### **2. [[Traditional Surveying Methods in Architecture]]**
onal Surveying Methods in Architecture]]**
- **Chain and Compass Surveying**: Techniques, plotting, limitations
- **Plane Table Surveying**: Radiation, intersection, and traversing methods
- **Levelling**: Dumpy level, auto level, differential and profile levelling for site contours and drainage
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### **3. [[Modern Surveying Tools and Techniques]]**
- **Total Station**: Data collection, traversing, topographic mapping
- **GPS/GNSS Surveying**: Accuracy levels (RTK, DGPS), applications in large-scale mapping
- **Drones/UAVs**: Photogrammetry, point clouds, DEM/DSM generation
- **Laser Scanning (LiDAR)**: Building documentation, 3D modeling for restoration
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### **4. Topographic Mapping and Site Analysis**
- **Contour Mapping**: Interpolation, drawing, reading contour maps
- **Site Context Mapping**: Natural features, vegetation, access, drainage
- **Slope Analysis**: Useful for hillside development and zoning
- **Plotting and Representation**: Manual and digital (AutoCAD/Civil 3D)
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### **5. Integration with Design and BIM**
- **Base Maps for Architecture**: How survey data feeds into design process
- **GIS Basics for Architects**: Spatial data layers, urban analysis
- **Linking Survey Data to BIM Tools**: Revit, Rhino, InfraWorks integration
- **Case Studies**: Site documentation, redevelopment mapping, conservation projects