Program Diploma Sains Geomatik (DSG AP120) dahulunya dikenali sebagai Diploma Ukur Tanah di ITM Perlis bermula pada tahun 1990. Ketika itu, program ini hanya memberi perkhidmatan kepada pelajar semester 1 dan 2 sahaja dan baki pengajian diteruskan di Jabatan Ukur Sains dan Geomatik Shah Alam.
Pada tahun 1998, Senat Universiti telah memberi kelulusan untuk program DSG AP120 dijalankan sepenuhnya di UiTM Perlis sehingga tamat keseluruhan pengajian. Namun begitu, dua lagi program, DSG AP121 - Diploma Sains Geomatik (Sistem Maklumat Geografi) dan DSG AP122 - Diploma Sains Geomatik (Sumber Alam) masih kekal dengan sistem yang lama.
Pada tahun 1998, Senat Universiti telah memberi kelulusan untuk program DSG AP120 dijalankan sepenuhnya di UiTM Perlis sehingga tamat keseluruhan pengajian. Namun begitu, dua lagi program, DSG AP121 - Diploma Sains Geomatik (Sistem Maklumat Geografi) dan DSG AP122 - Diploma Sains Geomatik (Sumber Alam) masih kekal dengan sistem yang lama.
Pada awal tahun 2006, Timbalan Naib Canselor (Akademik dan Antarabangsa) telah mengeluarkan surat arahan “Zero Basis Diploma” di Shah Alam termasuklah kepada Fakulti Seni Bina, Perancangan dan Ukur (FSPU). Justeru, Dekan dan JSUG Shah Alam telah mengambil tindakan yang sewajarnya untuk mengeluarkan arahan bahawa program DSG AP121 dan AP122 tidak lagi dilanjutkan ke kampus Shah Alam. Semenjak Disember 2007, kedua-dua program tersebut beroperasi sepenuhnya di UiTM Perlis.
In addition, there are numbers of infrastructure that were designed to support practical training purposes. These facilities are provided within the campus and some of them are in the corporation with the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia JUPEM, Perlis. Among those are as follows;
Geomatics
The
Department of Surveying Sciences and Geomatics was founded in 1971 under the
name of Department of Land Surveying, previously known as Land Surveying
Department and was under the School of Engineering. The change to the existing
name began in 1996. The Department envisaged to become a referral centre for
industry; distinguished academia: excellent in teaching, research and
consultancy in the field of GEOMATICS, nationally and internationally. The
rationale for establishment is to produce graduates generally having strong
fundamentals in surveying knowledge covering land surveying profession and in
particular fulfilling the academic requirements of the Land Surveyors Board
Peninsular Malaysia and to enhance students’ capability parallel with the
industrials need.
The Department
The
vision of offering diploma course in land surveying in the early seventies was
driven by Mr. Ung Cheng Pee, a retired Survey General. The department of Land
Surveying was established in 1971 under the name of Department of Land
Surveying in the School of Engineering, Institute of Technology
MARA with Mr. Ung Cheng Pee as the first head of the department. In 1992
Dr. Noordin Ahmad as the head of the department mooted the idea to rename the
department as the Department of Surveying Science & Geomatic not only to
better represent the changing role of the surveying profession but to better
represent the widening breadth of the discipline which encompass the broad
scope of modern measurement science, land information science and spatial data
management. The department was officially named as the Department of Surveying
Science & Geomatic in May 1995. However 25 years onwards and due to the
restructuring of the Faculty of Engineering, the department was placed under
the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, University Technology MARA
in 1996.
The
department offered a three -year Diploma in Land Surveying program in 1971 with
an enrolment of 10 students of which the diploma was first awarded in
1974. A two-half year Advanced Diploma in Land Surveying was introduced
in 1983 with an enrolment of 23 students of which the Advanced Diploma was first
awarded in 1986. Due to the changes in the name of the department in
1995, the diploma program has been renamed as the Diploma in Surveying Science
& Geomatic in 1997 which subsequently renamed as the Diploma in Geomatic
Science in 1999. The Advanced Diploma has been renamed as the Bachelor of
Surveying Science & Geomatics (with honours) in 1997.
In
order to keep abreast with the technological change and demands on graduates in
Geomatic who should have sound knowledge in geo-measurement,
processing, interpretation, analysis and presentation of land-based spatial
information as well as knowledge in the interpretation of satellite data and
digital image processing, the department in 1995 offered two new
programmes, namely the Diploma in Geomatic Science (Geographical Information
System) with an enrolment of 16 students and the Diploma in Geomatic Science
(Natural Resources) with an enrolment of 16 students.
Geomatics
in Perlis
Diploma in Geomatics Science Program (DSG AP120) was once known as the Diploma in Land Surveying from the Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) Perlis in 1990. During that day, the studies was only open for semester 1 and 2 only and need to be continue at the Department of Surveying Science and Geomatics Shah Alam.
In 1998, the Senate approval was obtained to DSG AP120 program to complete their studies at UiTM Perlis. While the program DSG AP121 - Diploma in Geomatics Science (Geographical Information System) and DSG AP122 - Diploma in Geomatics Science (Natural Resource) is still continuing and their third semester onward in the Department of Surveying Science and Geomatics Shah Alam.
In early 2006, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) has issued a directive on Zero Basis Diploma in Shah Alam which also involves FSPU. The Dean and JSUG Shah Alam have taken appropriate action to issue the program DSG AP121 and AP122 are no longer to Shah Alam. Thus, since the December 2007 the DSG AP121 and AP122 program fully operating in UiTM Perlis. In 2011, Bachelor of Surveying Science & Geomatic (with honours) program start to operating in UiTM Perlis with an enrolment of 31 students of which the degree was first awarded in 2013.
Diploma in Geomatics Science Program (DSG AP120) was once known as the Diploma in Land Surveying from the Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) Perlis in 1990. During that day, the studies was only open for semester 1 and 2 only and need to be continue at the Department of Surveying Science and Geomatics Shah Alam.
In 1998, the Senate approval was obtained to DSG AP120 program to complete their studies at UiTM Perlis. While the program DSG AP121 - Diploma in Geomatics Science (Geographical Information System) and DSG AP122 - Diploma in Geomatics Science (Natural Resource) is still continuing and their third semester onward in the Department of Surveying Science and Geomatics Shah Alam.
In early 2006, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) has issued a directive on Zero Basis Diploma in Shah Alam which also involves FSPU. The Dean and JSUG Shah Alam have taken appropriate action to issue the program DSG AP121 and AP122 are no longer to Shah Alam. Thus, since the December 2007 the DSG AP121 and AP122 program fully operating in UiTM Perlis. In 2011, Bachelor of Surveying Science & Geomatic (with honours) program start to operating in UiTM Perlis with an enrolment of 31 students of which the degree was first awarded in 2013.
Department
of Surveying Science and Geomatics UiTM Perlis
Since
1998, the number of students, lecturers and support staff increases
drastically. Until March 2014, the total number of students of AP120, AP121, AP122
and AP220 are almost 1500 people. While the total number of lecturers including
two contract lecturers are 33.
Facilities
and infrastructure
After
24 years of existence of the Department of Surveying Sciences and Geomatics at
UiTM Perlis, there are numbers of laboratory facilities and infrastructure that
was designed from the past involving the expenditure of reaching millions of
dollars. Among the existing laboratory facilities are as follows:
- Photogrammetry Laboratory
- Cartography Laboratory
- Data Processing Laboratory
- GIS Laboratory
- Remote Sensing Laboratory
In addition, there are numbers of infrastructure that were designed to support practical training purposes. These facilities are provided within the campus and some of them are in the corporation with the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia JUPEM, Perlis. Among those are as follows;
- Net MyRTK stations - in collaboration with JUPEM
- GPS Test Base - in collaboration with the JUPEM
- Standard Bench Mark and Bench Mark Monument - cooperation with the JUPEM
- Cadastral Lot Network
- Horizontal and Vertical Control Point
