SUG 102 Basic Principles in Surveying II

ND1 levelEngineering & Technology15 topics

SUG 102 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Tacheometry and distance measurement
Vertical angle observation by repetition
Horizontal distance by stadia
Self-reducing tacheometers
Spot heights and detail surveying
Theodolite and total station traversing
Traverse computations and adjustment
Minor triangulation
Total station operations
GPS observations and data processing
Contouring and spot-height grids
Building setting out
Drain and sight rail setting out
Route surveying
Earthwork cut and fill calculations

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Tacheometry and distance measurement

Tacheometry is the art of determining horizontal distances and elevations by combining angular measurements with trigonometric calculations. Mastering its principles—angle measurement, distance computation, and error handling—is essential for accurate surveying and for answering exam questions that require quick, reliable calculations.

What you get for SUG 102

Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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