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GGE 2013 Practicum II - 2001

From 2-8 May 2001 Practicum II (a.k.a. Survey Camp II) took place. This year the entire camp was based around the Musquash Estuary in southern New Brunswick. With glorious weather, all the goals of the camp were met. The tasks accomplished can be broken down as follows:

• Densification of the New Brunswick GPS Network. For this the students used Trimble GPS receivers. Seven additional new points were established by GPS traversing between one Canadian Base Network (CBN) and one New Brunswick High Precision Network (NBHPN) point. Two pairs of points were on beaches, which were to be used for the next stage of the work.


• The next stage was densification of GPS beach control. This required the coordination of points by traversing between the GPS control points using a total station. This work required some careful planning by the students as points were often under water at high tide!


• Topographic survey of the beach. For this the students used a combination of total station and reflectorless EDM (REDM). The REDM was crucial to the work as this enabled the inaccessible top of the cliff to be mapped.


• Mapping of the ordinary high water mark (OHWM). With the help of a licensed land surveyor of New Brunswick, the OHWM was mapped. This information will be valuable to a GEOIDE project of the Department. For this the students used a total station.

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