Oct 23, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

GEOM 360 - Geodesy and Map Projections


When Offered: F, S, SS

3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course serves as an introduction to the concepts of astronomy, geodesy and map projections currently used in surveying practice. The earth’s gravity field, ellipsoids, datums, geographic and projected coordinate systems, and coordinate transformations are discussed.

Prerequisite(s): GEOM 340 ; PHYS 226  PHYS 236