The most current book on least squares adjustment. Written by Ogundare (UNB alumnus) published by Wiley. Publish date Nov 2018.

Ogundare (2018)

(source – Wiley)

Contents – sixteen chapters altogether;

Introduction; Analysis and error propagation of survey observations; Statistical distributions and hypothesis tests; Adjustment methods and concepts; Parametric least squares adjustment – model formulations; Parametric least squares adjustment – applications; Confidence region estimation; Introduction to network design and pre-analysis; Concepts of three-dimensional geodetic network adjustments; Nuisance parameter elimination and sequential adjustment; Post-adjustment data analysis and reliability concepts; Least squares adjustments of conditional models; Least squares adjustment of general models; Datum problems and free network adjustment; Introduction to dynamic mode filtering and predictions; Introduction to least squares collocation and the Krigging methods.

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Nama Cassini turut mendapat pengiktirafan oleh NASA. Projek kapal angkasa mengembara ke Saturn yang diusahakan oleh NASA dinamakan Cassini. Ini bertepatan dengan sumbangan Cassini yang merupakan ahli astronomi yang mengesan kewujudan jalur gelang planet Saturn.

Turut mendapat pengiktirafan dalam projek Saturn ialah Huygens, seorang ahli astronomi / sains Belanda.

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Cassini family has contributed a lot in geodesy. There were four family members of Cassini involved in the advancement of geodesy from 17th to 18th Century. The four members were;

Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) – Cassini I. He discovered four satellites of planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn. In 1669 he moved to Paris Observatory.

Jacques Cassini (1677-1756) – Cassini II

Cesar-Francois Cassini de Thurry (1714-1784) – Cassini III

Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748-1845) – Cassini IV.

Giovanni Cassini (wiki)

Read about Cassinis bio here – spacecom;

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When we read books or lecture notes on geodesy usually there is a chapter on history of geodesy. The history is described way back to a certain period suited the materials organized by respective author. An example taken from one source (may be V & K, 1987) divide the history into four eras as follow;

1. Period from Thales till the end of Roman Empire**. Thales (624 BC to 546 BC) was the founder of science in Ancient Greece – the first scientist in history. Link – https://www.famousscientists.org/thales/
2. The Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the beginning of the era of rationalism till the mid-eighteen Century (1740-50). Up to the period acceptance of Newton Gravitational Law.
3. Next two hundred years up to WW2 – Einstein theory of gravitation.
4. Last recent developments from WW2 to current.

** The Roman Empire (RE) began when Augustus Caesar (27BCE-14CE) became the first emperor of Rome. RE lasted about 500 years, ended (in the West) when the last Rome emperor, Ramulus Augustulus, was deposed by the German King Odoacer (476 CE).

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Book “Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology, and Heritage” published by CRC Press.

Handbook of Space Eng (2009)

Image on the cover is Transit – one of the most important early satellites at the beginning of Space Age.

Contents;

Section 1 – All Sky Survey (total of nine chapters)

Section 2 – The sky: a cultural perspective

Section 3 – Introduction to the space age

Section 4 – The landscape of space (11 chapters)

Section 5 – Spacecraft forensics and mystery solving (4 chapters)

Section 6 – Environmental effects and the material record (9 chapters)

Section 7 – Preservation of space objects and case studies (4 chapters)

Section 8 – Space policy and preservation (4 chapters)

Section 9 – The future and space archaeology (3 chapters)

Section 9 – The mind and the Cosmos (4 chapters)

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Pentax Surveying still actively continuing with their production of new surveying instruments. The latest total surveying solution from Pentax are reflectorless total stations (R-1500N & R-2800N). They also having Windows CE Total Stations (W-1500N & W-2800). While on GPS product they have  GNSS Receivers (G6 Ti Ni). In scanning system they have 3D laser measurement (S-3180V). In addition for UAV they have Precise Aerial Imaging System (D-600).

New products of Pentax

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Sempat merai beberapa pelajar yang konvo pada tahun ini.

3rd right – Aiman (skrg bersama JP Bandar Puchong)

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FIG is celebrating its 140 years anniversary. The event was held in Athens Greece on Nov 9, 2018.

140 Years of FIG

Among the speakers during the event was Prof Marinos Kavouras. He is now Vice  Rector of NTUA. He presented a talk “180 Years of NTUA”. This was followed by another presentation also from NTUA “100 Years of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineers-FIG Academic Member” by Dean of SRSE Prof Charalabos Iionnidis.

Prof Ionnidis (b.1959)

PhD 1992 NTUA “Aerial triangulation methods for Cadastre”; Dip-Ing 1982

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A recent PhD on deformation.

PhD TU Delft 2018

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Sewaktu meeting GWG sempat bertemu beberapa graduan Geomatik UTM yang kini bertugas di BUG Jupem.

Paling kiri Encik Adi, Norehan (BGeom 2013, MSc 2016), Encik Hilmi (BGeom 2008-09)

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