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TÜV-R 01 100 1934918 Republic of the Philippines

CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE
San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur 4418
www.cbsua.edu.ph

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND FOOD SCIENCE

Department of Agricultural Engineering

ELEMENTARY SURVEYING 1
Determining Area of a Rectilinear Field by Tape
Fieldwork No. 7

NAME: __________________________ ___ RATING: _____________

SECTION & YEAR: _________________ DATE: _______________

I. Objectives
a. To determine the elevation of ground points along the center line of a proposed
roadway.
b. To plot the profile along the center line of a proposed roadway.
II. Instruments
1. Theodolite
2. Stadia Rod
3. Tripod
4. Level Bar
III. Procedures
1. Profile Leveling
a. Establish stakes at every full station along the center line of a 500-m long
proposed roadway at intervals of 100 meters.
b. Set up and level the instrument in some convenient location on one side of
the proposed roadway.
c. Take and record a backsight on a rod held on a nearby bench mark to
determine the height of instrument.
d. Take and record intermediate foresights from as many center line points up
to within practical limits of sighting.
e. When the rod has been advanced to appoint beyond which further readings
to ground points cannot be observed, establish a turning point and take a
foresight on it to determine its elevation.
f. Transfer and set up the instrument in another farther position and take a
backsight on the turning point just established. Then continue taking rod
readings on ground points as before until the end of the roadway is reached.
g. Tabulate observed and computed data accordingly. Refer to the
accompanying sample format for the tabulation of field data.

2. Plotting the Profile

 a. Plot the observed and computed data (stationings and elevations of full and
plus stations) on a special paper having horizontal and vertical lines printed
on it to represent distances both horizontally and vertically.
b. Use a scale of 1:1000 for plotting the horizontal distances and 1:100 for the
vertical distances.
c. Connect the plotted elevations for the profile by a smooth curved line drawn
freehand.
d. Label the plot of the profile accordingly. The stationings, elevations, and
horizontal and vertical scales must be indicated.

STA BS HI FS IFS ELEV REMARKS

IV. Computations
1. Computing Height of Instrument and Elevation
The theory involved in profile leveling is exactly the same as in differential
leveling. A backsight is taken on a benchmark or point of known elevation to
determine the height of instrument, and the elevation of grounds points are
calculated by subtracting the corresponding rod readings from the height of
instrument.
2. Determining difference in elevation
a. The difference between the sum of all the backsights and the sum of all
foresights is equal to the error of closure, or equal to the difference in
elevation between the initial benchmark and final point.
b. The intermediate foresight reading subtracted from the height of instrument
gives the ground elevation of a plus station.
c. The difference between the elevations of any two points that are obtained at
the same set up of the instrument is equal to the difference between the
foresights taken on these points.
V. Results
VI. Sketch/Layout