The traverse diagram of Figure is an abstract for a

polygon traverse ABCDEFA which starts at existing

control point A. Assuming the conditions of
observation at different stations remained constant,
adjust the angular error, if any, and calculate the
coordinates of other stations, if the coordinates of the
station A are E350 m and N500 m.
After performing all necessary computations, you are
required to use the format of the Gale’s traverse table,
provided in Table in page no 2 of this paper for
providing the final answers.
(Note:Allowable Angular Misclosure = ± Ks√N
where K = 3, s is the least count of the TS and N
is the number of Station Points.)
 Station Coordinate Differences Independent coordinates
Horizontal
Included Corrected
Distance Correction W.C.B.
angle angle Calculated Adjustments Adjusted Easting Northing
at to Station
(E) (N)
m ΔE ΔN δE δN ΔE ΔN
A
85.874 115o11'20"
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
F
F
A
Ʃ
• Required sum of interior angles = [(2 × 6) – 4] × 90o = 720o
• Measured sum of interior angles = 720o01’00”
• Misclosure = 01’00”
• Acceptable Misclosure = ± 𝐾𝑠 𝑁 = ± 3 × 10"√6 = 73” = 01o13”
• Hence the misclosure is acceptable.
01′00"
• Adjustment per angle = − = - 10”
6

Station Observed angle Adjustment Adjusted Angle

A 115o11'20" -10" 115o11'10"

B 95o00'10" -10" 95o00'00"

C 129o49'10" -10" 129o49'00"

D 130o36'00" -10" 130o35'50"

E 110o29'50" -10" 110o29'40"

F 138o54'30" -10" 138o54'20"

Sum 720o01'00" -10" 720o00'00"

• Back Bearing AF = 70o00’00”
• Forward Bearing AB = Back Bearing AF + Included Angle AB = 70o00’00” +
115o11'10"
• = 185o11’10”
• Back Bearing AB = 05o11’10”
• Forward Bearing BC = Back Bearing AB + Included Angle BC = 05o11’10”+
95o00'00"
• = 100o11’10”
• Calculation of Latitudes and Departures
• ∆𝐸𝐴𝐵 = 𝐷𝐴𝐵 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝐴𝐵 = 85.874𝑠𝑖𝑛185°11’10” = -7.762 m
• ∆𝑁𝐴𝐵 = 𝐷𝐴𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝐴𝐵 = 85.874𝑐𝑜𝑠185°11’10” = -85.522 m
• ∆𝐸𝐵𝐶 = 𝐷𝐵𝐶 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝐵𝐶 = 131.308𝑠𝑖𝑛100°11’10” = 129.238 m

• ∆𝑁𝐵𝐶 = 𝐷𝐵𝐶 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝐵𝐶 = 131.308𝑐𝑜𝑠100°11’10” = -23.221 m

• Adjustment of Linear Misclosure

• 𝛿𝐸 = 0.036 𝑚 , 𝛿𝑁 = −0.028 𝑚 and 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑕 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 =

514.871 𝑚

85.874
• 𝛿𝐸𝐴𝐵 = −0.036 × = −0.006
514.871

85.874
• 𝛿𝑁𝐴𝐵 = 0.028 × = 0.005
514.871
Station Coordinate Differences Independent coordinates
Horizontal Corr
Included Correcte Sta
Distance ectio W.C.B. Easting Northin
angle d angle Calculated Adjustments Adjusted tio
at to n (E) g (N)
n
m ΔE ΔN δE δN ΔE ΔN 350.000 500.000 A
A 185o11'10
85.874 115o11'20" 10" 115o11'10" -7.762 -85.522 0.006 0.005 -7.768 -85.517 342.232 414.483
B " B
B 100o11'10 +129.23
131.308 95o00'10" 10" 95o00'00" 8
-23.221 0.009 0.007 +129.229 -23.214 471.461 391.269
C " C
C
60.367 129o49'10" 10" 129o49'00" 50o00'10" +46.246 +38.801 0.004 0.003 +46.242 +38.804 517.703 430.073
D D
D
57.482 130o36'00" 10" 130o35'50" 00o36'00" +0.602 +57.479 0.004 0.003 +0.598 +57.482 518.301 487.555
E E
E 291o05'40
105.344 110o29'50" 10" 110o29'40" -98.285 +37.914 0.008 0.006 -98.293 +37.92 420.008 525.475
F " F
F 250o00'00
74.496 138o54'30" 10" 138o54'20" -70.003 -25.479 0.005 0.004 -70.008 -25.475 350.000 500.000
A " A
01'00
Ʃ 514.871 720o01'00" 720o00'00" +0.036 - 0.028 0.000 0.000
"