Incorporating 3-D Laser Scanning into Land Surveying Curricula

土地测量（Geomatics）在土木工程项目，土地开发和解决财产边界问题中起着非常重要的作用。美国劳工部的《职业展望》预测，从2004年到2014年，测绘技术人员的就业市场将增长9%至17%。由于很少有大学提供土地测量课程，土地测量技术人员的培训主要发生在社区学院。然而，对两年制学院提供的土地测量课程的审查显示，行业需求与两年制学院提供的培训之间存在重大差距。在过去的几年里，一种新的技术，三维激光扫描，已经成为一个非常重要的工具，在土地测量。该项目通过开发、测试和提供新的课程材料，包括示范课程内容、实例、作业、实验室活动和实地工作，将这一新技术纳入土地测量课程。在这个项目中开发的课程材料可以通过任何社区学院或高中在全国。为了促进信息传播，讲习班正在培训希望使用这一课程的教师，课程内容正在通过印刷媒体和电子媒体出版，包括小册子、网站、光盘和会议发言。该课程首先由来自行业、大学、美国土木工程师协会和美国测绘大会的专家小组进行评估，然后在万年青谷学院和圣罗莎初级学院实施，并最终在全国推广。该项目是工业、教育机构和政府机构之间的合作努力。该项目得到了特林布尔、圣克拉拉谷水区、HMH工程、硅谷土地测量、Caltran、圣克拉拉县、地区高中、圣罗莎初级学院、加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校和圣何塞塞特大学的支持。

Land surveying (Geomatics) plays a very important role in civil engineering projects, land development, and the resolution of property boundary issues. The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Outlook projects that the job market for surveying and mapping technicians will increase 9 to 17 percent from 2004 to 2014. With very few universities offering land surveying programs, the training of land surveying technicians occurs predominantly at community colleges. A review of the land surveying programs offered by two-year colleges, however, reveals significant gaps between the needs of the industry and training offered by the two-year institutions. Over the last few years, a new technology, 3-D laser scanning, has emerged as a very important tool in land surveying. This project incorporates this new technology into land surveying curricula by developing, testing and delivering new courses materials, including model course content, examples, assignments, laboratory activities, and field work. The course materials developed in this project can be adopted by any community college or high school in the nation. To facilitate information dissemination, workshops are training teachers who want to use this curriculum, and the contents of the curriculum are being published through both printed media and electronic media, including booklets, a website, CDs, and conference presentations. The curriculum is first being evaluated by a panel of experts from the industry, universities, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, and then implemented at Evergreen Valley College and Santa Rosa Junior College and eventually disseminated nationally. The project is a collaborative effort among industry, educational institutions, and government agencies. The project has secured support from Trimble, Santa Clara Valley Water District, HMH Engineering, Silicon Valley Land Surveying, Caltran, Santa Clara County, regional high schools, Santa Rosa Junior College, California State University at Fresno, and San Jose Sate University.