Surveying

Measurements
Surveying Measurements

Direct Indirect
 International System of Units (SI System)

Distance Area Volume Angle

 SI System: DISTANCE
• Kilometer (km), meter (m),centimeter (cm), millimeter (mm), micrometer (mm )
•mile (mi), foot (ft), yard (yd),inch (in) (IMPERIAL or BRITISH units)
•1 cm = 10 mm
•1 dm= 10 cm
•1 m = 10 dm= 100 cm = …….. mm
•1 km = 1000 m = …….. cm = ………. mm
•1 ft= 12 in
•1 yd= 3 ft= ……. in
•1 mi = 1760 yd= ……… ft
•1 in = 2.54 cm
•1 ft= 30.48 cm
 A line of 508m length is equal to:

=50800 cm

Example: =0.508 km

=20000 in

=1666.67 ft
SI System: Area Units
Square Kilometer(km2), Square meter (m2), square centimeter (cm2), hectare (ha)
•Square mile (mi2), Square foot (ft2), Square yard (yd2), Square inch (in2),acre (ac)
•1 cm2= 100 mm2
•1 m2= 10000 cm2= …….. mm2
•1 ha = 10000 m2
•1 km2= 100 ha = ……….. m2
•1 mi2= 640 ac
•1 ac = 43560 ft2
•1 ac = 4046.9 m2
 A land parcel of 1.5 km2 is equal to

•=1500000 m2

•=150 ha
Example 2:
•=370.654 ac

•=0.579 mi2
Volume Units
• Cubic Meter
• Cubic foot (ft3), cubic yard (yd3)