EIE105 Introduction to Mapping and Surveying

Credits (ECTS):10

Course responsible:Gunnar Anton Tenge

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Limits of class size:Eiendom og jus, aprox 40 students

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:250 hours

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel

About this course

Lectures, Exercises in map understanding and surveying (outdoors and indoors), Exsercise in GNSS measurments. Individual report writing.

Learning outcome

The student knows central terms and systems of surveying and mapping for professional land (property) managment relevant map reference systems, projections, co-ordinate systems etc., different systems of mesuring property borders. The student is capable of understanding older property maps. The student knows principles of property borderkline reconstructions registration and documentation. The student has tested GNSS measurments.
  • Lectures, Reading, Exercises in map understanding (outdoors and indoors), Exercise in GNSS measurments. Individual report writing.
  • EIE100
  • Pass s couple of initial reports + Pass the final report ("home exam")

    Every reports counts towards a final grade, Passed/Failed.



  • External sensor approves exam tasks.
  • All excersises and most of the lectures are aremandatory. Individually report writing.
  • None
  • M-EIE
  • Some overlap with surveying courses at Faculty of Science and Technology an property history at Eiejus.
  • Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)