Acquisition of a One-Person Electronic Total Station Survey System

采矿工程部为当地的黑山金矿和怀俄明州波德河盆地的14个大型露天煤矿提供服务，拥有非常先进的计算机化矿山规划能力。该系为所有地质学、采矿和地质工程专业的学生开设矿山测量课程。土木工程与环境工程系为包括SD运输委员会在内的大片地区提供服务，目前提供为期两个学期的测量课程序列，这是第二门选修课。这个项目的主旨是获得一个一人全量测量系统，供两个部门使用。Geotronics公司制造的单人全站仪是一种全新的测量系统。非常精确的测量是从反射站进行的，测量仪器在整个过程中保持无人看管，并由反射站控制。数据以电子方式获取，很容易传输到任何IBM计算机，用于地图、矿山规划和地理信息系统。地质/地质工程系最近购置了两套地理信息系统，供课堂和研究使用。

The Mining Engineering Department serves the local gold mines in the Black Hills and 14 large open pit coal mines in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and has very sophisticated computerized mine planning capabilities. The department offers a mine surveying course for all geology, mining, and geological engineering students. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department serves a large area including the SD Transportation Board and currently offers a two-semester sequence of surveying courses, the second elective. The main thrust of this project is to obtain a one-person total surveying system for both departments to use. The one-person total station manufactured by Geotronics is an entirely new surveying system. Very accurate measurement is done from the reflector station with the surveying instrument remaining unattended during the procedure and controlled from the reflector station. Data are acquired electronically with easy transfer to any IBM computer for use in maps, mine planning, and GIS. The Geology/Geological Engineering Department has recently acquired two GIS systems for use in class and research.