Laboratory Exercise

FAMILIARIZATION WITH TOTAL STATION

THROUGH TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYING

Student Name: Franchesca Marie Q. Gamboa Date Performed: Dec. 7, 2022

Group No.: 2 Date Submitted: Dec. 10, 2022
Group Leader: Franchesca Marie Q. Gamboa Grade:

1. OBJECTIVE

The objectives of this exercise are

1. To familiarize with the total station, its parts, and functions
2. To be able set up and center the instrument over a station
3. To be able to conduct a ground method of topographic survey

2. BACKGROUND

Topography is the configuration (or relief) of a land surface, consisting of its contours and features,
whether natural or man-made. The natural features include streams, rivers, lakes, swamps, rock
outcrops, large trees, hills, valleys and others. Man- made (or cultural) features are the products of
people, such as trails, roads, buildings, bridges, canals, and boundary lines.

Topographic surveys are conducted to locate these natural and cultural features. By means of various
lines and conventional symbols, topographic maps are produced from survey data. A topographic map
is a large-scale representation of a portion of the earth’s surface showing culture, relief, hydrography,
and vegetation. Engineers use topographic maps as the basis for the planning, layout, and design of
most civil engineering projects. They are useful in determining, for example, the most desirable and
economical location of highways, railroads, canals, pipelines, transmission lines, reservoirs, and other
facilities. Topographic surveys are conducted either by aerial (photogrammetric) or ground (field)
methods, and often a combination of both.

3. INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES

1 Total Station
1 rod with prism
2 Range poles

4. LOCATION

To be designated by the laboratory instructor.

5. PROCEDURE

1. Establish instrument stations T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5.

2. Setup and orient the instrument at T1.
3. With the telescope normal, lower clamp locked while upper clamp open, sightstation T5 and
set to 0, record vertical angle, and horizontal and vertical distances of line T1-T5.
4. Sight and record Angle to the Right, vertical angle, and horizontal and vertical distances to Pt.A
(any interesting feature).
 5. Foresight T2 and record Angle to the Right, vertical angle, and horizontal and vertical distances.
Lock upper clamp and open lowerclamp.
6. Transfer instrument at T2.
7. Repeat the process from step #2.

For Individual Report and Computation

1. Draw the Total Station, identify its parts and function
2. Show proof of ability to set up and center the equipment. Take a photo of your circular bubble and
optical plummet view over the marking pin.
3. Compute the field notes on the difference in elevation with respect to the reference station and
submit a report.
Group No: 2 Date of Field Exercise: _December 7, 2022
Group Leader: Franchesca Marie Q. Gamboa Date Submitted: December 10, 2022

Members: Francis Sabarillo Julius Andre Dimalaluan

Noel James Tugay Bonne Glandale Dadis

I. DATA AND RESULTS

STATION Angle to Vertical Horizontal Vertical Difference

Occ. Obs. the Angle Distance Distance in
Right (m) (m) elevation
T1 T5 0
Pt. A
T2
T2 T1 0
Pt. B
T3
T3 T2 0
Pt. C
T4
T4 T3 0
Pt. D
T5
T5 T4 0
Pt. E
T1