The Division of Geodetic Engineering 


Head: Doytsher Yerach, Professor

 
Geodetic Engineering
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Anne Borowitz 1 112d 04-8292361 04-8234757 aliza@tx.technion.ac.il

 
General Information
 
The teaching and research activities of the division are in the areas related to theoretical and practical aspects of surveying, mapping and geodesy. The division is responsible for the geodetic undergraduate and graduate programs of the department. Graduating in one of these programs is mandatory for obtaining Land Surveying License in Israel. Beside its own programs, the division offers surveying service courses to students from the Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering departments. 
 
Research Areas
 
Surveying and geodesy:
Precise surveying techniques for solving engineering problems; structure deformation monitoring; design and analysis of control networks; geometric and physical geodesy; calibration of surveying equipment; combining classical surveying with satellite (GPS) measurements; gravimetry. 
Cartography and mapping: 
Computer assisted mapping; Geographic and Land Information Systems (GIS/LIS); spatial data handling; generalization, matching, conflation, multi-representation and multi-scale of digital maps; automation of data capture and editing; quality control of digital mapping; thematic mapping. 
Photogrammetry and remote sensing: 

Advanced analytical photogrammetry techniques; use of digital aerial and satellite images; automatic DEM and orthophoto generation; pattern and object recognition for scene analysis; converting raw image data to explicit information; sensor and data fusion; photogrammetry/GIS linkage; close-range and real-time photogrammetry. 

 Undergraduate Programs 

Two programs are offered: 

  1. A four-year program, leading to the degree of B.Sc. in Geodetic Engineering. The program is aimed at training engineers for filling leading positions in projects, research and special works in the areas of geodesy and mapping.
  2. A three-year program, leading to the degree of B.A. in Geodetic Sciences. The programs include most of the basic, required and geodetic courses of the four-year program. The program does not include some engineering courses from other divisions of the department of Civil Engineering.
 Graduate Studies
Two programs are offered: 
  1. M.Sc. in Geodetic Engineering: for students with geodetic engineering (or, with some additional courses, for students with other engineering background).
  2. M.Sc. in Geodetic Sciences: for students with non-engineering background who are interested in theoretical/algorithmic aspects of mapping and geodesy.
 Faculty Members
 
  Doytsher Yerach, Professor
  Ethrog Uzi, Senior Lecturer
  Even-Tzur Gilad, Lecturer

  Papo Haim, Associate Professor (retired)
  Sharni Dan, Senior Lecturer (retired)

 Facilities
  1. Precise and conventional surveying: GPS receivers and processing software; total-stations; theodolites, electronic distance measurement equipment; levels; gyrotheodolite; laser alignment instrument, basic optical tooling equipment. 
  2. GIS and computer mapping: UNIX workstations and PC/WIN NT with GIS and image processing software (ArcInfo, ArcView, MicroStation); scanners; digitizer; large-format (A0) inkjet plotter.
  3. Photogrammetry and remote sensing: Intergraph stereo imagination with state-of-the-art photogrammetric software; SGI O2 with Erdas Imagine, Orthomax and Orthoradar; PC based photogrammetric stations (Leica - DVP); CCD camera; terrestrial metric cameras; precise monocomparator.

 
 

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