PACING AND MAGNETIC BEARING READING

JASPER S. DUMALAOG
2014-40828
DATE PERFORMED: February 10, 2015
PROFESSORS NAME: Mr. Florence Galeon
GE 1 THY

PACE FACTOR AND PACED DISTANCE DETERMINATION

Pacing is one of many methods of measurement. We can measure distance through
pace
Taped
Number
Pace
Line
Trials
Average
Distance
of Paces
Factor
1
78.25
1-2
2
79.5
2-1
50 m
3
77.25
78.45
0.64 m/pace
1-2
4
80
2-1
5
77.25
1-2
factor. Pace factor is equivalent to distance covered per pace. Using this, estimated
distance could be determined.
Estimated Distance = (Number of Paces)(Pace Factor)
Determination of Pace Factor
In this activity, pace factor was measured through walking on 50-m distance in UP
Academic Oval and the number of paces it took was counted. Five trials was made
and the average of paces for the trials was computed in order to get the pace
factor. Data were tabulated on Table 1.
Table 1. Determination of Pace Factor

Determination of the Perimeter of Melchor Hall through Pacing

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Next part would be the determination of the lengths of the sides of the engineering
block using pacing. Using the pace factor, lengths would be obtained. Values were
compared to the real lengths of the sides. Perimeter of the building was computed
and compared to actual value. Measurements are shown in Table 2 and Figure 1.
Table 2. Data from Pacing
Line
Number of Paces
1-2
224
2-3
325
3-4
225
4-1
330
= 706.56 m
= 740 m

Paced Distance
143.36 m
208 m
144 m
211.2 m

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Map Distance
150 m
220 m
150 m
220 m

Figure 1. Measurement of UP Melchor Hall using Pacing

2

325 paces

224

paces 225

paces

330 paces

Relative Precision (RP) = [Map Distance Paced Distance]/Map Distance

= (740m-706.56m)/740m
=

1
22.13

Direction Determination
Directions of the different buildings around the Sunken Garden were located through
magnetic compass. Results of the observation were tabulated in Table 3.
Table 3. Directions of different buildings around the Sunken Garden
Building
National
Engineering
Center
College of Law
School of Economics
Virata
School
of
Business
Vinzons Hall
College of Education
Palma Hall Annex

Location
N35W
N30E
N87E
S61E
S42E
Due South
S13W

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S23W
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