Final Exam Sghu4863

The final exam of Sghu4863 (Industrial Svy) was held today starts at 9 am at BK2. All 43 students turned out and sat the exam. One of them came almost 40 minutes late. She over slept and have to be called through handphone. Luckily her roommate answering the call.

Final exam moment
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Majlis Pautan Ukhwah BKFGHT

Pada pagi ini BKFGHT mengadakan satu majlis khas yang dinamakan Majlis Pautan Ukhwah. Antara agendanya adalah untuk meraikan staf fakulti yang bersara sepanjang 2016 dan juga meraikan staf yang baru bertugas/bertukar tempat kerja ke FGHT. Empat staf yang telah bersara - Prof Khairul Anuar, PM Dr Norhaya Kamarudin, Azman Samuri, dan Dr Harun Shah Mat Zin. Cuma Prof Khairul yang turut sertai majlis tadi.

Ucapan Pengerusi BKFGHT

Dr Khairul menyampai ucapan

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PSM Proposal Presentation

Today all final year students of BGeom program (4Sghu) presented their PSM proposal. The session ran parallel at six different rooms. The session I am involved was at DK2 with six students.

Photo after session finished

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Principles of Theory of Attraction

Chapter 1 of the book “Principles of the Gravitational Method” covers on theory of attraction. The content are very relevant to physical geodesy.

Chapter 1: Principles of theory of attraction.
1. Newton’s law of attraction.
2. The field of attraction and solution of the forward problem.
3. Different types of masses and their densities.
4. Two fundamental features of the attraction field.
5. System of equations of the field of attraction.
6. Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations.
7. The potential and its relation to masses.
8. Fundamental solution of Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations.
9. Theorem of uniqueness and solution of the forward problem.
10. Green’s formula and the relationship between potential and boundary conditions.
11. Analytical upward continuation of the field.
12. Poisson’s integral.
13. Behavior of the attraction field.
14. Legender’s functions and solution of Laplace’s equation.

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Perbincangan Projek MBH PUO

Staf PUO yang sedang dalam program PhD Geomatik datang berkunjung ke ofis hari ini. Beliau datang berbincang dan minta pandangan tentang proposal projek phd yang telah dibentang kepada committee.

Masreta binti Hambali (MBH)

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Gravitational field of the earth

Another interesting and relevant topic is covered in Chapter 2 of the book i.e., Gravitational field of the earth. The full content of Chp 2 is as follows;

Chapter 2: Gravitational field of the earth.

1. Forces acting on an elementary volume of the rotating earth and the gravitational field.
2. Gravitational field of the earth.
3. Potential of the gravitational field of the earth.
4. Potential and the gravitational field due to an ellipsoid of rotation.
5. Clairaut’s Theorem.
6. Potential of the gravitational field in terms of spherical harmonics.
7. Geoid and leveling.
8. Stokes formula.
9. Molodensky’s problem.
10. Attraction field of the spheroid.
11. Spheroid and equilibrium of rotating fluid.
12. Development of the theory of the figure of the earth.

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Principles of the Gravitational Method

To those who are interested in physical geodesy particularly on gravitational-related topics should consider widen our readings by not limited to geodesy-based sources only. There are many chapters on these topics covered in books dedicated to other disciplines. One example is the monograph entitled "Principles of the Gravitational Method". The monograph is published by Elsevier in its Series: Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics (Volume 41).

Note: this book is not available in PSZ but copy of all chapters are in my library.

Methods in Geochemistry & Geophysics - Volume 41 (2007)

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IAG 143 - 150 Years (Potsdam 2013)

IAG celebrated its 150 years anniversary by having a special symposium in Potsdam in September 2013. The event was hosted by GFZ Potsdam. The proceedings consists of all papers presented during the symposium was published by Springer.

The preface was written as follow;

In 1862, the Prussian General Johann Jacob Baeyer initiated the Central European Arc Measurement (“MitteleuropäischeGradmessung”) project. By the end of that year, 15 countries had affirmed their participation, and in 1864, the first General Conference was held in Berlin. This was a great success and the start of an organised international collaboration in geodesy. The IAG counts this international scientific initiative, and the organisation it spawned, as its origin. The IAG celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Scientific Assembly in Potsdam, Germany, 2–6 September 2013.

IAG 150 Years

Among the papers presented were on the history of IAG as following;

1. From a regional project to an international organization: The "Baeyer-Helmert-era" of the International Association of Geodesy 1862-1916 [Wolfgang Torge]
2. IAG history: the years of World Wars and aftermath (1917-1959) [Claude Boucher & Pascal Willis]

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Test 2 - Sgh4863

Test no 2 Sghu4863 was held today during lunch hour. Attendance were full and it was an hour test.

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Sesi Penilaian Soalan Peperiksaan Akhir

Pagi ini telah diadakan sesi untuk meneliti soalan peperiksaan akhir bagi semester pertama. Sesi diadakan bermula 9.30 pagi dan berakhir selepas dua jam. Lima atau enam staf Geomtik turut serta dalam penilaian tersebut.

Sesi Penilaian Soalan Peperiksaan Akhir

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Kuliah Penutup Sghu4863

Pada hari ini telah disampaikan kuliah paling akhir subjek Sghu4863. Sebagai kenangan di akhir kelas sesi berfoto bersama semua pelajar yang hadir.

Sghu4863 2016

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Ind Svy Case Studies

There were plenty of case studies described the use of industrial surveys worldwide. The best place to look for them is through online resources. One good example is Leica particularly its metrology division.

Go here - metrologyleica.

ATV Project, Grenoble, France

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