TABLE I
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRIC TRAINING
AT FOUR LEVELS
TRAINING AIMS BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES
LEVEL
To provide adequate practical training in a number | Ai) perform very well certain routine
Operator of basic photogrammetric operations photogrammetric operations such as
inner, relate ARM, lation
on specified instruments
ii) perform simple cartographic work
such as fair drawing.
To provide practical and theoretical training in the | Bi) perform very well routine
Technician fundamentals of Photogrammetry required in photogrammetric operations,
standard photogrammetric projects at various including the ones in A, on any
mapping scales. photogram metric instruments
(ii) Perform certain cartographic
operations such as drafting
(iii) perform field completion
(iv) supervise operators
To provide comprehensive training in the theory and| Ci) same as in B.
Technologist practice of photogrammetry and in the planning of | (ii) write simple computer programs
photogrammetric projects at various mapping scales,| and use installed programs in a
including training in supervisory role of low-level computer for photogrammetric
manpower. application.
(iii) supervise techncians and
operators in A and B;
(iv) write draft project reports of
; photogrammetric projects
Professional To provide comprehensive knowledge in the D i) same as in C E
theoretical, practical and management aspects of (ii) perform research inte problems
photogrammetry, including conventional and non- | of photogrammetry
conventional aspects.
(iii) write project proposal for
internal/external funding.
(iv) plan photogrammetric projects
(v) set up and supervise a photogram
metric department
(vi) write sophisticated programs
(vii) set up Data Basic System for
Land information system
(viii) write project/research reports.
TABLE 2A
MODULES FOR CURRICULUM CONTENT FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY
OPERATORS AND TECHNICIANS
LEVEL OF | "DEPTH" MODULES "BREADTH" MODULES -| "SPREAD" MODULE
TRAINING
1. Elementary photogrammetry | 1. Map reading and topogra- | 1. Fundamentals of
Operator 2. Photogrammetric instruments| phy interpretation I Algebra, Trig. and
3. Introduction to photo 2. Aerial photography Geometry
triangulation. 3. Cartography I
4. Rectification of photos 4. Plate table
1. Element of photogrammetry | 1. Map reading and topograph| 1. Mathematics I
Technician | 2. Radial triangulation interpretation II 2. Mathematics II
3. Instrumentation in
Photogrammetry I
4. Aerial triangulation I
5. Rectification
6. Instrumentation in
Photogrammetry II
7. Photo orientation
8. Aerial triangulation IT
9. Orthophotography
photography
3. Basic land surveying I
4, Cartography II
5. Basic land surveying II
6. Introduction to aerial
photography
2. Introduction to Aerospace
3. Optics
4. Theory of errors
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