Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geography : general | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course studies the main concepts and measurement techniques used in geodesy and in Geodetic astronomy.
It is organized in 4 chapters :
1. Basics of Geodesy : history, geoid and reference ellipsoid, deflection of vertical, different types of reference systems used in Geodesy.
2. Geodetic astronomy : celestial sphere, astronomical coordinates and their determination, precession and nutations, time scales (sidereal time, solar time, atomic time).
3. Classical Geodesy : reference systems in planimetry (triangulation and its verification, definition of a local datum), reference systems in altimetry (different types of heights, leveling, orthometric correction).
4. Space Geodesy : basics, reference systems and frames, different types of observables, photographic method, GNSS.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course gives an introduction to the main concepts used in Positional Astronomy and in Geodesy. The student will be able to define correctly these concepts, to explain the links between these concepts and to apply them to problems encountered in Geometrology.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Physics (PHYS0188-2 and PHYS0903-2) and Mathematics (MATH2007-1) courses.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face learning.
Recommended or required readings
Lectures notes are available (in French).
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam on the material seen during the theorical lectures and on the problems solved during practical sessions.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is organized in 3 hour lectures given each week during the first semester.
Contacts
René Warnant (Professor) Tel : 04/366 90 16 E-mail: Rene.Warnant@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
All the materiel seen during the course (theory and exercices).
Assessment methods
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Contacts
René Warnant (Professor)
E-mail: Rene.Warnant@uliege.be
Mathilde Debelle (Assistant)
E-mail: mathilde.debelle@uliege.be