How Surveying Shaped Australia
There’s no doubt about it; surveying helped make modern Australia what it is today. In fact, surveying was one of the cornerstones of the Australia that European colonists built on…
Yesterday’s Surveying Toolkit
Think of surveying, measuring and mapping today and it is hard not to think of drones, satellite technologies, GPS and all the wonderful technologies that the modern surveyor relies on.…
Testing of Marine Boiler Feed Systems
Ships boilers are the heart of a steamship, when they are not operating efficiently the ship begins to lose speed. To keep the boilers running at optimum efficiency the testing…
NSW Women’s Week Puts Women in Surveying on the Map
International Women’s Day is March 8th 2019, and all this week New South Wales has been celebrating it by marking NSW Women’s Week. For the surveying industry, the focus was on…
Causes, Control, and Prevention of Scavenge Fires
Scavenge fires are caused by oil igniting at the combustion air inlet ports within the scavenge spaces on main engine diesel engines. They are frightening and dangerous, but they can…
The Demand for Gender Equality in STEM is Growing
Surveying is a changing field. While it is profession that in the past was dominated by men, there are signs that this is shifting. Organisations like SheMaps are dedicated to promoting…
Measuring Principles
Although there are many EDM instruments available, there are basically only two methods of measurement employed, namely the pulse method and the more popular phase difference method. Pulse method A…
Main Engine Layout Familiarization – B&W Engine Room Layout
The ship’s engine room watch-keeping engineer must be familiar with main engine layouts, including their components optimum operating pressures and temperatures. This familiarization should include a B&W engine room layout,…
Field surveying
Introduction This chapter is designed to introduce you to the various surveying techniques used to obtain the original field data on which such maps are based. An understanding of these…
Distance Adjustment
To eliminate or minimize the systematic errors of taping, it is necessary to adjust each measured bay to its final horizontal equivalent as follows. Standardization During a period of use,…
