APPLICATION OF MATLAB IN ENGINEERING SURVEYING AND MAPPING

INTRODUCTION

Geodetic surveying is concerned with two different types of surveying: the first one for heights and
the second one for horizontal elements. In recent years, with the technology evolution, there was
developed and implemented the concept of three-dimensional geodetic network, that is a fusion
between horizontal and vertical parts. Therefore, a three-dimensional geodetic network includes both
types of measurements: for heights and also for the horizontal elements being composed by a system
of points, located on the earths surface, on an engineering work territory, points which have a known
position in an unitary reference coordinate system.

ABSTRACT
A three-dimensional geodetic network is composed by a system of points located on earths surface,
on an engineering work territory, points which have a known position in a unitary reference
coordinate system. Geodetic networks play a significant role in the attainable accuracy of surveying
and mapping applications. This proposal is about creating a three-dimensional geodetic network by
entering known values in a graphical user interface program.

In recent years automation, computer science and applied informatics domains have known a great
evolution, being used in almost all fields of activity, such as: engineering, archaeology, surveying,
medical and chemical industries, design projects. The primary objective of this to create a system,
which automatically calculates the unknown points coordinates, respectively their accuracy, thus
streamlining the measurements processing and provide a 2D and 3D representation of the landscape
using MATLAB programming language. In order to prepare the entire program, both knowledge of
geodesy (three-dimensional networks, processing of the measurements from a three-dimensional
geodetic network) and programming are required. This program has more advantages, such as: it has
a friendly interface being easy to understand, utilizes simple notations which allows focusing on
mathematical algorithm, and has a great computing speed, being composed by more particular
functions and procedures.
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