Geomatics Engineering is a rapidly developing discipline that focuses on spatial information (i.e. information that has a location). The location is the primary factor used to integrate a very wide range of data for viewing and analysis. Geomatics Engineers apply engineering principles to spatial information and implement relational data structures involving measurement sciences, thus using Geomatics and acting as Spatial Information Engineers. Geomatics engineers manage local, regional, national and global spatial data infrastructures. Survey equipment used in geomatics Geomatics is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering of geographic information, or spatially referenced information. ...

Geomatics is a new term incorporating what used to be called "Surveying" along with many other aspects of spatial data management. Following the advanced developments in digital data processing, the nature of the tasks required of the Professional Land Surveyor has evolved and the term Surveying alone does not any more describe the whole range of tasks that the profession deals with. As our societies becomes more complex, information with a spatial position associated with it becomes more critical to decision-making, both from a personal and a business perspective, and also from a community and a large-scale governmental viewpoint. Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ...

Therefore, the Geomatics Engineer can be involved in an extremely wide variety of information gathering activities and applications. Geomatics engineers design, develop, and operate systems for collecting and analyzing spatial information about the land, the oceans, natural resources, and manmade features. Geomatics Engineering applications include integrating science and technology from both new and traditional disciplines:

• Geodesy, also called Geodetic Science,
• Cartography, computer and digital mapping,
• Remote sensing, Photogrammetry (photogrammetric mapping),
• Land Information Systems (LIS) and Land Information Science,
• Land Information Management,
• Real Property boundary determination,
• Hydrography, Navigation, Topographic and Spatial Computing,
• Surveying (including land, cadastral, aerial, mining and engineering surveying),
• Construction layout, route design,
• Image Understanding and Computer Aided Visualization,
• Computer-aided design (CAD),
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geographic Information Science, and Geoinformatics
• Global Positioning System (GPS),
• Applications programming,
• Project management,
• and much more

The more traditional Land Surveying strand of Geomatics Engineering is concerned with the determination and recording of boundaries and areas of real property parcels, and the preparation and interpretation of legal land descriptions. The tasks more closely related to Civil Engineering include the design and layout of public infrastructure and urban subdivisions, and mapping and control surveys for construction projects. Geodetic pillar (1855); Ostend, Belgium Archive with lithography plates for maps of Bavaria in the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation in Munich Geodesy (IPA North American English ; British, Australian English etc. ... Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making maps or globes. ... For the purported psychic ability to sense remotely, see Remote viewing right Synthetic aperture radar image of Death Valley colored using polarimetry In the broadest sense, remote sensing is the short or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real... Photogrammetry is a remote sensing technology in which geometric properties about objects are determined from photographic images. ... LIS may refer to: Library and Information Science Laboratory information system, databases oriented towards medical laboratories. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hydrography focuses on the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ... Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Topography, a term in geography, has come to refer to the lay of the land, or the physiogeographic characteristics of land in terms of elevation, slope, and orientation. ... Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ... CADD and CAD redirect here. ... GIS redirects here. ... Geoinformatics is a science which develops and uses information science infrastructure to address the problems of geosciences and related branches of engineering. ... GPS redirects here. ... Surveyor at work Surveying is the art and science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ...

Geomatics Engineers serve society by collecting, monitoring, archiving, and maintaining diverse spatial data infrastructures. Geomatics engineers utilize a wide range of technologically advanced tools such as digital theodolite/distance meter total stations, Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment, digital aerial imagery (both satellite and air-borne), and computer-based geographic information systems (GIS). These tools enable the Geomatics Engineer to gather, analyze, and manage spatially related information to solve a wide range of technical and societal problems. An optical theodolite, manufactured in the Soviet Union in 1958 and used for topographic surveying. ... GPS redirects here. ... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... GIS redirects here. ...

Geomatics Engineering is the field of activity that integrates the acquisition, processing, analysis, display and management of spatial information. It is an exciting and new grouping of subjects in the spatial and environmental information sciences with a broad range of employment opportunities as well as offering challenging pure and applied research problems in a vast range of interdisciplinary fields.

In different schools and in different countries the same education curriculum is administered with the name Surveying in some, and in others with the name Geomatics Engineering. While these occupations were at one time often taught in Civil Engineering education programs, more and more universities include the departments relevant for geo-data sciences under Informatics, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics. These facts demonstrate the breadth, depth and scope of the highly interdisciplinary nature of Geomatics Engineering. Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument. ... Survey equipment used in geomatics Geomatics is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering of geographic information, or spatially referenced information. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Informatics includes the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with the mathematical techniques typically used in the application of mathematical knowledge to other domains. ...

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Education in Geomatics

• Geomatics Program, University of Florida
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• Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems, Graz University of Technology
• Institute of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Graz University of Technology
• Institute of GEOinformation, Graz University of Technology
• Institute of Navigation und Satellite Geodesy, Graz University of Technology
• Department of Geomatic Engineering, University of Technology Malaysia
• Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques, FR
• School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK
• The University of Melbourne - Department of Geomatics Engineering
• California State University Fresno Geomatics Engineering
• University of Calgary - Schulich School of Engineering - Geomatics Department
• University of Sherbrooke - Geomatics Department
• University of New Brunswick - Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering
• Delft University of Technology - Geomatics
• Dept of Land Surveying and Geoinformatics - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Geospatial Information and Communication Technology (GeoICT) Lab - York University
• Department of Geomatic Engineering - University College London
• Dept. of Surveying Engineering - Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan
• New Mexico State University, School of Engineering, Surveying Engineering Department
• [http://www.civ.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineerin
• Universitaet Stuttgart, International Master of Science Program GEOENGINE
• York University - School of Engineering
• UNAM Facultad de Ingenieria
• Helsinki University of Technology - Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• Helsinki University of Technology - Laboratory of Geoinformation and Positioning Technology