International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development
Online ISSN : 2433-3700
Print ISSN : 2185-159X
ISSN-L : 2185-159X
Circumstances of Survey Education Conducted in Japanese Universities
TAKAHIKO KUBODERAHIROMU OKAZAWAYOSHIHARU HOSOKAWAMASAHIRO TASUMIKATSUHIRO SASADAEIJI MATSUOMACHITO MIHARA
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2015 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 46-50

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Contents of the survey education conducted in civil engineering departments of universities in Tokyo were investigated by using their syllabus, to grasp the current state of survey education in Japan. As a result, in the order of the number of departments that teach the particular items, “Theory of error”, “Traversing”, “Leveling”, “Plate table surveying”, “Global positioning System (GPS) surveying”, “Photogrammetry”, “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)” and “Remote sensing”. It was found that land-based surveying techniques, such as “Traversing”, “Leveling” and “Plate table surveying”, were treated preferentially over aerial-data based surveying, such as “GPS surveying”, “Photogrammetry” and “Remote sensing”. Furthermore, to grasp the items taught as university course content reflect the techniques actually used in work situations, the content of 6 textbooks used for lectures at the universities was investigated by comparing with the General Standard of Operation Specifications for Public Surveys (General Standard). The General Standard is used as the model standard when surveying companies work actually. As a result, not many textbooks cover such operationally demanded techniques. As other problems; given that the latest technique may be a major technique in the future, it is necessary to teach the latest survey techniques. The latest techniques, which have not been described as survey items in the General Standard, were also investigated, such as “Mobile Mapping System (MMS)”, “3-D laser scanners” and “Photogrammetry with satellite imagery”. So as to improve these problems, the authors developed a new textbook for teaching surveying based on an investigation of courses offered in the survey departments of universities. In the developed textbook, the survey techniques described in the General Standard and the latest techniques are included.

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