{{Short description|Civil engineering training course}} [[File:Land Surveying during survey camp in Haridwar 2014-08-09 23-45.jpg|thumb|Students in survey camp in July 2014 in [[Haridwar]], [[India]]]] [[File:Plane Table surveying 2014-08-17 12-56.jpg|thumb|Students in survey camp doing a [[plane table]] survey in July 2014 in Haridwar, India]] '''Survey camp''' is a traditional component of [[civil engineering]] training, where students do fieldwork to learn about [[surveying]] and related practices, such as developing maps. A version of survey camp remains part of the curriculum at schools including [[Texas A&M University]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Survey Camp |url=https://engineering.tamu.edu/civil/academics/survey-camp.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Texas A&M University |language=en}}</ref> [[University of Toronto]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp |url=https://civmin.utoronto.ca/home/about-us/camp/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering - University of Toronto |language=en-US}}</ref> Aryans College of Engineering ([[Rajpura]]),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yadav |first=Deepak |date=2019-10-18 |title=Survey camp for the civil engineering students organized |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/survey-camp-for-the-civil-engineering-students-organized/articleshow/71648853.cms |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and [[General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bachelor of the Science of Engineering Honours in Civil Engineering |url=https://foe.kdu.ac.lk/department-of-civil-engineering/programmes/bsc-eng-hons-in-civil-engineering |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Department of Civil Engineering - Faculty of Engineering, KDU |language=en}}</ref>

== History == [[Cornell University]] started requiring summer survey camp for civil engineering students in the 1870s and conducted it until the early 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-14 |title=The Summer Survey Camp at Cayuta Lake, Its Influence on Education of Civil Engineers |url=https://lakegrovepark.com/lakegrovepark/wp-content/uploads/Summer-Survey-Camp-at-Cayuta-Lake.pdf |website=Lake Grove Park}}</ref>

The [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin-Madison]] had a survey camp requirement from 1909 to 1972, because of the importance of surveying to civil engineering in the US military.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mugge |first=Jim |title=Summer Survey Camp |url=https://www.uwalumni.com/news/summer-survey-camp/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Wisconsin Alumni Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=A History & Tradition of Educational Excellence in Civil Engineering |url=https://engineering.wisc.edu/departments/civil-environmental-engineering/about/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Vanderbilt University]] had a summer school for surveying from 1927 to 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=125th Anniversary |url=https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/125-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Vanderbilt University - School of Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Tulane University]] had a summer survey camp from 1918 through the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wicks |first=Amanda |date=2007-10-04 |title=CHRONICLES: The End of an Era |url=https://www.myneworleans.com/chronicles-the-end-of-an-era/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=New Orleans Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

The University of Toronto camp was established in 1919-1920 and has been updated to include water quality sampling, among other topics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Irving |first=Tyler |date=2021-08-19 |title=Tradition meets innovation as Survey Camp 2021 gets underway |url=https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/tradition-meets-innovation-as-survey-camp-2021-gets-underway/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=U of T Engineering News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Survey CAMP: A Department Tradition |url=https://civmin.utoronto.ca/survey-camp-a-department-tradition/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering - University of Toronto |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Subjects == In survey camp, students obtain hands-on experience in the use of surveying instruments. It can include [[project-based learning]] to support development of communication and problem-solving skills.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hezmi |first1=Muhammad Azril |last2=Saari |first2=Radzuan |last3=Mustaffar |first3=Mushairry |last4=Ismail |first4=CheRos |last5=Hanapi |first5=Muhammad Nassir |last6=Yunus |first6=MohdZulkifliMohd |last7=Alel |first7=Nurasmawisham |last8=Aziz |first8=Azmahani Abdul |last9=Mohd Shafferi |first9=Nur Amirah |last10=Awang |first10=Nur Ain |last11=Sulong |first11=Norazrina |last12=Ahmad |first12=Mustaffa Anjang |chapter=Enhancing Civil Engineering Professional Skills through Survey Camp Course using Project-Based Learning |date=2017 |title=2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) |publisher=IEEE |pages=285–289 |doi=10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467069 |isbn=978-1-5386-1523-2}}</ref>

Students may also learn [[Application software|applications]] such as [[AutoCAD]] and Carlson Survey.<ref name=":0" /> The students use these programs to take data collected from the field to develop [[topographic maps]] of the particular area. The basic aim of the survey camp is to know various works carried out in the industrial field by [[surveying]], which includes determining the [[topography]] of particular area with the help of survey work, map study and reconnaissance work.

==Instruments== The instruments used may include: * [[Theodolite]] (transit) *[[Total station]] and prism * [[Compass]] ([[Prismatic compass|prismatic]] and surveyor) * [[Ranging rod]]s * [[Tape (surveying)|Measuring tape]] * [[Level staff]] * Tripod stand (for [[Optical instrument|optical instruments]]) * [[Level (optical instrument)|Level]]

==Practicals== The survey practicals generally performed in survey camp are: #Simple levelling #Fly levelling #Trigonometric levelling #To determine and draw RL's of longitudinal and cross section of road #Measuring horizontal angles by ordinary, [[Repetition method|repetition]] and reiteration methods #Compass traversing #Gale traverse #Topographic map preparation

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