| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 營建工程系碩士班 === 96 === Abstract
As the civilization and industrialization advances significantly in the past several centuries, types of calculators have been used by the human-being as a very effective tool for development in many aspects. It is even more remarkable when the electronic type calculator has been introduced into the industries since 1960’s, especially for engineering calculations with tremendous improvements and advancements in precision and efficiency. The purpose of the study was to explore the feasibility of utilizing the currently commercially available Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) in the calculation of survey operations, with emphases placed on hardware and software developments, case calculation from actual construction project, and potential applications using the results of the study.
With the use of the Visual Basic.Net software development platform and traditional highway survey calculation formula, the study developed a capable and user-friendly software for the field surveyors using the PDA. The developed software can be used in lieu of some commonly used but complicated interface software in engineering calculators to help field surveyors obtain accurate results in more efficient manners, thus advance the capabilities and performances of the engineers.
In addition to the general survey calculations, the software developed in the study can also be integrated with other related computer software and hardware to expand its functions as listed below:
1) Development of converging formulas for tunnel survey calculation using the linear calculation capability of the software.
2) The software may be combined with other cutting-edge technologies to develop an automatic system which could be used to operate the survey devices using the PDA as a comprehensive overall survey station.
3) The software can be utilized by the construction supervising personnel in the field with its functions in automation and wireless data transfer.
Keywords: PDA, survey calculation, construction automation
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