MAPUA INSTITTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

School of CE-EnSE

SURVEYING DEPARTMENT

FIELD WORK NO. 3

TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND

COURSE AND SECTION: ____________

SUBMITTED BY:

NAME: ___________________ STUDENT NO.:_________________

GROUP NO. _______ CHIEF OF PARTY: ______________

DATE OF FIELDWORK: ________ DATE OF SUBMISSION: _________

SUBMITTED TO:

INSTRUCTOR: ______________________ GRADE

GROUP NO. ______ CHIEF OF PARTY: ___________

MEMBERS:

1. 4.
 2. 5.
3. 6.

PROBLEM 3

TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND

OBJECTIVES:

1. To develop the skills of determining the horizontal distance of a sloping ground

by breaking the tape method up and down the slope.
2. To acquire the skills of determining the horizontal distance of a sloping ground by
using the tape and the Abney hand level.

INSTRUMENTS:

1. 2 range poles
2. chalk and/or 1 set of marking pins
3. 2 plumb bobs
4. 50 meter tape
5. Abney hand level

A. ORGANIZATION OF PARTY:

1. Chief Of Party (COP)

2. 1-Instrument man
3. 1-Front tapeman
4. 1 Rear tapeman
5. 2 Range pole men
1. 1 Recorder

PROCEDURE:

BREAKING THE TAPE METHOD

MEASURING UP THE SLOPE

1. The professor designates two points on a sloping ground to be measured by the

students and marks the lower point down the hill as A and up hill as B. (Note:
Make sure that point A with a range pole will be visible from B to keep the path
straight).
2. Set or hold range poles behind points A and B or outside the course AB. These
poles will aid the students to travel in a straight path. Front tapeman holds the
 reeled out tape while the 0-mark elevated by about a breast high is held by the
rear tapeman directly over point A with the use of the plumb bob.
3. Front tapeman aligns himself along the course AB with the aid direction given by
the rear tapeman. The front tapeman while holding the end of a tape length,
pulls the tape taut to make the tape horizontal. (Note extra care is needed to
make sure that the tape is along the line AB and the ends of the tape are on one
horizontal level).
4. Front tapeman drives a marking pin on the ground or marks a chalk on the
pavement once the tape is horizontal and the course is a straight path from A to
B.
5. The rear tapeman leaves point A and moves up the slope to the pin previously
driven by the front tapeman. Front tapeman now moves further upward.
6. Procedures 3-4 are repeated until all possible full tape length can be
accommodated by the course.
7. The last partial tape length is measured if possible with the 0-mark of the tape
now held at B. All data must be carefully recorded on the computation sheet
provided for this workout.

MEASURING DOWN THE SLOPE

1. The same two points will be used by the students but this time the 0-mark is now
held by the front tapeman and they are to travel down the slope on a course from
B to A.
2. Set or hold range poles behind points A and B or outside the course AB. These
poles will aid the students to travel in a straight path. The front tapeman now
must hold the 0-mark about a breast high with the aid of a lumb bob.
3. The rear tapeman on the upper hill B now guides the front tapeman to straighten
his path. The rear tape man holds the end of the end of the full tape length.
4. Once the alignment is attained, the front tapeman drops the plumb bob and
drives a marking pin or marks the pavement with a chalk where the plumb bob
dent is found.
5. The rear tapeman leaves point B and moves down the slope to the pin previously
driven by the front tapeman. Front tapeman now moves further downward.
6. Procedures 3-4 are repeated until a full tape length can be accommodated by the
course.
7. The last partial tape length is measured if possible with the 0-mark of the tape
now held at B. All data must be carefully recorded on the computation sheet
provided for this workout.

TAPE AND ABNEY HAND LEVEL.

1. The same two points will be used by the students but this time the 0-mark is now
on the front tape man and they are on a course from A to B.
2. Abney hand level will be used with the pole on the stations occupied such as the
first point A.
 3. The level will be more accurate in sighting the alignment of the end couses A
and B.
4. Front tapeman holds the 0-mark and drives the pin exactly at the observed
station after the aligning it at B and after pulling the tape taut.
5. The sloping distance is measured and carefully recorded by the rear tapeman
6. Using the Abney hand level, the observed station is sighted and the angle of
inclination (if going up the sloping ground ) /angle of depression ( if going down
the slope)is carefully determined, read from the clinometer of the Abney hand
level and they recorded on the computation sheet provided for in this workout.
7. The instrument man with the Abney hand level and the range pole moves up the
hill/down until he reaches the observed station previously occupied by the front
tapeman.
8. This procedure is to be followed until you have reached point B.

COMPUTATION:

PRINCIPLE

There are really several ways that we can measure the horizontal distance of a sloping
ground. It can be accomplished by breaking the tape method, both in going up to its
slope and down to its slope. Another is by using the abney hand level, which is usually
a 50 cm long device. Abney hand levels consist of sighting with level on one end as a
deep sight opening for viewing of sighted object. A horizontal line of sight is established
if the bubble is centered while sighting through the tube. This constituent is simply a
level adopted for measuring vertical angles. Vertical aide is acted on where angles may
read. It gives the value and the slope in terms of arc measure.
 FIELDWORK 3 TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND

DATE: GROUP NO.

TIME: LOCATION:
WEATHER: PROFESSOR:

A. TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND (UP HILL AND DOWN HILL)

TRIAL LINE NUMBER OF PARTIAL TOTAL MEAN

FULL TAPE TAPE DISTANCE DISTANCE
LENGTH LENGTH (M) (M) (M)
1 AB
2 BA

1 TAPE LENGTH = _______

B. COMPUTATIONS:

C. TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND USING TAPE AND ABNEY HAND LEVEL

STATION STATION SLOPING VERTICAL CORRECTED TOTAL

OCCUPIED OBSERVED DISTANCE ANGLE DISTANCE DISTANCE
A 1
1 2
2 3
3 B

D. COMPUTATIONS:

E. SKETCH:

STUDENT SIGNATURE
 FIELDWORK 3 TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND

DATE: Jan.13, 2005 GROUP NO. 5

TIME: 8:00-12:00 LOCATION: In front of CCP
WEATHER: fair PROFESSOR: Engr. Juan dela Cruz

A. TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND (UP HILL AND DOWN HILL)

TRIAL LINE NUMBER OF PARTIAL TOTAL MEAN

FULL TAPE TAPE DISTANCE DISTANCE
LENGTH LENGTH (M) (M) (M)
1 AB 6 8.45 68.45 68.23
2 BA 6 8.02 68.02

1 TAPE LENGTH = ___10 M____

B. COMPUTATIONS:
TRIAL 1 6X10+8.45=68.45M
TRIAL 2 6X10+8.02=68.02M

MEAN DISTANCE=(68.45+68.02)/2=68.23M

C. TAPING ON SLOPING GROUND USING TAPE AND ABNEY HAND LEVEL

STATION STATION SLOPING VERTICAL HORIZONTAL TOTAL

OCCUPIED OBSERVED DISTANCE ANGLE DISTANCE DISTANCE
A a 22.5 20º 21.14
a b 24.75 18º30’ 23.47 69.25M
b B 25.6 15º45’ 24.64

D. COMPUTATIONS:

E. SKETCH:
PLUMB LINE

TAPE LENGTH
 BREAKING THE TAPE
METHOD

L=FULL LENGTH OF THE TAPE

L
A

L
L1=PARTIAL LENGTH
L OF THE TAPE

ABNEY HAND LEVEL AND B

TAPE METHOD

HD1

Θ1

A SD1 HD2

A Θ2
HD3
SD2
Θ3
a
SD3

b B