Yonathan Admassu

Unit 2.1: Geodetic survey of an outcrop for road cut design part of Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
This unit offers an alternative application for high-resolution topographic data from an outcrop. Using engineering geology methods and data collection from TLS and/or SfM, students design safe "road ...

Yonathan Admassu: Using Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM in Field Geology (GEOL 399) at James Madison University part of Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
I designed and taught Unit 2.1: Geodetic survey of an outcrop for road cut design of this module as part of a six-week summer field camp for geology majors. Student really seemed to enjoy learning a practical application of structural geology. They had of course learned how to take strike and dip, but now saw these same features inform safe road construction--that was a real eye-opener for them. Students also took away a variety of real skills that can be applied to other facets of geoscience - simple surveying of topography and X-Y-Z coordinates and the ability to generate high resolution topography from simple cameras. purposes. One thing that I found as a hindrance to call it "engineering". Students really enjoyed doing the SfM – fact that they can make 3D out of cell phone photos was most amazing to them. "slope stability" or "designing a road"