SURVEYING AND LEVELLING (CVL225)

Tutorial # 1

Problem 1
The plan of an area has shrunk such that a line originally 10 cm now measures 9.5 cm. If the
original scale of the plan was 1 cm = 10 m (R.F. = 1: 1000), determine (a) the shrinkage
factor, (b) shrunk scale, (c) correct distance corresponding to a measured distance of 98 m,
(d) correct area corresponding to a measured area of 10,000 m2.

Problem 2
(a) A surveyor measured the distance between two points marked on the plan drawn to a scale
of 1 cm = 1 m (R.F. = 1: 100) and found it to be 50 m. Later he detected that he used a wrong
scale of 1 cm = 50 cm (R.F. = 1: 50) for the measurement. Determine the correct length. (b)
What would be the correct area if the measured area is 60 m2?

Problem 3
The length of a survey line when measured with a chain of 20 m nominal length was found to
be 841.5 m. When the chain was compared with a standard, it was found to be 0.1 m too long.
Find the correct length of the line.

Problem 4
The following bearings were observed for a closed traverse ABCDEA.
Line AB 140°30’
Line BC 80°30’
Line CD 340°0’
Line DE 290°30’
Line EA 230°30’
Calculate the included angles.

Problem 5
In a closed traverse ABCDE, the bearing of the line AB was measured as 150° 30’. The
included angles were measured as under. ∠A = 130°10’; ∠B = 89° 45’; ∠C=125° 22’; ∠D =
135° 34’; ∠E = 59° 9’. Calculate the bearings of all other lines.