Integral Calculus, Integral Theorems. F Engineering Statistics (3) Probability; Commonly used probability distributions in engineering; Point and interval estimation; Hypothesis tests; Regression analysis; Application of statistics in surveying. F Surveying Adjustment(I) (3) Theory of errors; Least-squares principle; Propagation of errors; Concept of weight; Measurement of accuracy; Problem of adjustment. F Surveying Adjustment (II) (3) Parametric, Condition and Combined adjustment; Adjustment of a leveling network; Adjustment of triangulation network, Free network adjustment. F Surveying Instruments (2) Basic of Optics; Level; Theodolite; Optical Apparatus for Distance Measurement; Electronic Distance and Theodlite; Instruments for Special Purposes; Adjustment of Instruments; Maintenance and Transportation; Tachymeters. F Introduction to Computer (3) Introduction; computer hardware; application softwares; operation system software; computer network and world wide web. F Computer Graphics (3) Principle of projections; Introduction to computer graphics technology; Mathematics of 2-D and 3-D computer graphics; Viewpoint and windows; Hidden-line removal; PC basic graphic programming; Functions of CAD software packages. F Geodesy (I) (3) 3-148

3 Definition, Problems and Development of geodesy; The Gravity Field of the Earth; Datums, Reference Systems and the Normal Gravity Field of the Earth; Stokes Geodetic Boundary Value Problems; Height Systems; GPS Positioning; Geodetic and Gravimetric Networks F Land Law and Cadastral Statutes (2) The meaning, characteristics and history of Land Law. The contents of Land Law: Land Cadaster, Land rights, Land Price, and Land Utilization and Expropriation. Land Arrangement of Cadastration: Cadastral Survey and Land Registration. The Socialization of Land Ownership. The private and public restrictions of Land Ownership. Regulations for Cadastral Survey. F Land Registration (2) The importance of Land Registration. The Regulations and Rules of Cadastral Inventory: Land Registration Register, Land Cadastral Map, Land Price Record Book, and Land Ownership Certificate. The system and characteristics of Land Registration. The requirements of Land Registrations when writing applications forms. The SOP of Land Registrations. Land Registrations: (1) Registration of First Building Ownership, (2) Registration of Transfers in Ownership through Buy-sell, (3) Registration of Mortgage Right, and (4) Registration of Inheritance. F Technical Fundamentals for GIS (3) Introduction to Data Structures; Elementary Computer Graphics; Fundamental Spatial Concepts; Basic Computational Geometry; Coordinate Systems and Geo-coding; Vector Data Structures and Algorithms; Raster Data Structures and Algorithms; Data Structures and Algorithms for Surfaces and Volumes. F Photogrammetry (III) (3) Coordinate systems and coordinate transformation; interior orientation and the resection; bundle block adjustment; block adjustment with additional paraments 3-149

4 and constrains; relative orientation; absolute orientation; block adjustment with independent models; mapping with satellite imagery; introduction to the image processing. F Land Administration (2) The main tasks and policy targets of official organizations of land administration in Taiwan: equalization to the land right, maximum utilization to the lands and joint-share of the land benefits; strategies in pursuit of policy targets: (1)the right to control, (2)the right to expropriate, and (3) the right to collect land tax; the system of land planning and utilization in Taiwan: (1) comprehensive plan for national land, (2) regional plan, (3) zoning control for non-urban lands, and (4) urban plan; the new-town construction and urban renewal in existed built areas: (1) urban land consolidation, (2) zone expropriation, and (3) urban land renewal; the management of real estate lease-hold: (1) housing lease-hold, (2) building-land lease-hold, and (3) farm-land lease-hold; the land-value appraisement system: (1) the assessment of land-value and (2) the announcement of current land-value; the land-tax: land value tax, land value increment tax, deed tax, housing tax, gifts tax and inheritance tax; land expropriation: (1) the condition for land expropriation, (2) the application of land expropriation, (3) the approval of land expropriation, and (4) the execution of land expropriation. F Data Modeling and Databases in GIS (3) Fundamental Database Concepts; Models of Spatial Information; Representation and Algorithms; Spatial Data Structures ; Spatial Access Methods; GIS Architectures and Interfaces; Next-Generation Systems. F Photogrammetry (I) (3) Introduction to photogrammetry; Principles of photography and imaging; Cameras and other imaging devices; Image measurements and refinements; Object space coordinate systems; Vertical photographs; Stereoscopic viewing; Stereoscopic parallax 3-150

5 F Photogrammetry (II) (3) Elementary Methods of Planimetric Mapping for GIS; Tilted Photographs; Introduction to Analytical Photogrammetry; Stereoscopic Plotting Instruments; Fundamental Principles of Digital Image Processing; Principles of Softcopy Photogrammetry; Ground Control for Aerial Photogrammetry; Aerotriangulation (+ GPS Supported Aerial Triangulation). F Digital Mapping (3) Hardware and Software of Digital Mapping Systems; Digital Data Acquisition; File Structures of Digital Maps; Data Editing and Symbolization of Digital Maps; Map Production and Quality Control; Digital Map Revision; Exchange of Digital Maps. F Surveying Camp (2) Practical exercises. F Urban Surveying (2) Introduction; Design of Control Surveying; Current Surveying; Stake Surveying; Sectional Examination; Road Surveying; Readjustment Surveying; Pipeline Surveying. F Civil Engineering Project Management 2 Introduction to Civil Engineering Procedures; Civil Engineering; Construction Planning; Quality Control; Construction Management; Civil Engineers Career Guide F Management of Surveying (3) Introduction; Planning of Survey; System of Operation; Evaluation of Funds; Sectional Examination; Progress Management; Quality Management; Cost Management; Personnel Management; Safety Management

6 F Computer Programming (3) Introduction to Programming Language; Data defines and Processes; Expressions; Flow of Control; Array and Pointer; Function; The operating of Input and Output; The property of object orientation; Introduction to analyze and design of object orientation programming; The operating of class; The inheritance of object. F General Chemistry (3) Chemical thermodynamics; Electrochemistry; Chemical kinetics; inorganic chemistry; Transition metals; Structure and properties of organic compounds. F General Chemistry Lab (1) Manipulation of glass tubing; Empirical formula of a compound; Preparation of salts; Production of colloids; A study of solutions; acids and bases; Titration of a base by an acid; Titration of oxidizing and reducing agents; Nitrogen compounds; A study of Halogens and Halides. F Applied Mechanics (3) Particle Kinematics; Particle kinetics; Particle systems; Kinematics of rigid bodies; Kinetics of rigid bodies; Impulse and momentum; Work and energy; Vibrations. F Geodesy(II) (3) Fundamentals of Differential Geometry; Geometry of the Rotational Ellipsoid; Geodetic Main Problems on the Ellipsoid; Reductions of Observations on the Ellipsoid; Three Dimensional Geodesy; Map Projections F Applied Electronics (2) The characteristics of diodes, rectifiers and filters of diodes, voltage multipliers, configurations and characteristics of bipolar junction transistors, characteristics and equivalent circuit models of JFT and MOSFET, the Zener diode SCR, TRIAC operation, the BJT amplifier, the FET amplifier, frequency response and feedback 3-152

7 of amplifiers, operational amplifiers, power amplifiers, power control circuits, introduction to electronic units and instruments in surveying. F Introduction to Cartography (3) Introduction to Maps; Earth-Map Relationships; Topographic maps in Taiwan; Data sources for Maps; Cartographic Design; Map Symbolization; Statistical Surface; Map Abstraction and Related Issues. F Fundamentals of GIS (3) Introduction to GIS Basic Concept; Generation and Representation of Geographic Data; GIS Data Collection; Database Issues in GIS; Spatial Analysis in GIS; GIS Design and Practical Application; Future Development of GIS. F Geodetic Coordinate Systems and Time (3) Introduction; Fundamental Linear Algebra; Two-dimensional coordinate systems and their transformation; Three-dimensional coordinate systems and their transformation; The Concept of height; Time. F Theory of Electronic Surveying (2) Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM)- principles and applications; Satellite positioning: principles and applications; Inertial surveying- principles and applications. F Theory of Errors (3) Theory of errors; adjustment of uncorrelated observers; adjustment of correlated observers(direct; indirect and conditional adjustment; indirect adjustment with unknown parameters and conditional equations); adjustment by grouping; free-net adjustment; least squares prediction and filtering. F Data Quality Standards and Sharing in GIS (3) Overview of Geographic Data Quality; Lineage; Attribute Accuracy; Positional Accuracy; Data Completeness; Logical Consistency; GIS standards; Geographic Data Sharing Environment; Metadata; Web GIS Architecture

8 F Numerical Analysis (3) Numerical analysis and error; Solution of single variable equations; Interpolation methods; Polynomial Approximation; 2D interpolation methods; Matrix and determinant; Solution of Linear equations and matrix inversion; Numerical differentiation and numerical integration. F Linear Algebra (2) Matrices and Gaussian Elimination; Vector Spaces and Linear Equation; Determinants; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; Orthogonality; Positive Definite Matrices. F Urban Planning (2) Urban and planning; Trends in urban planning; Urban development analysis; Policy planning; Urban populations; Urban economics; Urban environment; Urban activities; Urban social welfare; Urban hazard control ;Spatial development planning; Plan evaluation; Urban design; Urban development control; Urban development. F Design and Assessment of Networks (3) Introduction; Accuracy analysis of observations; Observations data pre-processing; Pre-Adjustment data screening; Least Squares network adjustment; Post-Adjustment data screening; Quality assessment of network; Network design; Application examples. F Photogrammetry instruments (2) Introduction; Camera; Stereo observation and stereo comparator for the photo coordinate measurement; The stereoscopic plotting instruments; New generation instrument of photogrammetry; The theory of rectification of titled photographs and photo rectifier; The instruments for producing orthophotos. F Remote Sensing (I)(3) This is an introduction course for Remote Sensing. It covers the topics of 3-154

9 microwave, optical, and thermal sensing. Remote sensing platforms are also discussed. F Remote Sensing (II)(3) This course continues the topics in Remote Sensing (I). In addition to discussing data processing techniques in more details, active remotely sensors, such as Lidar and microwave altimeters are introduced. F Cadastre Surveying(2) Concepts of land tenure; Introduction to land registration systems; Legal surveying problems and practices; Introduction to property boundary problems; Cadastral systems. F Aerial Triangulation (3) This is an advanced course requiring basic knowledge in at least Photogrammetry and Least-Squares Adjustment. It is designed to give thorough details about the general and specific problems in the aerial triangulation. The lecture covers following topics: Coordinate systems encountered in aerial triangulation. The usage of universal form of the standard problem II of least-squares adjustment for aerial triangulation. Functional models for perspective, panoramic, push-broom and scanning imaging system. GPS-supported aerial triangulation. Compensation of systematic errors. Accuracy of aerial triangulation. Asides from exercises and examinations, students must finish a practical project of aerial triangulation using digital photogrammetric workstations. F Engineering Geology (2) Properties of earth's materials: rocks, soil; Surface and subsurface water; Geological reaction related to engineering: erosion, drainage, coast, pits; Practical engineering geology: Site investigation, Urban planning, Engineering construction. F Thesis (I) (2) Preparation and design of a study plan; Research methods; Searching and collection of study materials and reference; Analysis and presentation of study 3-155

10 results; Techniques for oral presentation; Preparation of poster presentation; Analysis of study results and computational output information; Graphic representation of study results; Generalization of study results; Drawing concluding remarks; Reference; Acknowledgement; Appendix. F Thesis (II) (2) Preparation and design of a study plan; Research methods; Searching and collection of study materials and reference; Analysis and presentation of study results; Techniques for oral presentation; Preparation of poster presentation; Analysis of study results and computational output information; Graphic representation of study results; Generalization of study results; Drawing concluding remarks; Reference; Acknowledgement; Appendix. GRADUATE COURSES P & P Selected Topics of Surveying Papers (I) (II) (2, 2) Readings and discussion on the papers of photogrammetry, Geodesy and Surveying. P Case Studies in Geographic Information Systems (3) Introduction to GIS Application Areas; Strategic Proposal of a GIS Application Project; Life Cycle of Application Software Development; Functional Requirements Analysis; System Planning and Analysis; System Design; System Implementation; System Maintenance and Documentation P DEDICATED TOPICS ON PHOTOGRAMMETRY (1) Developments of photogrammetry and remote sensing; Preparation and design of a study plan; Research methods; Searching and collection of study materials and reference; Analysis and presentation of study results; Techniques for oral presentation; Preparation of poster presentation; Analysis of study results and computational output information; Graphic representation of study results; Generalization of study results; Drawing concluding remarks; Reference; 3-156

11 Acknowledgement; Appendix. P DEDICATED TOPICS ON PHOTOGRAMMETRY (2) Developments of photogrammetry and remote sensing; Preparation and design of a study plan; Research methods; Searching and collection of study materials and reference; Analysis and presentation of study results; Techniques for oral presentation; Preparation of poster presentation; Analysis of study results and computational output information; Graphic representation of study results; Generalization of study results; Drawing concluding remarks; Reference; Acknowledgement; Appendix. P66740 Image Processing (3) This a basic course in digital image processing covering following topics: Image acquisition. Image formation. Image display. Image enhancement in spatial domain. Image enhancement in frequency domain. Color techniques. Morphological image processing. Image segmentation. Description of segmented image features. Object recognition. P Digital Photogrammetry (3) Introduction; Digital Aerial Image Acquisition; Image Orientation and Coordinate Transformation; Image Matching; DEM generation; Orthoimage producing and Mosaicing; Feature Extraction and Matching; Automatic Orientation and Triangulation; Concept of Floating Model; Model-Image Fitting; Building and Road Extraction. P Satellite Geodesy (3) Subject and applications of satellite geodesy; Fundamentals: reference coordinate systems, time, and signal propagation; Satellite orbital motion; Basic observation concepts and satellites used in satellite geodesy; Optical methods for determination of directions; Doppler techniques; GPS; Satellite laser ranging (SLR); Gravity field missions and related space techniques

12 P Geometric Geodesy (3) Definition and Classification of Geodesy; The Problem and Historical Development of Geodesy; Properties of the Rotational Ellipsoid; Geodetic Coordinate Systems and Their Relationships; The Reduction of Terrestrial Geodetic Measurements to the Ellipsoid; Direct and Inverse Geodetic Problems (Calculation of Geodetic Coordinates with Terrestrial Geodetic Measurements) ; Establishment of Geodetic Networks (Horizontal and Vertical Control): TWD97 and TWVD2001; Transformation of Coordinates. Up-to-date Development of Geometric Geodesy: Space Geodesy Techniques P Advanced Satellite Geodesy (3) Two-body Problem of Motion; Transformation of Orbital Parameters and Regularization; Geometric Dynamics; Variational Equations of Motion and Canonical Transformation; Perturbation Analysis; Orbit Prediction using Analytic and Numerical Methods; Orbit Determination; Theory of Global Positioning System and Applications P Fundamental Theory and Applications of Wavelets (3) Introduction to wavelets; Fundamental Theory and Applications of Fourier Transform : CFT, DFT and FFT; Fundamentals of Wavelets; Daubechies wavelets; Time-frequency analysis; Brief review on the applications of wavelets (optional); Definitions and analysis on different wavelet functions (optional). P Methods of GPS Kinematic Positioning (2) Historical development of Global Positioning System; Classification of GPS positioning methods; GPS observation equations and systematic errors; Least-squares estimation and Kalman filtering; Short-baseline methods; Long-baseline methods; Network methods; Future development of GPS kinematic positioning. P Artificial Neural Networks: Theory and Applications in Geomatics Engineering (3) 3-158

13 With the advance in computer technology, the artificial intelligent technologies have been utilized to solve those problems that can not be solved properly through the use of conventional technologies. In additional, the technology of artificial neural network has been recognized as one of the most applicable and reliable artificial intelligent technologies since 1960.Therefore, the primary object of this course is to provide the mathematical fundamentals of artificial neural networks and their possible applications in Geomatics engineering. This course is divided into four modules which are given as follows: The first modules provides the historic reviews and general mathematical fundamentals, the second modules the theory and derivation of related formulas of supervised neural networks, the third module provides the theory and derivation related formulas of unsupervised neural networks,and the fourth module includes the applications with the incorporation of artificial neural networks in Geomatics engineering, including intelligent signal and image processing, image segmentation and classification, noise reduction, feature extraction, and navigation. P Navigation (3) This course intends to provide an encyclopedic view of navigation in terms theory and the latest development of navigation technology. All aspects of navigation are considered, however, it does not attempt to discuss all applications in detail due to the limited time frame of academic year. Therefore, the content of this course is not applicable to be used as a solo guide for developing navigation system or tools. However, it aims at providing the latest updated in navigation technologies. This course comprises three modules: Navigation fundamentals, methods of positioning, and applications. The latest developments of Wireless positioning, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), and multi-sensor integrated navigation systems will be the main ingredients of this course

14 P65110 Physical Geodesy (3) Potential theory; The gravity field of the Earth; Gravimetry; Geodetic boundary value Problems; Computation of the geoidal undulation by the least squares collocation; Computation of the geoidal undulation by FFT; World height systems; Unified theory in geodesy; Integrated geodesy P Satellite Orbit Determination (3) Orbital Force Models; Perturbation Model and Variational Equations; Formulation of the Orbital Equations of Motion; Numerical Integration of the Equations of Motion and Variational Equations; Observation Models; Estimation of Parameters P Reliability and Error Detection (3) This is an advanced course in data adjustment as a continuation of the courses of Least-Squares Adjustment and Statistics. The objective of this course is to give students a deeper understanding of the problem of model error associated with the adjustment of observational data. Under model error we understand the random error, the gross error (the blunders) and the systematic error. Based on random error, method of posterior variance estimation is introduced. Based on gross error, the method of data snooping is introduced together with it the theory of reliability. and its measurement For the systematic error, method of using augmented model for detecting and verification of the existence of systematic is introduced. For practical blunder detection the robust estimation method is introduced. P Parameter Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Linear Models (3) Least Squares Collocation; Ridge Regression; Generalized Inverse and Free Network Adjustment; Analysis of Variance and Hypothesis Testing P Advanced Surveying Mathematics (3) Vectors; Coordinate transformation, Affine transformation, Taylor's expansion of a vector; Curvilinear theory; Surface theory; Geodetic curvature, Geodetic line and Geodetic coordinate system, Projection between surfaces; Curvature vector of a curve in surface; General geometry

15 P Special Topics on Photogrammetry (2) Evaluation and development of analytical plotters; Present status of automated photogrammetry; Principle of image correlation; Applications of close-range photogrammetry; On-line triangulation. P Geophysical Exploration (2) Recording equipment of earthquake waves; Analysis of earthquake waves and geology; Earthquake exploration; Gravity exploration; Principles and equipment; Analysis of gravimetric data; Magnetic force exploration; Analysis of magnetic force. P Land Information Systems (3) Study of the existing land information systems; Comparison and analysis of land information systems; User's needs study; Design considerations; Program implementation. P Close Range Photogrammetry (3) Introduction; Foundations of Photogrammetry; Imagery Theory and Cameras; Mathematical Concepts of Photogrammetry; Computation of Image Orientation; Camera Calibration; Direct Linear Transform; Three-dimensional Landscape Construction; Laser Scanning. P Spatial Database Systems (3) Introduction to Spatial Database; Geometric data model and structure; Primitive spatial data type and relationship; Metadata; Map Interface; Query Language and spatial extension; Spatial Index; WebGIS and warehouse. Spatial Statistics (3) Statistics is a powerful tool to retrieve the information imbedded in the data. For spatial data, space related information, such as, adjacency and covariance with other observations, are crucial for retrieving meaningful information. The main 3-161

16 focus of this course is description statistics for point data, Kriging, and lattice data analysis. Advanced Computer Graphics (3) The purpose of this course is to cover the fundamentals of geometric modeling and digital geometric processing in computer graphics. Topics to be covered include: OpenGL and Windows System, Splines and Continuity Constraints, Parametric Polynomial Surfaces and NURBS, Subdivision Surfaces, Triangle Meshes for Surface Representation and Reconstruction, Triangle Meshes Simplification, Solid Modeling, Ray Tracing

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