GENERAL PHILOSOPHY
Surveying is a multi-disciplinary subject, which serves as the foundation discipline in engineering, environmental Designs and Studies, Land Administration and Planning. Surveying provides the spatial locations of the earth’s features and other environmental information necessary for designing engineering works, physical planning, location and exploitation of natural resources as well as land administration. The role of surveying in military science is obvious. The surveyor therefore should be seen as professional and an academic geoscientist who should have sound foundation in both Mathematics and Physics, for these are his basic tools.
Traditionally, surveying and mapping was concerned mainly with positioning, mapping and production of maps, charts and plans. Data capture is usually accomplished by conventional analogue, optical and electro-optical equipment, which processes were very tedious and required specialized knowledge and expertise. In the last two decades however advances in computer and space technology have revolutionized geo-data capture, processing and management. The development in digital technology means that various processes of data capture, analysis and display are becoming integrated and realizable in real time. This modern mapping technique is generally referred ‘to as Geomatics or Geoinformatics. The surveying and Geoinformatics programme of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka is therefore designed to train surveyors (Geomaticians) who are fully professional, highly academic, technical and knowledgeable in the art of Surveying and Mapping, digital data acquisition, processing, management and presentation.
PROGRAMME AIM AND OBJECTIVES
As stated above, a surveyor should be a professional and an academic geoscientist who has sound foundation in Mathematics and physics. He provides services and
working tools for other numerous professionals and sciences and as such his education should be so oriented as to understand the language of the other professionals and scientists. The graduate surveyor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University should be well trained in the following core areas.
- Land Surveying, including
- Cadastral surveying
- Engineering surveying ;
- Topographic Surveying
- Digital Mapping techniques
- Geodesy, including
- Geometrical, physical and Satellite Geodesy.
- Astronomy/Celestial Coordinate System
- Global positioning systems
- Geographic Methods
- Photogrammetry and Remote sensing .
- Hydrography and Hydrometry
- Geographic information Systems.
It is expected that the holder of B.Sc. Degree in Surveying and Geoinformatics of Nnamdi Azikiwe University should be able to:
- Carry out pre-analysis and designs of survey projects and write out instructions and specifications.
- Carry out all sorts of survey measurements, prepare and lodge cadastral plans and large-scale topographic maps and plans.
- Identify, analyze and specify survey contents and requirements in Engineering projects and assist in the acquisition of survey data for engineering purposes.
- Understand and appreciate layout designs and specifications and undertake the translation of the designs from blue print to the ground.
- Carry out data processing and analysis with modern digital electronic computers and produce full professional and technical report.
- Understand and interpret survey laws and regulations and other land related legislations and professional ethics.
- Participate fully in the preparation of Environmental impact Assessment.
- Carry out digital mapping and development of geospatial data management system for annotation and interpretation and better appreciation of environmental elements.