DMC 2010-2013 NOTES c.

adequate amount of redundancy to achieve precision

d. field observation should be in line with time when
Conduct of Geodetic Control Survey requisites:
PDOP is low.
a. project area recommended by RED concerned
GEODETIC CONTROL MONUMENTS -
b. qualified GE pursuant to RA 8560
In the form of a SQUARE BASE FRUSTUM.
c. Survey Order
d. Copy of contract and Notice to Proceed ORDER TOP BOT Length Above Below
st
1 30x30 40x40 120 20 100
3 BASIC Components of Geodetic Control Survey Party 2nd 30x30 40x40 120 20 100
rd
3 25x25 35x35 120 20 100
1. Project Main Office MBM 25x25 35x35 120 50 70
2. Office Operations 4 th
20x20 35x35 100 20 80
3. Field Operations BBM 20x20 35x35 100 30 70
Sec. 6. Data Research and Old Monuments History Standard monument – 15x15 . 50 m L, 15-35
Reference points shall be evaluated and verified Concrete monuments shall be made in a ratio of 1:2:4 of
on the ground. Only undisturbed reference points shall cement, sand, and gravel.
be considered in the design of Control Network.
Markings on Reference Monuments- 5 parts
Entities to be Notified before conduct of Survey. Only
if applicable; Provincial Code, Control Point Number, Year
Estrablished, Order of Accuracy, and Office.
a. Provincial Engineer’s Office
b. PENRO concerned Letters shall be ingraved using Arial Bold Font all capital
c. DPWH District Office using 2.5 cm Height, 2 cm Width, and 0.4 cm Thick.
d. CENRO concerned Establishment of Control Points
e. City or Municipal Engineer’s Office
f. Head of Field office of jurisdiction of land within 1st and 2nd Order control shall be established only by
survey using atleast THREE (3) GNSS receiver units or 4 or more
g. Barangay Chairman is most preferable.
h. Lot claimant.
Types of Receiver and their usage
BASELINE LENGTH
Receiver Baseline Length Mode
st
1 Order – 50 km Single Up to 10 KM Static only
2nd Order – 25 km Freq.
3rd Order – 5 km Dual Freq. No Limit Static, Rapid Static,
4th Order – each brgy shall have atleast a pair of control Kinematic, RTK
points less than 2 km apart Note: No mixing of different kind of receiver models

NETWORK DESIGN – following shall be considered: Procedure:

a. terrain of the project area A. Control points to be observed shall form a session ( a
b. availability of old geodetic controls common time of observation) and linked through by
c. No. of GNSS Receiver. More than 3 receivers are pivot sites are stations that are common to two or more
sufficient. session.
d. No. and length of observation B. All receivers shall be set at same logging interval (15
Design Conditions secs default)

a. The lines connecting control points should create C. All shall have same elevation mask (13deg
closed polygons with min. no of sides. default) .Elevation mask are used to block other
b. The network shall have atleast 3 known PRS92 satellites not in angle suitable for connection to
stations. receiver.
D. All shall be set to UTM Zone 51 North WGS84 Note: Default time difference shall be 1 hr between
consecutives observation
E. Maximum PDOP is 7 and shall be preferable less than
5. (the lesser the DOP, the higher the accuracy) Use of conventional instrument for establishing
geodetic control
F. Survey mode shall be the same (if one receiver is
A. Terrain shall be considered
static mode, all should be static mode, if Real-Time
B. Intervisibility of Stations
Kinematic Mode, all should be RTK.)
C. A min. of two reference points should be visible from
G. Receiver Frequency shall be the same. (If single each control point.
frequency, then all shall be in single frequency). D. Network of triangles should be Equilateral.

NOTES: Other Provisions for Establishment of Control Points:

The GNSS receiver shall be placed at the exact center of
In case where mountain hills defined the boundary of a
the monuments observed and antenna height shall be
municipality, control points shall be placed at the base
measured to the nearest millimeter and oriented to the
of the hills.
north. Atleast 2 members shall measure the antenna
To ensure that no lots shall be more than 1 KM apart
height. AH shall be measured before and after
from a reference station, a pair of BLLM shall be
observations. ANTENNA HEIGHT IS MEASURED FROM THE
established for every barangay.
ANTENNA PHASE CENTER AND TO THE CONTROL POINT
MARK.

OBSERVATION TIME AND NUMBER OF SESSIONS PROJECT CONTROL SURVEYS

Atleast four (4) satellites shall be observed.
Distances of Primary Control Lines
In Static Mode
a. Position of triangulation station shall be selected so
Type Baseline Minimu Session Interval that no angle may be less than 30deg and shall be
Length m No. of bet.
measured using REPETITION or DIRECTION method.
(KM) Obs Sessions
Single 0-5 2 Atleast B. A scheme of QUADRILATERAL shall be established
Freq. 1 hr 30 mins and angles between diagonals shall be measured.
5-10 2 hrs
Dual 10-20 1.5 hrs 2 Atleast C. Atleast two baselines shall be measured, one from
Freq. 20-30 2 hrs 30 mins start, one from end.
30-50 3 hrs
When Using Combination of ETS and GNSS
50-150 4 hrs
a. field data shall be properly labeled which instrument
is used
Minimum Session length In Rapid/Fast Static Mode b. strength of figure is the primary consideration. NO
MIXING OF INSTRUMENT (if started by ETS then finished
No. of Satellites Up to 5 kms 5-10 kms by ETS) except for determining the coordinates of
4 20 mins 35 mins starting point.
5 15 mins 25 mins
6 or more 10 mins 20 mins

CADASTRAL SURVEYS
Connection to Existing Control
RED shall issue SO to start cadastral surveys
To Achieve Min. Recommended
Observation Observation - If there are on-going isolated surveys on
1st order 3 4 or more cadastral project, GE’s shall submit the survey
2nd order 2 3 or more progress to the chief of the cadastral project
3rd order 2 2 within 60 days of order of Cad Proj.
- Survey returns of iso-survey within Cad-Proj
shall be submitted to LMS within 4 months
- CENRO shall no longer issue SA over lands
within cadastral project after 30 days.
POLITICAL BOUNDARY SURVEY- shall be done to
determine the extent of the territorial jurisdiction of
municipalities or cities.
Monuments shall be CMB, MBM, BBM.
Dimensions of letters in monuments
(HxWxTh) 5 cm x 2.5 cm x 0.5 cm | 2 cm margin
Provisions for establishment of Political Boundary
Monuments
a. PBM shall be established at prominent
boundaries ( cross roads or streams)
b. When boundary line follow roads, a monument
shall be placed in the junction points.
c. Intermediate corner of boundary along natural
feature shall not be marked with monument but
shall be marked with two (2) witness monuments
located near the true corner.
d. MBM and BBM shall be along the straight
boundary lines at interval not more than 1 km
except when passing forest lands, then not more
than 5 km.
IN CASES OF DISPUTES OF POLITICAL BOUNDARY
a. disputed boundary shall be marked by temporary
hard wood post.
b. Claims shall be indicated on the map by HEAVY
DOTTED LINES and the other by HEAVY DASH LINE.
A HEAVY FULL LINE shall mark the division between
them.
CADASTRAL LOT SURVEYS
>Cadastral Lot surveys shall be in tertiary control as
per Sec. 54 of Manual.
>After 30 days from the date of the SO of the
Cadastral Project, no GE shall conduct lot survey
except one where already started before issuance
of SO.
Foreshore lands shall be sketched as a separate
cadastral lot.
ACCEPTABLE CORNER MARKS
>Concrete post when part of the fence not less than 10
cm diameters or metal pipe not less than 2 cm diam.
> Living edible fruit trees not less than 15 cm in diam.
>Immovable or fixed hard rock or boulders not more
than 1m in diam.
>Peg with nominal dimension of 50 sq.mm cross section
and 100mm to 400mm in length
Parcel Information Sheet (PIS) shall be posted in the
Barangay Halls for general information about individual
lot surveys in the cadastral, after 30 days. No Claimants
can protest about their claims in the individual land
surveys.
ISOLATED SURVEYS WITHIN CADASTRAL PROJECT
The following shall be surveyed:
1. Titled/ Untitled properties without lot desc
2. Titled/ Untitled properties with erroneous or
missing lot desc
3. Titled/ Untitled properties with technical desc
from magnetic surveys
Sec. 94. All lands of the Public Domain shall be surveyed
as ONE LOT with authority of the RED.
Sec. 97. All mineral lands within cad-proj shall be
surveyed as a regular lot. All other mineral lands shall
be projected using tieline and coordinates and indicated
on the map by DOTTED LINES.
ADVANCED SURVEY on Cadastral Projects – AS of lot
pertains to the survey and preparation of survey returns
of a lot ahead of others. Shall be made after
establishment of primary and secondary project control.
Conditions for AS:
1. There is court order due to resolution of land case
2. There is written authority from RED recommended by
RTD due to urgency of such request and applicant is
willing to bear the expense.
PUBLIC LANDS SUBDIVISION (PLS)
PLS is considered to be an isolated survey if the area
involved is 1500 ha and below, if area is above 1,500 ha,
then it is cadastral survey
Townsite Subdivision Survey or Group Settlement
Survey is an isolated survey due to its area of coverage
is 1500 ha and below and into 50 parcels or more.
Differences – PLS – a big tract of land within build-up
areas of 2 or more brgy.
TSS- a big tract of land within urban areas of 2 or more
brgy.
GSS- a big tract of land within rural areas of 2 or more
brgy.
PLS/GSS/TSS inside a cadastral project shall be plotted
in a cadastral map as one big lot. However, individual
lots inside shall be indicated by DOTTED RED LINE.
Boundary Agreement Process (BAP) and Parcel
Information Sheet (PIS)
The agreed boundaries in the BAP adjudicated by DENR
officer and Barangay official through PIS shall be used in
the survey.
SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS
Conducting survey on Reclaimed Lands:
a. no survey on proposed or existing reclaimed lands
shall be done without SO
b. No submerged portion of the reclaimed land shall be
included in the computation of area.
c. Boundary survey of reclaimed land shall first be
submitted for approval before subdividing into smaller
lots. Buffer zone of 20 meters shall be made along edge
of reclaimed land between sub-lots and waterline*
Foreshore Lands – refers to that part of the shore which
is alternately covered and uncovered by the ebb and
flow of the equinoctial tide.
Shoreline – is the line along the sea cost reached by the
highest equinoctial tide.
Sec. 113. No survey shall be allowed within mangrove,
marshy, swamp lands or other similar wet lands.
Segregation Surveys -are surveys for the purpose of
segregating twenty percent (20%) or less of the area of
previously surveyed large tract of public land.
The remaining portion of the mother lot and adjoining
claimants shall be indicated in the map shall be plotted
in DASH LINES. (also used in cadastral map)
Segregated lot shall be assigned the highest cadastral
lot number while the remaining portion shall retain the
original cadastal lot number. Subdivision of the
remaining portion, if still untitled, shall be made in Csd
or Cadastral subdivision indicated in the footnote.
PROVISIONS FOR TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY
a. Primary and secondary control and political boundary
monuments shall be used to control topographic
surveys.
b. Elevation of BLLM No. 1 of the municipality shall be
determined using existing data from NAMRIA or actual
leveling from established bench mark.
c. in case elevation cannot be obtained by more
accurate methods, elevation shall be done
approximately by altimeter or interpolation.
d. Elevation of primary, secondary, and PBM shall be
determined by leveling starting and closing in BLLM 1.
E. Can be done using transit and stadia, leveling, GPS or
plane table methods.
SPECIAL SURVEYS
 Shall be designated as Special Work Orders
(SWO) which cannot be a subject of titling
 These are surveys for geographic and
scientific investigation, shall be made in
tertiary accuracy.
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ISOLATED SURVEY SCALES
The lot shall be centered on the plan so that its extreme
corners shall not be less than four (4) cm from each
marginal line when using any scale from above.
When the maximum coordinate difference exceeds
three thousand meters (3000) , the plan shall be drawn
on scales which are exact multiples of 1:4,000, such as
1:12,000, 1:16,000, etc. If any of these scales would
make the length of the property lines generally less
than one half centimeter (½ cm), the survey shall be
plotted on more than one sheet using an appropriate
scale. (BL CUT)
DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL LOTS
1. For lots with areas of one hectare or more,
approximate boundary of the area under cultivation and
 nature of vegetation (rice, wood, etc.) with a brief
description of terrain (plain, rolling, hilly, mountain)
shall be indicated in LIGHT BLACK DOTTED LINES.
2. For lots less than 1 ha, a general classification such as
Residential Lot, Home lot, rice land, commercial lot,
shall be indicated.