Mr Richard Latham
Principal Lecturer
Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE), Engineering
Richard is a Land Surveyor by profession and he is programme leader for the BSc (Hons) Surveying & Mapping Sciences programme. Richard teaches on the Surveying and on the Civil Engineering programmes. He is also the School Leader for Quality assurance matters. Richard has taught land surveying at UEL for over 25 years. Richard holds a BSc(Hons) Surveying Mapping Sciences (CNAA) and studied at North East London Polytechnic.
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EB 1.84, Docklands Campus
School of Architecture Computing and Engineering (ACE)
University of East London
4-6 University Way
London
E16 2RD - r.j.latham@uel.ac.uk +442082232549
I am programme leader for our BSc(Hons) Surveying and Mapping Sciences programme.
UEL is one of only two providers of Land Surveying (Geo-Spatial Engineering) undergraduate degree programmes in the UK. We are unique in the southern part of the UK in offering this programme. Since 1994 I have been programme leader of this programme and in this period I have also led programmes we have offered in Geographic Information Sciences and in Civil Engineering Surveying (we no longer offer these two programmes).
Since April 2016 I have been the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering Quality Leader. This role takes overall responsibility for the management and implementation of our University Quality Assurance procedures at School level. I have been involved in our University quality assurance process since 2003 and during this period I have been a member of the School Quality Sub-Committee and I have chaired, and been a panel member of, a variety of validation and review panels.
Previous professional activities:
2004 - 2006 Birkbeck College – University of London – Teaching for the MA Archaeology Programme.
2003 – 2004 Advisor to Terravista Ltd – Development of GPS 3D Tracking Devices
2001 Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Training Consultant to EU TACIS Project - Land Registration in Uzbekistan Phase II for BLOMINFO A/S (Sweden)
2000 Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China Special Lectures & provision of training in GIS customisation using Avenue and AML. Institutional Strengthening Project funded by DFID (UK Government).
1997 - 1998 OLLO Project advisory board.
1996 - 1998 Project Facilitator (OLLO Project) 4 one month secondments in Hungary for the Open Learning for Land Offices in Hungary (OLLO) Project (EU TEMPUS funded project)
1994 Szekesfehervar Hungary - Feasibility study into the improvement of teaching land information management for professional staff.
1992 Introductory information technology teaching for Lands and Survey Department, Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies.
1990 Survey party leader, glacier surveys Italian Alps & Apennines.
1989 Survey party leader, surveying glaciers in French Pyrenees.
1989 – 1991 Research Assistant Department of Land Surveying, Polytechnic of East London / North East London Polytechnic
1987 - 1989 Land Surveyor: Michael Gallie and Partners, Land and Building Surveyors: Large-scale land, building and engineering surveys, United Kingdom
MRIN (member Royal Institute of Navigation)
Affiliate: Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
Overview
Publications
Land Surveying and 3D Data Acquisition including Terrestrial Survey, Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry.
Representation of 3D survey data in point clouds, terrain and surface models.
Applications of CAD software for survey data.
Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Land Surveying and BIM
Interests
Current teaching responsibilities:
BSc Surveying and Mapping Sciences:
EG4115 GIS & Mapping
EG6122 Survey Project Design & Implementation
Supervise dissertations for EG6110
BEng Civil Engineering:
EG4104 Construction Technology & Surveying
Recent Previous teaching responsibilities:
BSc Surveying and Mapping Sciences:
EG5122 Data Acquisition & 3D Modelling
EG5120 Computer Programming
SV1032 Quantitative methods
SV2037 Handling Spatial Information
SV3038 IT Applications
SV3035 Geographic Information Management
BEng Civil Engineering:
CE1305 Introduction to Engineering Surveying